Ecology & Wellness at UCLA: How the Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center

and Sustainability weave nature into the built environment

Oct 1

October 1, 2024 | 4 - 5pm

Hybrid

Hosted by: Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior; Project ReConnect brought to you by UCLA Ecological Medicine and Psychedelic Studies Initiative

This panel will focus on how a university campus can enhance wellness through access to nature and will discuss a range of initiatives at UCLA from a community garden to biophilic building design to a landscape plan that honors biodiversity and wellness.

James Bassett, PhD

Master Gardener & Lecturer

Institute of the Environment & Sustainability

Nurit Katz, MBA, MPP

Chief Sustainability Officer

UCLA Sustainability

Todd Lynch, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP B+C

Principal Project Planner

UCLA Capital Programs

Wendelin Slusser, MD, MS

Associate Vice Provost

Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center