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Over 170 students enrolled in new Environmental Humanities classes!

September 1, 2024
Our new Environmental Humanities program has made headlines once again! This recent article shared the news of our program’s success as the fall semester starts up. Check out the article here, which shares updates about our program and our exciting achievements over the past month.

Start of semester brings new EH classes!

August 28, 2024
by Emily Reyes, UC Merced class of 2024, Environmental Humanities Communications Specialist EH 001: Intro to Environmental Communications Our first class is Intro to Environmental Communications, which is being offered for the very first time this semester! This class is the heart of the...

UCM Environmental Humanities Program Featured in The Daily Bruin

May 30, 2024
by Emily Reyes, UC Merced class of 2024, Environmental Humanities Communications Specialist Though our UC Merced Environmental Humanities program is the first of its kind in the UC system, there are other related programs available across the UCs. These programs are outlined by The Daily...

EH Professor Bristin Jones Wins Grant for New Program

April 15, 2024
UC Merced professor and Environmental Humanities Program Coordinator Bristin Scalzo Jones was awarded a $10,000 Pathways Step Grant to help improve recruitment and retention for two UC Merced programs: Environmental Humanities (EH) and Spanish. This competitive grant offered through the Modern...

New Major Trains Students to Tell the Planet’s Urgent Stories

December 19, 2023
Compelling storytelling is vital to ensuring the action needed to secure a habitable planet for future generations, according to an increasing amount of research. UC Merced is recruiting students now to become the next environmental storytellers.Students who are interested in creatively conveying...

UC Merced Students Produce Original Play About Environmental Injustices

December 19, 2023
In 1623, William Shakespeare proclaimed, "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players." That is, in the eyes of the playwright, every aspect of the world, and that beyond conceptualization, is grounds for theater and all people are actors within this worldly...