Photo of EGS grads repairing the Lake Erie breakwall.
Careers in Environment and Sustainability
8/6/19
Students in our program intern and often find permanent positions with NGOs, government and companies like the Nature Conservancy, The US Fish and Wildlife Service, and local environmental consulting groups.
Internships like Aaron's at the Aquarium of Niagara are an important part of our program.
Experiential Learning Opportunities
8/7/19
Environmental research and internships are crucially important to learning your specific niche in this broad subject. We encourage all students to take at least one internship during their time at UB. 
Photo of EEB and geography students in South Africa.
Graduate Overview
8/7/19
This graduate program focuses on the study of complex interactions in the environment, applying scientific principles and methods from three disciplines: Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior (EEB). Its mission is to train students with interdisciplinary competencies in research and education. 
Buffalo, NY Skyline.
What is Environment and Sustainability?
8/7/19
Environmental Studies and Sciences are extremely broad topics, dealing with more than just forests and birds. We actively look for ways to make the world we live in better for all by mitigating pollution, minimizing impacts, and maximizing productivity while working to safeguard natural systems and ecosystem services. Environmental studies majors strive to share environmental knowledge and promote justice, as well as protect populations in a variety of sensitive ecosystems. Environmental Geosciences majors find their calling by pollution regulation, environmental consulting, and health, safety, and testing roles. 
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The great challenge of the 21st century is understanding our environment,  how we have affected the natural world, and how to ameliorate those effects. These efforts require a knowledge base that spans the natural sciences, social sciences and the humanities.  The Department of Environment and Sustainability (EVS) provides inter- and trans-disciplinary education to UB undergraduate and graduate students and fosters scholarly activities within the department, with other units within the University, and with the greater Buffalo community. Integrating degree programs and research that span the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, the Department produces graduates who are broadly informed citizens, researchers, managers, and stewards of the Earth’s environments and resources.

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Looking ahead to studying at UB.

By engaging with a broad range of research fields and faculty expertise, undergraduate and graduate study will give you a comprehensive view of the natural and human world.

Multidisciplinary Research

Multidisciplinary research.

We seek to understand and help solve complex, twenty-first century which require knowledge from the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities.

Internships and Fieldwork

Internships and fieldwork.

We are especially proud of all the relationships for internships and research that have been built over decades in Western New York and beyond... Relationships that foster our students' experience in many facets of the environmental field.