Schools for Environmental Studies/Journalism

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Anonymous wrote:Syracuse!

The journalism school is one of the best in the country. There is a SUNY school affiliated with the main university that is for Environmental Science and Forestry. I don't personally know anyone who combined the two, but I'll bet you could.

I also think this has the potential to be a great career path. Good luck!

+1 to Syracuse and Northwestern, and +1 to the Northwestern Cherubs program someone mentioned upthread. A journalist friend did Cherubs waaaay back in high school and is still friends with people from the program, which is crazy to us.

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University of Wisconsin Madison and Columbia have strong programs in both areas

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:University of Wisconsin Madison and Columbia have strong programs in both areas

Columbia doesn't have ugrad journalism tho, i thought

[Anonymous]

Vandy, Northeastern, Univ of Wisconsin - Madison, Univ of Colorado boulder and maybe Brown?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Syracuse!

The journalism school is one of the best in the country. There is a SUNY school affiliated with the main university that is for Environmental Science and Forestry. I don't personally know anyone who combined the two, but I'll bet you could.

I also think this has the potential to be a great career path. Good luck!

+1 to Syracuse and Northwestern, and +1 to the Northwestern Cherubs program someone mentioned upthread. A journalist friend did Cherubs waaaay back in high school and is still friends with people from the program, which is crazy to us.

I just looked at Cherubs. No journalism focus: theater, debate and film/video?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Syracuse!

The journalism school is one of the best in the country. There is a SUNY school affiliated with the main university that is for Environmental Science and Forestry. I don't personally know anyone who combined the two, but I'll bet you could.

I also think this has the potential to be a great career path. Good luck!

+1 to Syracuse and Northwestern, and +1 to the Northwestern Cherubs program someone mentioned upthread. A journalist friend did Cherubs waaaay back in high school and is still friends with people from the program, which is crazy to us.

I just looked at Cherubs. No journalism focus: theater, debate and film/video?

Here's the Medill Cherubs website for the journalism program - https://cherubs.medill.northwestern.edu/2019/

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Cornell or Michigan State? Agree with others on Northwestern.

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Anonymous wrote:Cornell or Michigan State? Agree with others on Northwestern.

Cornell came to my mind too. Looks like they’ve created a cross-college major now - https://cals.cornell.edu/environment-sustainability

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UNC chapel Hill, although it is a big school. Journalism program used to be considered great and had some solid environmental studies dept

[Anonymous]

I would go the other way with this choice. I would not pick a college based on its journalism program. The passion here is for the climate crisis, so I would pick a college based on its programs in envirinmental studies. Moreover, because this is not an abstract issue, I would look for a college located where the impact of the climate crisis is being strongly felt right now. That place seems to me to be California. Drought, lakes drying up, forest fires, ocean life, bird migration patterns, and immigration of people displaced by climate change are all “hot” issues in California. It is itself a mini-lab for the impact of the climate crisis. Something approaching 90% of our commercially sold fruits and vegetables are sold in California. Water management issues bring into sharp focus the choices in prioritizing water for homes & offices or for farms which grow the food that we all need. LA gets a bug chunk of its water from Lake Powell & Lake Mead, 2 shrinking reservoirs 300 miles away. Desalinization is one of the solutions up for grabs in California.

Some of the best minds in the world studying this problem are at various University of California branches, especially Berkeley, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz, the latter of which is the closest in size (17,000) what you’re looking for. And it is a beautiful campus. Yes, it’s a little bigger than what you’re looking for, but it’s worth considering. It’s hard to get into any of the campuses in the UC system as an out of stater, so you’ll need to look at other sptions. The Claremont colleges combine to form what is in effect a mid size university. Claremont’s Environmental Analysis major is superb and can be accessed from any one of the 5 member colleges. Pitzer with its focus on social sciences may be the best option and it is the one where most applicants would have the best chance of admissions as all 5 colleges are difficult admits. Another admissions friendly option would be Scripps, the women’s LAC in the group with a strength in writing. Another option in your preferred size range and with a strong Environmental Studies program is Santa Clara university, located in Silicon Valley. Stanford is of course another great option but is impossible to get into.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would go the other way with this choice. I would not pick a college based on its journalism program. The passion here is for the climate crisis, so I would pick a college based on its programs in envirinmental studies. Moreover, because this is not an abstract issue, I would look for a college located where the impact of the climate crisis is being strongly felt right now. That place seems to me to be California. Drought, lakes drying up, forest fires, ocean life, bird migration patterns, and immigration of people displaced by climate change are all “hot” issues in California. It is itself a mini-lab for the impact of the climate crisis. Something approaching 90% of our commercially sold fruits and vegetables are sold in California. Water management issues bring into sharp focus the choices in prioritizing water for homes & offices or for farms which grow the food that we all need. LA gets a bug chunk of its water from Lake Powell & Lake Mead, 2 shrinking reservoirs 300 miles away. Desalinization is one of the solutions up for grabs in California.

Some of the best minds in the world studying this problem are at various University of California branches, especially Berkeley, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz, the latter of which is the closest in size (17,000) what you’re looking for. And it is a beautiful campus. Yes, it’s a little bigger than what you’re looking for, but it’s worth considering. It’s hard to get into any of the campuses in the UC system as an out of stater, so you’ll need to look at other sptions. The Claremont colleges combine to form what is in effect a mid size university. Claremont’s Environmental Analysis major is superb and can be accessed from any one of the 5 member colleges. Pitzer with its focus on social sciences may be the best option and it is the one where most applicants would have the best chance of admissions as all 5 colleges are difficult admits. Another admissions friendly option would be Scripps, the women’s LAC in the group with a strength in writing. Another option in your preferred size range and with a strong Environmental Studies program is Santa Clara university, located in Silicon Valley. Stanford is of course another great option but is impossible to get into.

