Department of Sustainability & Environment
Engage in Research
Explore opportunities for undergraduate research in the sustainability and environment program.
Learn How the Prairie Functions
Discover how your surroundings affect you and what you can do to create a more sustainable world.
Work on the Missouri River
Join the sustainability program and Missouri River Institute to investigate invasive elements that affect the river.
Preparing students to create a more sustainable world.
Our sustainability program addresses some of the world’s most pressing challenges. We emphasize experiential learning where we find solutions to real-world environmental, social and economic problems.
The program provides training in how to understand and address complex, interdisciplinary problems and work with people from a variety of backgrounds. Our faculty members actively conduct research on a range of environmental, social and economic issues.
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News in Brief
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Vermillion, S.D. – Meghann Jarchow, Ph.D., chair of Sustainability and Environment, spoke with Credit Hour about recent changes in the sustainability program as well as how we can make the world a better place.
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Vermillion, S.D. – Mark Sweeney, associate professor of sustainability and environment, discusses the effect of accumulating sediment on the Missouri River during the latest episode of Credit Hour, the University of South Dakota’s official podcast.
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We are working on putting together a space in Akeley Lawrence Science Center for sustainability students (broadly defined) to meet, study, and work on projects, and we need a name for the space. Our initial idea was the Sustainability Solutions Center, but "center" has a sp...
