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Building on decades of environmental education at º£½ÇÊÓƵ, the College will launch a new major in Environmental Studies (ENV), bringing together perspectives from across the curriculum and responding to strong student interest in the existing Environmental Studies concentration. At the same time, º£½ÇÊÓƵ will introduce Semester@CERA, an immersive program centered at the College’s 365-acre Conard Environmental Research Area (CERA).

Two students participated in a virtual externship program where they learned valuable skills in the architecture field.

Alex Reich ’11 works to raise awareness and educate people about the linked issues of climate change and the global food system.

Four º£½ÇÊÓƵ students worked at CERA during summer 2025, getting hands-on experience ranging from identifying native prairie plants and collecting their seeds to driving on gravel roads.

Associate Professor of Chemistry Evan Couzo and three º£½ÇÊÓƵ students erected a 30-foot-tall atmospheric measurement station at º£½ÇÊÓƵ’s Conard Environmental Research Area.

Erik Genet ’26 and Shabab Kabir ’26 have been awarded Goldwater Scholarships by the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. 

Students in the Spring 2024 Global Learning Program Course Emerging Infectious Diseases traveled to South Africa and Alaska to conduct fieldwork at the forefront of disease ecology.

The Rosenfield Program enabled student Isabelle Kolleth to work at an internship that met her educational goals.

Anika Jane Beamer ’22, science writing fellow, gives herself and readers a crash course in all things hail.

Tag along with biology students as they identify spring ephemeral wildflowers at the College’s Conard Environmental Research Area.