EVST News
December 17, 2024
Have a wonderful winter break!
New Courses and Updates
E&EB 212 Data Science in Ecology and Conservation is a seminar-style course. It is currently under review for QR designation (which should be in place before semester start) and is taught by Walter Jetz, director Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and of Environment Studies at YSE and director of the Yale Center for Biodiversity and Global Change.
CSYC 224 Approaches to Sustainable Food and Agriculture considers the multiple roots and possible futures of organic farming, local food, urban agriculture, controlled environment agriculture, and related concepts, contestations, trends, and fads. Drawing from writings in agrarian political economy, science and technology studies, human and environmental geography, and the work of activists, organizers, farmers, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and beyond, we will examine the relations between land, labor, capital, technology, and society. The course includes three required Friday afternoon working visits to the Yale Farm at the end of the semester, which will ground discussions in hands-on work in the soil and is taught by Mark Bomford, Director of the Yale Sustainable Food Program.
EVST 300 Canada's Response to Global Environmental Wicked Problems is a seminar that surveys Canada’s responses to eleven Global Environmental Wicked Problems that have emerged into the public consciousness and discourses over the last ten to fifteen years. The course is taught by Dawn Bazely, a University Professor in the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, at York University who is at Yale as this year’s recipient of the 2024-25 Fulbright Canada Distinguished Visiting Professorship.
Certificate in Food, Agriculture, and Climate Change| Find retroactively approved courses here, and upcoming courses for next semester here.
Spring Term and Summer Opportunities
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Public Humanities Grant Program applications now open! Apply by February 7. The 2025 Public Humanities grant program offers small grants of $250–3,000 for public humanities projects broadly related to the environment. Read news items about some past grant projects here. Please submit your proposals online via the application webform (requires Google sign-in) by Friday, February 7, 2025 at 1:00pm. Decisions will be announced by the end of February. Visit their website for more details.
Scholarships available for Middlebury School of the Environment's six-week place-based curriculum in sustainability and leadership at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey, California. For six weeks Monterey is a laboratory for exploring climate resilience, food justice, restoration of marine ecosystems, urban sustainability, and political and social commitment to change. Need-based financial aid and scholarships are available in the following areas: using storytelling and media to help influence environmental change; environmental science and ecology and environmental equity, justice and conflict transformation. Priority deadline for funding is January 15th, so now is great time to start an application.
Environmental Law Institute is hiring new Research Associates for Summer 2025! Apply by January 13th. EVST grads Dara Albrecht '23 and Sebastian Duque-Rios '24 are both Research Associates and Jordan Perry '21 recently ended her term to start law school so EVST has had a strong showing at ELI! Interested students can apply at Employment Opportunities | Environmental Law Institute (eli.org). This link also includes a more specific description of the job posting. In alignment with company policy, and to ensure equity, neither Sebastian or Dara are able to coach or chat about the application or position with interested EVST students, but if anyone has logistical questions, they can reach out to Mara Pusic, our hiring coordinator, at RAsearch@eli.org.
YPCCC/Pulitzer Center Fellowship | Current undergrads (including the class of 2025) are eligible. There is more information HERE about past climate reporting fellows and HERE about the fellowship in general. The application can be found HERE (due February 2nd). If you would like to learn more about the fellowship or review your application or story pitch, please reserve a time in January.
Yale Sustainable Food Program's application portal for the Global Food Fellowship, Lazarus Summer Internship, term positions, and the two-year Lazarus Fellow position will open on January 8th. Stay tuned for an information session for all these opportunities on January 17th.
Behavior, Ecology and Conservation Research Opportunity in Argentina May 26-July 18, 2025 | Dr. Eduardo Fernandez-Duque, Yale University and Dr. Alba García de la Chica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina are seeking six undergrad students to join a yearlong program that includes preparatory training during the Spring, field research during 8-weeks (May 26-July 18, 2025) and data analyses and writing up of results during the following fall. Participants in the program will conduct research on animal behavior, ecology, and conservation in Formosa, a province located in northeast Argentina. The program will cover domestic and international travel to and from the field site, lodging and transportation and receive a $4,000 stipend; a first payment will be provided before the program begins, the remaining payments will be made through the program and when it finishes. Contact Linda Evenson for details.
Summer Job & Internship Opportunities from Ecolog listserv | Compiled by Kealoha Freidenburg. The highlighted text is the beginning of each job announcement.
Winter break is a great time to explore Yale summer funding opportunities. Click below to explore opportunities.
Post Grad Opportunities
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Resources
- Do you have questions about the EVST major? Meet with EVST's BA DUS or BS DUS, reach out to a Peer Mentor or Certificate or Graduate School Liaison, or join Yale Environmental Studies on GroupMe.
- Weekly DUS office hours are posted on the EVST website.
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