Graduating seniors! Please stop by the E&S office to pick up your garland! If you fill out the senior survey, you can also pick up a t-shirt!
Pickup times:
Monday (today) 11:00-1:00, 3:00-4:00
Tuesday 2:00-4:00
Wednesday 1:00-4:00
Thursday 2:00-4:00
Take a Study Break with Bean! 🐶
Join E&S for Puppy Playtime featuring Bean on Thursday, May 14 from 2:00-3:30 in 117 Kennedy Hall!
Stop by to de-stress, spend time with Bean, and recharge with some puppy playtime before finals season ramps up. All are welcome!
Hope to see you there!
Join us for a casual conversation with two E&S alumni working in sustainable agriculture and environmental research!
📍 117 Kennedy Hall
📅 Tuesday, May 12
⏰ 2:00 PM
Hear from:
• Dylan Rodgers ‘23, an Agroforestry Educator at Plenitud, a nonprofit educational farm in Puerto Rico and Vermont. After graduating as an E&S major concentrating in sustainable agriculture, Dylan completed a Fulbright Program research grant studying aquaponics viability in Nepal.
• Adam Sharifi ‘24, a PhD candidate in the Soil and Crop Sciences Section at Cornell University, whose research focuses on sustainable agriculture. As an undergraduate, Adam studied Environment and Sustainability with a concentration in Environmental Biology and Applied Ecology.
Come enjoy chai, ask questions, and learn about alumni pathways in sustainability, agriculture, and environmental research!
We invite you to join us for an honors thesis information session at 4:45, Monday, May 4, in 101 Kennedy Hall.
All students curious about the honors thesis option are welcome.
We particularly encourage the attendance of December 2026 and May 2027 graduates who are contemplating doing a thesis if you have not yet joined a past info session.
E&S, in cooperation with the Cornell Summer Experience Grant Program, is making funding available to support students pursuing academic- or professionally-oriented, environmentally-relevant activities this summer.
These funds will be allocated to eligible E&S students committed to un-paid or under-paid activities.
Find details at https://experience.cornell.edu/opportunities/summer-experience-grant.
Popcorn + climate talk = the perfect combo 🍿🌎
On Earth Day, koin us for Popcorn with Professors featuring Professor Arthur DeGaetano, a leading climate scientist studying extreme weather and how climate change is shaping our future.
Come hang out, grab snacks, and chat about everything from rainfall trends to real-world climate impacts.
📍 117 Kennedy Hall
🗓️ Wednesday, April 22nd, 4:30-5:30
#Cornell #ClimateScience #PopcornWithProfessors
Join us for Pizza & Planning Your Concentration—where you can hear from faculty & students, ask all your questions, and enjoy some free pizza while you figure out your next steps.
📅 Wednesday, April 8
⏰ 4:45–6:00 PM
📍 Kennedy 213
Come hungry for answers… and pizza 😉
RSVP at the link in the QR code!
🍿Join us for Popcorn with Professors on March 19th at 4:30 PM!🌿
Come chat with Professor Karim-Aly Kassam, an environmental and social researcher who studies how people understand and respond to environmental change. He focuses on the connectivity of human and environmental relations, addressing indigenous ways of knowing, food sovereignty, sustainable livelihoods, stewardship, and climate change.
The future needs environment & sustainability—today! 🌎🌱✨
This #cornellgivingday, support the Environment & Sustainability (E&S) major and invest in a better tomorrow. 💚 Your gift helps fund undergraduate research 🔬, internships 💼, and conference opportunities 🎤, empowering the next generation of changemakers. 🌍
Every gift, big or small, supports hands-on learning 🙌 and innovative solutions 💡 for a more sustainable world. Together, we can build a brighter, greener future. 🌿🌞
🔗 Donate today! (link in bio)
📅 March 12, 2026
Feel free to share this post with anyone who might want to support the major! 💚🌎
🍿 Popcorn with Professors!
Grab some popcorn and join us for a casual conversation with Associate Professor Jack Zinda about floods, hazards, and the social and environmental changes shaping rural China. 🌏
This is a great chance to meet a professor outside the classroom, ask questions, and learn about research connecting environment, society, and real-world challenges.
📅 Tuesday, March 10
⏰ 4:30–5:30 PM
📍 117 Kennedy
Popcorn and conversation provided -- bring your curiosity! 🍿✨
Are you interested to apply but unsure what it means to be a mentor, then join us for some light refreshments on Thursday, March 5, 4:45 pm, 119 Kennedy Hall, for a chance to meet current mentors. We will review the basics, and Mentors will be available to share their experiences. We also encourage you to check out Peer Mentors spotlights on the E&S website!
Information Session: Thursday, March 5, 2026, 119 Kennedy Hall, 4:45 pm
Applications due: Thursday, March 19, 2026, Apply with the link in bio!
🍿Popcorn with Professors is back again this
week! 🌿
Come chat with Professor Christy Goodale, an ecosystem ecologist, studying how carbon, water, and nutrients cycle through forest ecosystems and affect processes such as forest carbon storage and catchment retention of nitrogen. She also examines the effects of human activities on these processes.
