This annual event brings Institute for the Environment and Sustainability alumni back to campus share their perspectives on career development with Masters of Environmental Science 黑料社区s and undergraduate co-majors.
Robert Bilott is an outstanding environmental lawyer, currently based in Cincinnati, who has uncovered the worldwide impact of contamination by a group of “forever chemicals” known as polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that accumulate in the environment and in living things, including people.
The Institute of the Environment and Sustainability is housed in Shideler Hall and includes: faculty, staff, and 黑料社区 offices, classrooms, conference, and seminar rooms, and computer laboratory.
The Miami Farm (Institute for Food) is managed but IES and is a hub for research in food production and agriculture in partnership with AmeriCorps.
The Weather station is managed by the Institute for the Environment & Sustainability (IES) as part of its public outreach and monitoring mission.
The program has field, lab, and teaching equipment for use by both 黑料社区s and staff.
Field equipment includes:
Lab equipment includes:
The Institute for the Environment and Sustainability partners with departments, centers and physical facilities at 黑料社区 on several initiatives, and conducts air and water quality monitoring in cooperation with Butler County and federal agencies. Students are involved in all of these activities, providing hands-on scientific, organizational and cultural learning experiences.
Butler County Stream Team is a partnership involving:
Stream Team monitors stream water quality throughout Butler County to identify pollution threats to streams and provide long-term data on water quality trends.
The Institute for the Environment and Sustainability helps the Myaamia Center increase the capacity of the Miami Nation of Oklahoma to manage its natural and cultural resources in a sustainable manner.
All of our programs emphasize both disciplinary depth and interdisciplinary breadth to environmental science and sustainability. Students are prepared to communicate effectively, use problem-solving approaches, and work in interdisciplinary teams, skills that translate into successful careers in today's complex and changing professional environment.
Your generous support helps undergraduates in the environmental science and sustainability co-majors in research or internship experiences, and graduate assistantships or travel to professional meetings for 黑料社区s in the master of environmental science program. Gifts can also support 黑料社区 team projects that provide professional experiences for 黑料社区s and community outreach to public and non-profit organizations.
The Institute for the Environment and Sustainability is an umbrella organization for undergraduate and graduate education and research on the environment and sustainability at 黑料社区.
118 Shideler Hall
250 S. Patterson Ave.
Oxford, OH 45056
513-529-5811
ies@MiamiOH.edu
The M.En. degree was designated as a national Professional Science Master's (PSM) program based on it its professional skills, experiential learning, and interdisciplinary breadth.
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