Summer Experiences Data
YSE students participate in on-ground, hybrid, and remote research projects, entrepreneurial endeavors, internships, fellowships, and traditional work opportunities with host organizations around the world for their summer experiences. See below for working lists by sector.
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Summer Experiences by Sector — 2025
- Coastal Policy Intern, Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (RICRMC), Wakefield, RI.
- Coastal Policy Intern, Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (RICRMC), Wakefield, RI.
- Intern, City Government of Baguio, Benguet, Philippines.
- Intern, Connecticut Department of Public Health, New Haven, CT.
- Intern, Mahagenco, Mumbai, India.
- Intern, South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority, New Haven.
- Intern, Town of Hamden, Hamden, CT.
- Intern, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Madison, WI.
- Research Intern, California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Sacramento, CA.
- Researcher, World Waternet, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- Apprentice, Audubon Connecticut, New Haven, CT.
- Apprentice, The Yale School Forests, Easton, CT.
- Apprentice, The Yale School Forests, Easton, CT.
- Bekenstein Climate Leaders Program Summer Intern, Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. (EDF), New Haven, CT.
- Bekenstein Climate Leaders Program Summer Intern, Greentown Collaborative Inc., Cambridge, MA.
- Bekenstein Climate Leaders Program Summer Intern, HEET, Boston, MA.
- Climate Adaptation Volunteer Intern, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Washington, DC.
- Climate Transition Finance & Business Case Research Intern, Ceres, Newport, RI.
- Contractor, Rocky Mountain Office (RMI) Beijing Office, Beijing, China.
- Fellow, Acadia Center, Hartford, CT.
- Fellow, Citizens Campaign for the Environment, New York, NY.
- Fellow, Global Resilience Partnership (GRP), UNDP, New Haven, CT.
- Fellow, Hixon Center for Urban Sustainability, Baltimore, MD.
- Graduate Student Research Intern, Foodshed Capital, Remote.
- Hawaiʻi ʻUlu Cooperative Intern, Hawai’i ‘Ulu Cooperative, Hilo, Hawaii.
- Intern Volunteer, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Flores, Guatemala.
- Intern, Climate Haven, New Haven, CT.
- Intern, Consensus Building Institute, Cambridge, MA.
- Intern, Environmental Law & Policy Center, Chicago, IL.
- Intern, Instituto Centro da Vida Alta Floresta, Brazil.
- Intern, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Kigali, Rwanda.
- Research Assistant, Center for Industrial Ecology, Remote.
- Summer Consultant, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala.
- Summer Consultant, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Washington, DC.
- Summer Fellow, Trust for Public Land (TPL), New Haven, CT.
- Summer Intern, Ceres, Remote.
- Summer Intern, Earthworm Foundation Brazil, Piracicaba, Brazil.
- Summer Intern, Earthworm, London, England.
- Summer Intern, Gardens of Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA.
- Summer Intern, National Association of State Energy Officials, New Haven, CT.
- Summer Intern, Rainforest Builder, Nkwanta, Ghana.
- Summer Intern, Regulatory Assistance Project, Mumbai, India.
- Summer Intern, Wildlife Conservation Society Tanzania Marine Program, Tanga, Zanzibar38
- Summer Intern, Institute of Economics and Peace, New York, NY.
- Summer Intern, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.
- Summer Intern, National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), New York, NY.
- Summer Intern, National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), New York, NY.
- Summer Intern, Rewiring America, New Haven, CT.
- Summer Intern, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Kigali Rwanda.
- Summer Intern, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Kigali, Rwanda.
- Summer Research Consultant, Rainforest Alliance, Sefwi Wiawso, Ghana.
- Sustainable Food Program Coordinator, Give and Surf, Bocas del Toro, Panama.
- Associate, Outsight International Sàrl, Benguet, Philippines.
- Bekenstein Climate Leaders Program Summer Intern, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Remote.
- Summer Intern, EDF Power Solutions, Hamden, CT.
- Summer Intern, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris, France.
- Summer Intern, Outsight International, Remote.9
- Summer Intern, Panera Bread, Madison, WI.
- Summer Intern, Richman Law & Policy, Irvington, NY.
- Summer Intern, Apple, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- Summer Intern, Circle Economy Consulting, New Haven, CT.
- Summer Intern, Microsoft, Wakefield, RI.
- Summer Intern, Stantec, New Haven, CT.
- Partnerships Coordinator, Yale Program on Climate Change Communication (YPCCC), Lafayette, CA.
- Summer Intern, UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Bailrig, England.
- Summer Intern, Common Ground High School, New Haven, CT.
- A Mother’s Love, and Her Environmental Exposure: Community-Based Approaches to Addressing Reproductive Health and Environmental Justice, Los Angeles, CA.
