Mary Beth Pudup is a steadfast advocate for experiential learning. As director of community studies in the Committee on Environment, Geography and Urbanization, which launched a new eponymous major ...

All Environmental Studies majors and minors must complete an Applied Learning Experience. One (of three) options to complete the Applied Learning Experience is through a pre-approved study abroad ...

The field of environmental studies examines the complex relationships between humans and the natural world. Like environmental science, students of environmental studies learn about ecology, biology, ...

The Environmental Studies Program aims to empower students to be agents of change for a sustainable society. We meet this goal by: Providing students with an interdisciplinary knowledge and ...

AMES, Iowa — A new study of small Iowa towns found that vulnerable populations within those communities face significantly more public health risks than statewide averages. The study, published this ...

From his office in New Haven, Yale ecologist Jeremy Cohen experiences the full range of the four seasons, from hot and humid summers to dry and chilly winters. But it occurred to him that many of his ...

A new study by University of Vermont researchers finds that a majority of people across the globe favor protecting the environment over growing the economy when the two goals conflict. The paper, ...

July 30, 2020 — The coronavirus pandemic and resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement have many environmentalists paying attention to the inextricable links between marginalized peoples and ...