for information on internship opportunities, workshops, classes, and other events.
During the summer, the ENVS Digest will be sent every two weeks.
ENVS Newsletter
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School of the Environment and Sustainability Series
Will resume in Fall 2015.
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Fellowships, Internships, and Jobs
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American Solar Energy Society
The American Solar Energy Society is a 501c3 nonprofit with a mission is to inspire an era of energy innovation and speed the transition to a sustainable energy economy. They have several internship positions available.
Internship Descriptions and Application Info
New Era Colorado Hiring Boulder Lead Organizer
New Era Colorado is a multi-issue organization committed to building a more hands-on democracy through our three core program areas: civic engagement, advocacy, and leadership development. They are looking for an excited and resourceful individual who is passionate about organizing young people, voter registration and turnout, and tackling the most pressing issues facing our generation.
No formal experience or education required.
More Information and Application Instructions
Virtual Student Foreign Service eInternships
Apply between July 2-22, 2015. No move or travel required for these flexible, virtual USAID internships. This is a good way to begin to develop a network in the federal government community (a near necessity to get through the hiring process, for those who may be interested in federal jobs).
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SUMMER CLASSES
ENVS 1000-210 Introduction to Environmental Studies-NOW ON THE BOULDER CAMPUS! Class begins July 7.
Instructor: Elizabeth Koeble
Surveys environmental studies, examining ecological, socioeconomic, political, aesthetic, and technological factors that influence the quality of life on Earth.
Required for ENVS majors.
Partially fulfills the ENVS Specialization requirement.
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ENVS 3020-001 Advanced Writing in Environmental Studies-Additional Section Added for Fall 2015!
Offers training in critical thinking and analytical writing skills appropriate to upper-division classes. Writing assignments integrate the subject matter of different topical areas. NOTE: This course is being taught in the MacAllister Building on East Campus
Fulfills the ENVS Writing requirement.
ENVS 4201 Biometeorology
Instructor:
Peter Blanken
Introduces this interdisciplinary science, studying the interactions between atmospheric processes and living organisms (plants, animals, and humans). Discusses how organisms adapt to a changing environment. Uses a practical, problem-solving approach to explore these interactions. Same as GEOG 4201.
Partially fulfills the ENVS Specialization requirement.
ATOC 6020-802 Seminar on Precipitation Systems
Instructor:
Katja Friedrich
Team taught with Drs. Karen Kosiba and Josh Wurman,
Center for Severe Weather Research 1 credit Seminar on Precipitation Systems - Radar Observations of Severe Convection Wednesdays (bi-weekly starting 26 August) from 900-1030am Duane Physics D318. Please contact
Katja Friedrich if the time is inconvenient, we are still flexible. This course will survey theory, observations, radar design, field project design, and data analysis of radar data collected in severe convection. Particular focus will be on supercell thunderstorms, tornado, and squall line studies and on recent (e.g., VORTEX2, ROTATE, PECAN) field campaigns. Discussion and presentation of selected literature and a laboratory component focused on the analysis of Doppler On Wheels (DOW) mobile radar data will be a significant component of this course. This course is suited for both undergraduate and graduate students with basic knowledge in meteorology. The course will combine lectures, guest lectures, and hands-on radar data analysis. This is a
controlled enrollment course. Students interested in registering need to contact Laurie Conway in order to be officially enrolled in the course.
EDUC 4833 Teaching and Learning Earth Systems
Learn and develop pedagogically effective strategies for teaching and understanding Earth Science concepts. Particular emphasis is placed on understanding the importance of geoscience habits of mind (i.e. spatial/temporal reasoning, multiple working hypotheses, geographic context). The course focuses upon inquiry and evaluation of evidence, the importance of background knowledge and misconceptions, and developing effective discourse within and outside the classroom.
Fulfills the ENVS Application requirement.
ENVD 4100-001 Global Cities
Instructor: Tori Derr
This course will examine the causes and effects of rapid urbanization and contemporary patterns of urban growth by exploring local and transnational forces and the effects of global cities on inequality and social exclusion, environmental challenges, and political instability. The course will emphasize case examples from the Global South. Contact Environmental Design if you are not able to register for the course directly.
Partially fulfills the ENVS Specialization requirement.
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ENVD 4023 Environmental Impact Assessment
Instructor: Tori Derr
This course is an investigation into environmental assessment for the natural and built environments. You will explore the application of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and other policies that apply to a diversity of topics including urban development, transportation planning, environmental health, landscape design, and forest restoration. Contact Environmental Design if you are not able to register for the course directly.
Partially fulfills the ENVS Specialization requirement.
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ENVD 4365-002 LEED Lab
Instructor: Sarah Spencer-Workman
Students will work to earn LEED certification for an existing CU campus building while collaborating with the campus architect, planning and facility staff. Students will develop professional leadership skills, giving them an edge in their future career through immersion in a broad knowledge of energy and environmental design related topics that are increasingly relevant to employers, including the LEED © rating systems.
Fulfills the ENVS Application requirement.
GEOG 4120-100 Global Change Ecology
Instructor:
Jennifer Balch
Ecology and geography offer unique scientific perspective on how humans interact with and alter the Earth's major systems-the atmosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere. This class will explore the impacts of human-driven change on a variety of ecosystems; you will explore unanticipated feedbacks, ecological tipping points, and future scenarios of change. This course is aimed at geographers, ecologists, earth scientists, conservation biologists, and other environmental professionals interested in learning about the science behind the pressing environmental issues of our time.
Partially fulfills the ENVS Specialization requirement.
