Knowledge and Leadership forThe Strategic Plan is a living document, which we will update regularly as we proceed to implement our plans and adapt to changing opportunities.
a Sustainable Future
Our plan identifies goals and strategies to realize our greatest ambitions. Following is a summary of those goals — and some of our progress so far.
Revised professional master's curriculum in a way that leverages our existing strengths and world-leading scholarship to more effectively prepare students for the environmental challenges of the 21st century | Complete |
Invested in major facilities improvements at Yale-Myers Forest, including a rebuilt forest camp to replace the camp devastated by fire in 2016 and a new research facility that features a wet laboratory, herpetarium, soils lab, and common meeting space | Complete |
Building new umbrella initiatives to coordinate and promote scholarship and teaching in critical areas, including climate change and energy, environmental health and justice, interdisciplinary urban approaches, and environmental data science | In-Progress |
Conducting ladder-track faculty search in the area of energy systems analysis | In-Progress |
Introduced new curriculum for Masters of Environmental Management degree program—launching with the fall 2018 incoming class—that provides both interdisciplinary breadth and depth, putting more emphasis on subject specialization while also promoting common professional skills | Complete |
Unveiled “learning communities” around those specializations that extend education and training beyond the classroom and illustrate potential career paths | Complete |
Scheduled to host first Yale “Day of Climate” in May, 2018 | Complete |
Developed new Environmental Data Science Hub, an online platform for resources and inspiration toward building environmental data science skills | Complete |
Creating new initiatives that address areas of increasing global urgency (climate change and energy, environmental health and justice, interdisciplinary urban approaches, and environmental data science) | In-Progress |
Adding new courses in climate science and policy, urbanization research methods, environmental health and justice, and environmental communication | In-Progress |
Developing, with Yale partners, cross-campus urbanization curriculum that promotes engagement, scholarship, and teaching | In-Progress |
Planning “Urban@Yale” research day | In-Progress |
Hired the first YSE Assistant Dean of Community and Inclusion | Complete |
Initiated “target of opportunity” faculty search to identify diverse candidates | Complete |
Prioritizing strategic recruitment and scholarship support to strengthen diversity at YSE and across the greater environmental community | In-Progress |
Fostering national network of diverse environmental leaders, including YSE alumni | In-Progress |
Launched the Yale Environmental Dialogue, a series that convenes leading thinkers and decision-makers with the goal of producing solutions to sustainability related issues | Complete |
Creating new Center for Environmental Communication that will support new research, develop evidence-based communications strategies, teach students and professionals in theory and practice, engage the public, and convene networks to build public and political will for environmental solutions | In-Progress |