- Analysis of Battery Energy Storage Systems as a Non-Wire Alternative, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
- Changes in ANPP and Plant Functional Types Following Well Pad Restoration, Pinedale, WY.
- Chile: Opportunity in the Just Transition or Perpetuation of the Resource Curse, Santiago, Chile.
- Detection of Low Productivity Zones in the Southeast Everglades Region of Coastal Florida, Remote.
- Developing Material Balance Diagrams for Textile Processing Batches, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- Ecological Drivers of Large Mammalian Herbivore Use of Watering Locations in Semi-Arid Northern Botswana, Muan, Botswana.
- Energy Transition Minerals in Chile: Global “Win-Win” or Local Perpetuation of the “Resource Curse”? A Case Study on Lithium Extraction and Community Development Agreements (CDAs) in Chile’s Atacama Desert, Santiago, Chile.
- Examining the Impact of Extreme Climate Events on Agricultural Production: Perspectives from Farmers in the Southeastern United States, New Haven, CT.
- Exploring the Role of African Diasporic Ecological Knowledge Effects on Soil Health and Nutrition Characteristics in Regenerative Agriculture, New Haven, CT.
- Fiscal and Institutional Imbalances in Environmental Governance within the Peruvian Mining Sector, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
- From Urban Core to Periphery: Measuring Recovery Time Sensitivity of U.S. Urban Forests in Response to Flash Droughts (2001–2024), New Haven, CT.
- Igniting Connections: Bridging Art, Community, and Indigenous Land Stewardship, Hopland, CA.
- Influence of Indigenous Swidden-Fallow Agroforestry Systems on Palm Communities of the Ecuadorian Amazon, Yasuní Scientific Station, Ecuador.
- Intestines of the Mountains– Cordyceps Economy, Shifting Consumption, and Rural Waste in Northeastern Tibetan Plateau, Qinghai Province, China.
- Intestines of the Mountains– Cordyceps Economy, Shifting Consumption, and Waste-Producing Cash Flow in Northeastern Tibetan Plateau, Lhasa, Tibet.
- Investigating Pinyon Pine Spread into Big Sagebrush Plant Communities, Blanca, CO.
- Living on the Edge: Plant-animal Interactions and the Cascading Impacts of Amazon Forest Fragmentation, Canarana, Brazil.
- Long-term Impacts of Canopy Removal on Amphibian Biodiversity in Vernal Ponds, New Haven, CT.
- Making-Culture: Cultural Autonomy as Indigenous Environmental Sovereignty in the U.S. Southwest, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
- Monitoring Plots in a Remnant Primary Forest Fragment in the Coastal Atlantic Forest, Bahia, Brazil.
- Novel Heliconia and Insect Interactions in a Lowland Ecuadorian Rainforest, Yasuni National Park, Ecuador.
- Phenology and Radiation Use Efficiency in the Western U.S. Great Plains, Denver, CO.
- Re-engineering Social Life in Urban Setting: Rationalities and Realities of the Social Housing Project in Senegal, Dakar, Senegal.
- Socioeconomic Analysis and Value of Native Tree Restoration and Conservation Within Degraded and Productive Lands of Smallholder and Medium-sized Farmers in Misiones, Argentina, Santiago, Argentina.
- Structural and Compositional Dynamics of Pine-Oak Regrowth on Abandoned Agricultural Land of Central Mid-Hills of Nepal, Parbat, Nepal.
- Swarm Chasing the Cannibal Horde: Collective Motion, Myth, and Management of Mormon Cricket Migrations in the Great Basin, Elko, NV.
- The Case of the Mormon Cricket: Shaping Ecosocial Consciousness in the American West—The Federal, the Far-Right, and the Feral, Salt Lake City, Utah.
- The Impact of Human Activities on the Spatiotemporal Distribution of Yunnan Snub-nosed Monkeys, Beijing, China.
- Unravelling Urban Climate Patterns: The Interplay of Urban Morphology and Environmental Factors in Microclimate Modeling, New Haven, CT.
