The Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences offers interdisciplinary programs of study leading to a bachelor of science in environmental science or environmental studies. A minor in environmental studies is also available. These programs provide students with the intellectual foundation they will need in addressing crucial environmental challenges of the 21st century such as human population growth, urban sprawl, deforestation, global climate change, waste disposal, air and water pollution, loss of biodiversity, and the need for renewable energy.
Alumni update: Sammi Bennett reflects on Fulbright experience
2019 Environmental Studies major on her research in India
New scholarship: Racist roots of climate crisis
New paper published by ESS Lecturer Ted Grudin
Breaking: ESS citizen science
ESS-led team maps urban heat in Silicon Valley
Breaking: Student fellowships for bird population research
Claire Pavelka '20 and Thomas Hayashi '20 will study climate change effects
Iris Stewart-Frey published article on the effect of California’s drought on water supplies
Iris Stewart-Frey and two alumna published article
Virginia Matzek studies hunting as an ecosystem service
Matzek and research assistant collected data from hunters last fall and winter