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Environmental Studies Program, Tufts University

We are the undergraduate environmental studies academic program at Tufts University.

Follow us for updates on our student work, public lectures, and environmental news. The Environmental Studies Program (ENVS) is a multidisciplinary undergraduate program dedicated to: studying our natural surroundings; designs that minimize degradation of those surroundings; and providing the social and political tools to preserve and improve the environment. The program trains students in social

sciences, natural sciences, engineering, and humanities. We offer 5 track majors, including Environmental Science; Sustainability, Policy and Equity; Environmental Communications: Food Systems and the Environment; and a Self-Designed major with Advisor. We also offer an Environmental Science and Policy minor specific for Engineering students. In addition to our academic programs, ENVS has a weekly Lunch & Learn Lecture series that is open to students, faculty, staff, and the public; and we periodically have major traveling lecturers, specialized informations sessions for student job seekers, and publish a bi-monthly environmental newsletter. Student videos and artwork can be viewed on our YouTube, Vimeo and Flicker sites. Visit us at as.tufts.edu/environmentalstudies to view the many things going on at Tufts ENVS.

01/14/2026

Are you looking for funding to take a leap out of your environmental comfort zone this summer? Work on your application for the Lily Glidden Award, due February 8! More information can be found on website.

01/12/2026

Hoch Cunningham Lectures are back for the spring semester! Join us this Thursday, Jan. 15, in Curtis Hall or virtually via Zoom for a lecture from Dr. Fern Thompsett.

In a time marked by climate crisis and growing political frustration, it can be easy to feel like the possibilities for environmentally just ways of living together are narrowing. And yet, human beings’ capacities to imagine and actualize better worlds persist, in subtle and spectacular ways. In this talk, Dr. Fern Thompsett will draw the idea of Ecotopia (eco + utopia) from speculative fiction into the real world, tracing key examples of ecological world-building from the historical Brook Farm in the Northeast, to her own research with present-day Anti-Civilization communities in the Pacific Northwest. By looking at how these experiments have pushed the limits of possibility into the realm of radical imagination and back again, Dr. Thompsett will show how opportunities for change can be found in the here-and-now, sometimes in unexpected places.

This talk is co-sponsored by the University Ecologies Project and Tufts Department of Anthropology.

The link to register virtually is in the bio.

01/05/2026

Looking to get more involved as a graduate student? ENVS is looking for a graduate teaching assistant for Environmental Policy this spring. Applications are due by TOMORROW on HandShake!

01/02/2026

Ever wonder what it’s like to be the person behind ENVS’s social media and design needs? That could be you this spring! Apply to be a Digital Communications Student Intern by THIS SUNDAY through HandShake

12/29/2025

Looking to get more involved as a graduate student? ENVS is looking for a graduate teaching assistant for Environmental Policy this spring. Applications are due by January 6 on HandShake!

12/27/2025

Are you looking for funding to take a leap out of your environmental comfort zone this summer? Work on your application for the Lily Glidden Award over break, due February 8! More information can be found on website.

12/26/2025

Ever wonder what it’s like to be the person behind ENVS’s social media and design needs? That could be you this spring! Apply to be a Digital Communications Student Intern by January 4 through HandShake

12/21/2025

Check out the link in the bio for the poster gallery from this fall’s internship symposium!

12/11/2025

Want to stay close to home while doing an internship? Check out your local environmental centers to see if they have internships, like junior Siena Cohen!

12/08/2025

Although ENVS has an internship database, some students find their internships through other sites! Senior Madison Clowes found her internship through the MassCEC database.

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506 Boston Avenue, Bromfield-Pearson Hall, 2nd Floor
Medford, MA
02155

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http://as.tufts.edu/environmentalstudies

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