The department’s home is in Memorial Hall, containing faculty offices, student research rooms, and a classroom. In nearby Brown Hall, a teaching laboratory is equipped for water quality analysis.

In addition, the environmental studies department runs its own “Ecological Sustainability Landscape.” On this property, containing a large farmhouse and over 100 acres, students and faculty undertake experimental projects to design and test the feasibility of various ideas for promoting sustainablity.

The University’s collection of environmental resources in Owen D. Young library is extraordinary for an undergraduate college. The program’s own two 15-passenger vans transport students and faculty on field trips and research projects.

Integration between the classroom and the “real world” is a significant goal of the environmental studies department. A key teaching tool to this end is the program’s “Ecological Sustainability Landscape” (ESL). (more…)

The Environmental Studies Department has its own research and teaching laboratory located in Brown 139. Housed in the St. Lawrence University science complex, the laboratory provides a workspace for the analysis of terrestrial, atmospheric, and aquatic samples.

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