The School of the Environment promotes a university-wide focus on the environment by: 

• supporting interdisciplinary action among faculty and students,
• promoting awareness of environmental issues on the campus,
• providing environmental education for undergraduate and graduate students,
• coordinating basic and applied environmental research, and
• providing outreach to the broader public communities.

The SOE represents a wide range of synergistic disciplines, with over 140 faculty cutting across the Columbia and regional USC campuses.  Through the SOE’s Masters in Earth and Environmental Resource Management (MEERM), graduate students are trained for management positions in earth and environmental resources, such as minerals, water, sustainable development within ecosystems, or safe and effective use of man-made materials in the environment.  The joint MEERM/JD degree provides a streamlined program for students wanting both the Masters and Law degrees.  Undergraduates have the opportunity to enrich their university experience through the minor in Environmental Studies, which provides an interdisciplinary curriculum and environmental perspective to their main courses of study.  An undergraduate major in Environmental Science is currently in development.  New faculty hires are expanding SOE interdisciplinary research in a range of critical environmental topics, including climate and weather, water resources, and environmental law, policy, and economics.

Congratulations to:

Undergraduate Awards Day, April 16

Lesley Joseph, recipient for the 2009 Bruce Coull Outstanding Undergraduate Award in Environmental Studies

Graduate Student Awards Day, April 3

2009 Outstanding MEERM Graduate Students:

Erika H. Myers Outstanding MEERM Graduate Student; non-thesis

Chanda Cooper Outstanding MEERM Graduate Student in Research

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Founding member of the Council of Environmental Deans and Directors of the National Council for Science and the Environment.