Chet Arnold

CLEAR Co-Founder

Department of Extension

Chet Arnold is an Extension Educator Emeritus and Co-Founder of CLEAR, where he served as the Co-Director from 2002-2015 and just plain old Director from 2016-2021. Chet joined the University in 1987 and has worked on the Long Island Sound Study Public Outreach Program, the NEMO Program, the National NEMO Network, CLEAR, the Natural Resources Conservation Academy, and the Environment Corps – all of which he helped to create. He has authored several national award-winning papers and has been Principal Investigator or Co-PI on over $25M of external grants. Chet retired from UConn in October 2021 but remains at CLEAR in a part-time contractual capacity, coordinating several projects – the largest of which is the Environment Corps – and in general making a nuisance of himself.