Summer Sessions presents a new season of GRIT Talks, a series of free public lectures by notable faculty members.

Materials scientists work on the semiconductors that could transform how we disinfect surfaces, spaces, personal protective equipment — even the air we breathe.

Incentives for tree-planting need protections for existing forests, say environmental scientists.

“I completely avoid all … factory farm animal products,” Liz Carlisle, assistant professor of environmental studies at UC Santa Barbara, told HuffPost. “Coronavirus has even more deeply exposed the fact that meatpacking plants and concentrated animal feeding operations are unhealthy by every metric.”