INVS/EDUC 2919 Renewing Democracy in Communities and Schools
Interested in civic engagement and youth empowerment? A practicum course, INVS/EDUC 2919 invites undergraduates to work in teams of two or three to support local K-12 students as they identify and address salient community issues, such as bullying, domestic violence, global warming, youth homelessness, immigration, poverty, teen depression, teen substance abuse, and texting and driving.
The following sections of the course are open:
Section 801 will meet on campus on Mondays from 1:00-2:30 p.m., as well as at ONE of the following times and locations:
*Centaurus High School in Lafayette on Fridays at 11:15 a.m.-12:10 p.m.; 12:10-1:10 p.m.; 1:10-2:05 p.m.; OR 2:05-3:00 p.m. (Practicum times are likely though tentative.)
*Angevine Middle School in Lafayette (Meeting times will be solidified the week of April 13.)
Section 802 will meet on campus on Mondays from 2:55-4:25 p.m., as well as at:
*Columbine Elementary School in North Boulder on Thursdays from 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Enrollment for the course is controlled, thus students will need to contact Instructor and Public Achievement Director Elaina Verveer at verveer@colorado.edu for more information as well as to enroll in the course. This course is open to ALL CU Boulder undergraduates.
Fulfills the Human Diversity A&S Core Curriculum requirement
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PACS 2500 Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies
This class uses lectures, short videos, discussions and exercises to introduce students to the interdisciplinary field of Peace and Conflict Studies. It explains the critical role that conflict handling skills play in enabling people to design and implement solutions to problems at the global, national, local, and interpersonal levels.
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PSCI 4028-005 Special Topics: Green Energy Policies in the U.S.
Instructor: Srinivas Parinandi
In the past two decades, the U.S. states have adopted a bevy of policies including those dealing with gasoline taxes, renewable energy, and cap and trade on the premise of meeting green energy objectives. You will learn about commonalities and differences between various types of green energy policies and identify factors (such as economic competition, electoral threat, interest group activism, or ideology) that drive the adoption of green energy policies. You will also explore the attendant question of why the U.S. federal government has not advanced through a mix of exams, participation and a final project.
Partially fulfills the ENVS Specialization requirement.
SOCY 4117 Food and Society
Instructor:
Jill Harrison
In this course, you will break open the black box of the agrifood system to learn about the food we eat, where it came from, whose efforts went in to producing it, what the major problems are, and what people are trying to do to make food systems more socially just and environmentally sustainable. You will examine the major institutional and cultural forces that shape the ways food is produced, distributed, consumed, and represented. You will also reflect on some of the struggles, accomplishments, and limitations of different efforts to address social and ecological problems in agriculture and to drive it in a more sustainable and/or socially just direction, including farm labor unions, farmer cooperatives, organic food labeling, fair trade, local food, and diet reform. Prerequisites: Junior/senior status, and SOCY 1001 (waived with instructor permission).
Feel free to contact Professor Jill Harrison with any questions you may have about this course.
Partially fulfills the ENVS Specialization requirement.
Undergraduate Certificate Program in Renewable and Sustainable Energy
CU-Boulder's undergraduate energy certificate program provides broad exposure to energy issues, with an emphasis on renewable and sustainable energy. Required coursework in energy science and technology, energy policy, and energy projects is coupled with electives on energy and environment, energy technologies, energy economics, and other areas to give students the skills and knowledge to tackle society's pressing energy problems. Successful completion of the certificate program is indicated on CU-Boulder official transcripts.
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Seminars, Workshops, Films, and Extras
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Colorado Shakespeare Festival
The Colorado Shakespeare Festival is a professional theatre company in association with the University of Colorado Boulder. Since 1958 the festival has celebrated and explored Shakespeare and his continuing influence and vitality through productions of superior artistic quality, education and community engagement.
Free Public Lecture, "Crumpling and Wrinkling of Polymers and Membranes"
Tues., July 7, 2015 - 7:00pm, Duane G1B30 No RSVP needed.
Motivated by a revolution in polymer science, ranging from synthetic materials to biopolymers (DNA, RNA) and their membrane generalizations (red blood cell cytoskeleton), theoretical physicist David Nelson will discuss how entropy leads to crumpling and wrinkling of these fascinating systems characterized by fractional dimensions.
The lecture is free and is aimed at the public, so no physics background is necessary.
It will be presented by one of the authorities on the subject, a distinguished Harvard Professor, David R. Nelson, a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences who studies the fascinating world of modern 'soft' condensed matter and physical biology. He is the Arthur K. Solomon professor of physics and applied physics at Harvard University. He has received the Bardeen Prize, Buckley Prize, and a MacArthur Prize Fellowship.
University of Michigan School of Natural Resources & Environment Graduate Programs
The School of Natural Resources and Environment's overarching objective is to contribute to the protection of the Earth's resources and the achievement of a sustainable society. Through research, teaching and outreach, faculty, staff and students are devoted to generating knowledge and developing policies, techniques and skills to help practitioners manage and conserve natural and environmental resources to meet the full range of human needs on a sustainable basis.
Admissions and Degree Information
Looking for Other Involvement Opportunities or Events?
Check out the CU Environmental Center's Events Calendar and e-newsletter.
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Consent to Conduct Business Electronically
To comply with the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, all new and continuing students will be requested to consent to conduct business with the university electronically when they log in to
MyCUBoulder or
MyCUInfo on or after March 23.
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Final Fall Registration & Schedule Adjustment for Continuing Students
Scholarship Application Deadlines
Financial Aid Website
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