The Department of Environmental Sciences (ENVS) is comprised of faculty and students who are dedicated to teaching and research in service of addressing complex and dynamic interactions among people and their environment using both natural science and social science perspectives.
Through interdisciplinary perspectives, and by integrating research, teaching, and service, our goal is to advance knowledge and prepare the next generation of scholars, researchers, practitioners and citizens. We strive to exert a significant positive impact on environmental facets of human health, ecosystem management, sustainable development, and biodiversity conservation, at local, regional and global scales.
The Impact of Your Gift
YOUR GIFT to the Department of Environmental Sciences helps support undergraduate and graduate students engaged in independent research with departmental faculty and student internship experiences. Student engagement on issues of ecology & conservation, climate change, ecological resiliency, sustainability, and disease ecology & global health is essential to fostering the intellectual capital required to address these pressing environmental issues.