Summer Research Opportunities

NOW is the time to apply for and secure a Summer Research Position as deadlines are as early as February 1, running through mid-March.  Go to "Opportunities and Affiliations" on our website and then on the right for "Finding Summer Research Opportunities".  There you will find ideas for how to go about finding funded researchships, and there are links to programs such as NSF's REU's (Research Experiences for Undergraduates). 

Lamont Doherty Summer Internships are now listed and applications are coming in already with deadlines set for March 15th.  Project listings and detailed descriptions for both Lamont REU's (national competition) and Earth Internships (Columbia and Barnard only) can be found there.  Many of our students successfully use this research as a basis for their Senior Thesis project.  Dallas Abbot, from Lamont will be coming to campus to speak about the Programs on Wednesday, February 8 in Mudd Hall (room TBA).  The meeting is open to Barnard and Columbia, Juniors, Sophomores and First-Years alike.

We should be holding another follow-up meeting to our Summer Research Meeting at noon in 403 Altschul on Monday February 27, at which we will also have students students speak about the interesting summer research projects and developing Senior Thesis' that resulted.  Pizza and salad will again be served.

Questions regarding to research opportunities or thesis projects should be discussed with your Major Advisor and Martin Stute.  (Appointmens can be made through google with a link on the "Finding Summer Research Opportunities"page.
 

Changes in course meeting times for Spring 2012

EESC BC3032, Agricultural and Urban Land Use, to be taught by Cynthia Rosenzweig will be held on Tuesdays, 4:10-6 pm.
EESC V3045, Responding to Climate Change, to be taught by Stephanie Pfirman, Peter Schlosser, and Juerg Matter, will be held on Mondays, 4:10-5:25.  The on-;ine schedule will be adjusted shortly.

Check out  our Major Requirements pages on this site and stay tuned for updates to Spring 2012 course offerings as courses get added to the Directory of Classes. We hope that the semester is progressing well for all of  you!

Thank you to the students who presented their Study Abroad Experioences on November 15
 

A special thank you to Marissa Tremblay, Bailey Griswold and Sophia Hyson on their terrific and diverse presentations on their Study Abroad experiences in Tahiti (Sea Semester), Kenya (School for Fireld Studies), and New Zealand (Frontiers Abroad).  Your experiences, insights, and pictures informed and pleased us!  Thanks also to Samantha Garvin who also prepared her materials on SFS Kenya.  Students interested in contacting these and other students who have studied elsewhere should contact the department and we'll try to put you in touch.  Thanks all!

A Fond Farewell and Best Wishes:

Barnard College's Department of Environmental Science wishes to congratulate and thank Angelica Patterson.  Angie will move across Broadway in September to attend graduate school at Columbia University’s Department of Earth and Environmental Science (DEES) PhD program.   While at Barnard for the last seven years, she was Program Manager in the Environmental Science Department, a Research Assistant in the Department of Biological Sciences researching plant root trait plasticity, and a participant in the Bridge to PhD Program at Columbia University.   Angie enriched the experiences of the many students that she worked with in groups like EcoReps, MURTI, HEAF at Barnard and the various field courses in the department.  Angie was also a workshop leader at the Expanding your Horizons Conference for seventh grade girls (a conference intended to inspire an interest in science);  an instructor/resident adviser for four years at Black Rock Forest's Summer Internship in Field Ecology for high school students; the editor and publisher of the Environmental Science departmental newsletter and was responsible for advising, collaborating on and implementing sustainability initiatives. We thank you with all our hearts for keeping the department on track and always for your good cheer and open ear!  We wish you all the best for a very fine future.