Summer Programs
Columbia University, in collaboration with its partner institutions, offers several exciting Earth and environment summer opportunities for teachers and students. From hands-on outdoor research at Black Rock Forest to special trips to museums with the Center for Environmental Research and Education, a summer course at Columbia University is an enriching experience. Check the listings below and please continue to visit our site for updates.
SEE-U
The Summer Ecosystem Experiences for Undergraduates Program at Columbia University, Offered by the Center for Environmental Research and Conservation (CERC)
The Summer Ecosystem Experiences for Undergraduates(SEE-U) Program is a unique academic opportunity that in five weeks equips its participants with a thorough introduction to field conservation ecology; makes them aware of the major threats to biodiversity; and equips them with tools useful in combating those threats.
The course occurs during the summer simultaneously in each of three locations: the Coastal Caribbean Ecosystems of Punta Cana, in the Dominican Republic; in the Hudson Highland Forests of Upstate New York; and in the Moist Atlantic Forests of São Paulo, Brazil.All three locations are offered as part of Columbia's Summer Sessions.Session I typically runs from late May to early July and Session II runs from mid-July to mid-August.
At the end of the five weeks of the course, SEE-U students come away with a keen appreciation of the scientific method and how to apply it, as well as a deep seeded love of nature and concern for its preservation.
For more information on SEE-U, visit the program website at www.see-u.org
You many also contact Nancy Degnan at ald1@columbia.edu or
James-Danoff-Burg at jd363@columbia.edu to learn more.
Science Teachers Enhance the Future (STEF)
The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), in collaboration with St. Thomas Aquinas College's teacher education program, offers the Earth2Class workshops to gather and train teacher-mentors in earth science. Workshops take place at LDEO and may be eligible for partial support and graduate credit from St. Thomas Aquinas College.
For more information, email Dr. Robert Searson at rsearson@stac.edu
Summer Internships at the Institute on Climates and Planets (ICP)
The ICP program hosts an intensive summer institute with competitive research internships for students and faculty at the Goddard Institute for Space Studies at Columbia University.
Black Rock Forest Summer Program
A new collaborative outreach effort through the Goddard Institute for Space Studies at Columbia University and the Institute on Climate and Planets, the Columbia Earth Institute, the City University of New York, and New York City metro area schools. High school students and teachers team up with scientists for 3 weeks on research taking place at Black Rock Forest, a scenic area comprised of several different ecosystems and plant/animal habitats about 50 miles north of New York City.
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From asteroid impacts and climate change to oceanography and microbiology, undergraduates will spend ten weeks conducting exciting and often ground-breaking scientific research in the Earth Intern program at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.