I agree that considering the specific type of literal environment you will be in is really important for environmental studies/science. And, lots of great schools in CA. But, I don't know why anyone at this point would consider UCSB, which can't provide enough courses for all students to take a full-time load or UC Berkeley which won't even guarantee housing for freshmen.

https://www.independent.com/2021/09/15/ucsb-course-shortage-at-crisis-level-dean-says/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would go the other way with this choice. I would not pick a college based on its journalism program. The passion here is for the climate crisis, so I would pick a college based on its programs in envirinmental studies. Moreover, because this is not an abstract issue, I would look for a college located where the impact of the climate crisis is being strongly felt right now. That place seems to me to be California. Drought, lakes drying up, forest fires, ocean life, bird migration patterns, and immigration of people displaced by climate change are all “hot” issues in California. It is itself a mini-lab for the impact of the climate crisis. Something approaching 90% of our commercially sold fruits and vegetables are sold in California. Water management issues bring into sharp focus the choices in prioritizing water for homes & offices or for farms which grow the food that we all need. LA gets a bug chunk of its water from Lake Powell & Lake Mead, 2 shrinking reservoirs 300 miles away. Desalinization is one of the solutions up for grabs in California.

Some of the best minds in the world studying this problem are at various University of California branches, especially Berkeley, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz, the latter of which is the closest in size (17,000) what you’re looking for. And it is a beautiful campus. Yes, it’s a little bigger than what you’re looking for, but it’s worth considering. It’s hard to get into any of the campuses in the UC system as an out of stater, so you’ll need to look at other sptions. The Claremont colleges combine to form what is in effect a mid size university. Claremont’s Environmental Analysis major is superb and can be accessed from any one of the 5 member colleges. Pitzer with its focus on social sciences may be the best option and it is the one where most applicants would have the best chance of admissions as all 5 colleges are difficult admits. Another admissions friendly option would be Scripps, the women’s LAC in the group with a strength in writing. Another option in your preferred size range and with a strong Environmental Studies program is Santa Clara university, located in Silicon Valley. Stanford is of course another great option but is impossible to get into.

Agree with this 100%. If California isn't an option, too far, OOS costs, etc. focus on the environmental studies and consider an English double major.

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Immediate PP here. I think JHU and UMD have really good environmental sciences programs locally. I get UMD size is bigger than what she wants.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would go the other way with this choice. I would not pick a college based on its journalism program. The passion here is for the climate crisis, so I would pick a college based on its programs in envirinmental studies. Moreover, because this is not an abstract issue, I would look for a college located where the impact of the climate crisis is being strongly felt right now. That place seems to me to be California. Drought, lakes drying up, forest fires, ocean life, bird migration patterns, and immigration of people displaced by climate change are all “hot” issues in California. It is itself a mini-lab for the impact of the climate crisis. Something approaching 90% of our commercially sold fruits and vegetables are sold in California. Water management issues bring into sharp focus the choices in prioritizing water for homes & offices or for farms which grow the food that we all need. LA gets a bug chunk of its water from Lake Powell & Lake Mead, 2 shrinking reservoirs 300 miles away. Desalinization is one of the solutions up for grabs in California.

Some of the best minds in the world studying this problem are at various University of California branches, especially Berkeley, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz, the latter of which is the closest in size (17,000) what you’re looking for. And it is a beautiful campus. Yes, it’s a little bigger than what you’re looking for, but it’s worth considering. It’s hard to get into any of the campuses in the UC system as an out of stater, so you’ll need to look at other sptions. The Claremont colleges combine to form what is in effect a mid size university. Claremont’s Environmental Analysis major is superb and can be accessed from any one of the 5 member colleges. Pitzer with its focus on social sciences may be the best option and it is the one where most applicants would have the best chance of admissions as all 5 colleges are difficult admits. Another admissions friendly option would be Scripps, the women’s LAC in the group with a strength in writing. Another option in your preferred size range and with a strong Environmental Studies program is Santa Clara university, located in Silicon Valley. Stanford is of course another great option but is impossible to get into.

I agree that considering the specific type of literal environment you will be in is really important for environmental studies/science. And, lots of great schools in CA. But, I don't know why anyone at this point would consider UCSB, which can't provide enough courses for all students to take a full-time load or UC Berkeley which won't even guarantee housing for freshmen.

https://www.independent.com/2021/09/15/ucsb-course-shortage-at-crisis-level-dean-says/

I was suggesting Santa Cruz.

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Anonymous wrote:Immediate PP here. I think JHU and UMD have really good environmental sciences programs locally. I get UMD size is bigger than what she wants.

My thinking is that if the goal is to be a journalist who writes about the climate crisis, go to ground zero. That’s where the action is. Being where it’s happening is at least as important for a journalist as having professors who are researching the subject. There are lots of professors researching this topic right now, and as a result there are lots of colleges which have good programs.

In the U.S., ground zero for the climate crisis right now are California and Florida - especially California. I’d be looking for options in those 2 places in particular.