Maggie ENVS and Journalism, Class of 2022
Megan ENVS, Class of 2019
Lauren EVST and ECON, Class of 2021
Emily EVST and Sociology, CLAS of 2021
Colin (EVST '16)
Welcome to Environmental Studies at UConn
The Environmental Studies major is an interdisciplinary program designed to provide students with the knowledge, skills, and perspectives needed to understand the interactions between human societies and their environments. Understanding the ethical and cultural dimensions of our relationship with the environment, as well as the challenges of protecting it, requires insights from multiple perspectives, including the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences. read more...
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality.
To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”
- Buckminster Fuller
Students and Alumni
Truman Scholars
Sena Wazer &
Sage Phillips
A First for UConn: Two Students Named Truman Scholars for 2021. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)
Rhodes Scholar
Wanjiku Gatheru
Wanjiku (Wawa) Gatheru ’20 (CAHNR) is the first Rhodes Scholar in UConn's 138-year history! (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)
Activist
Sena Wazer
Sena Wazer was recently interviewed by the Hartford Courant on her views on environmental policy. (Kassi Jackson/Hartford Courant photo)
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Students & Alumni
News and Upcoming Events
Youth Environmental Conservation and Action
UConn students are depicting youth environmental conservation and action throughout the Northeast A group of UConn students spent their summer creating a short documentary film and photography project that focuses on youth environmental conservation and action throughout the northeastern United States. Watch video. https://today.uconn.edu/2021/07/youth-environmental-conservation-and-action/
UConn Phi Beta Kappa (PKB) Chapter Inductees
Congratulations to this year’s Environmental Studies UConn Phi Beta Kappa (PKB) chapter inductees: Kelly-Anne Moffa, Elaine Nguyen, Lauren Ann Pawlowski, and Sarah Nicole Schechter. PKB is an academic honor society for liberal arts and sciences students, and admits individuals based on a review of coursework and academic achievement. The full video of the induction ceremony […]
World Wildlife Fund summer 2021 virtual internships!
World Wildlife Fund summer 2021 virtual internships! Our team will be posting 30 open positions to our Careers page. We have paid internships supporting both business and conservation departments at WWF. These include Communications, Human Resources, Finance, Policy, Forests, Oceans, Climate, Wildlife, and more! Internships will pay $15/hour for an 8-week full-time position, starting at the […]
8-month Paid NRCA Difference Maker Mentor Opportunity
Want to be a mentor to teens as they carry out a community conservation project & gain environmental education experience? Become a Difference Maker Mentor with UConn’s Natural Resources Conservation Academy (NRCA)! Here are some quick details about the positions: We are seeking undergraduate students for paid 8-month (June- March) Difference Maker Mentor positions to primarily assist with the NRCA Conservation […]
Coltsville National Park Internship
There’s an exciting paid opportunity for students to be involved in the development of Coltsville National Park in Hartford. Please share or apply. More details at: nps.gov/colt/getinvolved/sca-recruitment.htm
Fall Course – Human Societies and the Living Earth
Timely new course topic! This course explores multi-cultural perspectives – in particular, Western/Industrial cultures versus Indigenous cultures – on the ‘Living Earth’, as in non-human animals, plants, trees, fungi, etc. The course is divided into the following topics: Religion/Spirituality Labor/Human Production Medicine/Science Art/Entertainment Environmental Destruction/Species Extinction Sustainability/Ecological Diversity All these topics are explored using student […]