What's New with EVST?

After graduating from Yale in 2024 with a double major in Environmental Studies and East Asian Studies, Emily continued her studies at Duke…

Laura Hess’s passion for building a more sustainable food system began during her time at Yale and has shaped a career at the forefront of…

Addison Luck is an Associate Attorney at Sher Edling LLP, a nationally recognized environmental litigation firm, where he focuses on climate change…

Parker Chang’s senior essay, “Characterizing PFAS Exposures from Residential Floor Dust Using an Integrated GC- and LC-HRMS Non-Targeted Analysis…

Sena Sugiono combined Environmental Studies and Economics to explore one of the defining challenges of our time: accelerating the transition to…

Sadie combined her interests in environmental policy, law, urban planning, wetland ecology, and environmental history through…

Dylan D’Agate designed a custom concentration in Infrastructure Investing to explore the intersection of renewable energy, finance, and …

Roan Hollander designed a custom concentration in Urban and Coastal Resilience, combining her interests in urban ecology, climate adaptation, water…

After four years working in Alaska, Franklin Eccher (EVST ’19) returned to the classroom….

Since graduating from Yale in 2018, Joel Abraham has continued to build on the research that began with his senior thesis…

After graduating from Yale, Carlos earned a Ph.D. in Environmental Health Sciences from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health…

Olivia Schläpfer has built an international career at the intersection of environmental policy, corporate sustainability, and strategic…

Rachel’s passion for environmental health began early and deepened during her time at Yale. Under the mentorship of John Wargo, she completed her…

In the Spring 2026 semester alone, the environmental humanities curriculum featured 42 undergraduate and 36 graduate courses.

Congrats to the 2026 Donnelley Prize Winners!

Applications for the Summer Environmental Fellowship (SEF) and the Climate Technologies Fellowship are now open!

The Yale Conservation Scholars – Early Leadership Initiative (YCS- ELI) is a summer opportunity for undergraduate students.

Welcome to what promises to be an extraordinary fall semester in the Environmental Studies Program at Yale University!

Yale Environmental Studies is thrilled to announce a new cohort of Peer Mentors who will guide fellow Environmental Studies majors 

Grace Cajski, a Yale Environmental Studies graduate from the Class of 2024, recently received a NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

Congrats to Parker Chang, Quinn Evans, Victoria Lu, Lily O’Sullivan, Emma Polinsky, & Sena Sugiono for winning the distinguished Donnelley Prize

We are excited to announce…

Congratulations to Max Teirstein EVST BS Environmental Studies, Political Science ‘22 for managing the CLEAN soil testing effort at USC…

Aya Ochai EVST and MENG ’25, is carving out a custom concentration: Communities & Environments of Energy. She recently spent several weeks in Idaho…

Gabrielle Roman studied abroad at the School for Field Studies Center for Endangered Species Conservation in Kenya