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Summer Experiences by Degree Designation — 2022
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- Business and the Environment Contractor with Metric in Chicago, Illinois
- Business and the Environment Fellow with Sanergy in Nairobi, Kenya
- Business and the Environment Intern with ThredUP in Dallas, Texas
- Business and the Environment Intern with World Business Council for Sustainable Development in New Haven, Connecticut
- Business and the Environment Intern with World Business Council for Sustainable Development in San Jose, California
- Business and the Environment Researcher with Yunus Environment Hub in Berlin, Germany
- Carbon and Forest Finance Researcher with Yale School of the Environment in New Haven, Connecticut
- Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Consultant with City of New Haven in New Haven, Connecticut
- Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Fellow with Groundwork USA in Yonkers, New York
- Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Fellow with Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) in New Haven, Connecticut
- Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Intern with Buy-In Community Planning in Providence, Rhode Island
- Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Intern with World Resources Institute (WRI) in Kampala, Uganda
- Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Intern with Yale School of the Environment in New Haven, Connecticut
- Corporate Sustainability Associate with World Business Council for Sustainable Development in New Haven, Connecticut
- Corporate Sustainability Intern with Ahold Delhaize USA in Hyattsville, Maryland
- Corporate Sustainability Intern with Helen of Troy in White Plains, New York
- Corporate Sustainability Intern with National Geographic in Washington, DC
- Corporate Sustainability Intern with Ocean Spray Cranberries in Lakeville, Massachusetts
- Disaster Risk Management Intern with Visayas State University Institute of Tropical Ecology and Environmental Management (VSU-ITEEM) in Baybay City, Philippines
- Ecosystem and Wildlife Conservation Fellow with National Forest Foundation in Hayfork, California
- Ecosystem and Wildlife Conservation Intern with Brazilian Forests Dialogue in Curitiba, Brazil
- Ecosystem and Wildlife Conservation Intern with SORALO in Kirimatian, Kenya
- Ecosystem and Wildlife Conservation Intern with Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative in Missoula, Montana
- Ecosystem and Wildlife Conservation Researcher with Sitka Sound Science Center in Sitka, Alaska
- Ecosystem and Wildlife Conservation Researcher with Yale School of the Environment in Kanchanaburi, Thailand
- EDF Climate Corps Fellow with CME Group in New York, New York
- EDF Climate Corps Fellow with Equity Lifestyle Properties (MHC Property Management Limited Partnership) in Chicago, Illinois
- EDF Climate Corps Fellow with Etsy in Brooklyn, New York
- EDF Climate Corps Fellow with Indeed.com in Austin, Texas
- EDF Climate Corps Fellow with Pfizer, Inc. in New York, New York
- EDF Climate Corps Fellow with Warner Music Group in New York, New York
- Energy Analysis and Strategy Fellow with CT Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) in New Britain, Connecticut
- Energy Analysis and Strategy Intern with American Clean Power Association in Washington, DC
- Energy Analysis and Strategy Intern with Apple in Cupertino, California
- Energy Analysis and Strategy Intern with Ascend Analytics in Golden, Colorado
- Energy Analysis and Strategy Intern with AVANGRID in New Haven, Connecticut
- Energy Analysis and Strategy Intern with Marathon Capital in Chicago, Illinois
- Energy Analysis and Strategy Intern with New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) in Albany, New York
- Energy Analysis and Strategy Intern with RMI in New Haven, Connecticut
- Energy Analysis and Strategy Intern with World Resources Institute (WRI) in New Haven, Connecticut
- Energy Efficiency Researcher with Environmental Change Institute at Oxford University in Oxford, United Kingdom
- Environmental Health and Safety Fellow with Air Alliance Houston in New Haven, Connecticut
- Environmental Investing Associate with Ecosystem Integrity Fund in New York, New York
- Environmental Justice Fellow with the Yurok Tribe in Berkeley, California
- Environmental Justice Forester with Urban Resources Initiative in New Haven, Connecticut
- Environmental Justice Intern with Trust for Public Land in New Haven, Connecticut
- Environmental Justice Intern with United States Department of Energy in Washington, DC
- Environmental Justice Researcher with Yale School of the Environment in New Haven, Connecticut
- Environmental Law & Policy Associate with Beveridge & Diamond, PC in Washington, DC
- Environmental Law & Policy Intern with Appalachian Mountain Advocates in Johnson City, Tennessee
- Environmental Law & Policy Intern with Bolivia Department of International Affairs and Climate Change in Santa Cruz, Bolivia
- Environmental Law & Policy Intern with Conservation Law Foundation in Concord, New Hampshire
- Environmental Law & Policy Intern with Ocean Conservancy in Anchorage, Alaska
- Environmental Policy Analysis Intern with United States Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, DC
- Food and Agriculture / Food Security Intern with City of New Haven in New Haven, Connecticut
- Food and Agriculture / Food Security Intern with Renewable Resources Group in Los Angeles, California
- Food and Agriculture / Food Security Intern with Tanka Fund in Kyle, South Dakota
- Food and Agriculture / Food Security Researcher with Sri Lanka Program for Forest Conservation (SLPFC) in Pitekele, Sri Lanka
- Global Climate Change Science and Policy Intern with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in College Park, Maryland
- Global Climate Change Science and Policy Intern with United Nations Environment Programme in Paris, France
- Green Design and the Built Environment Intern with Someplace Studio in Berlin, Germany
- Green Infrastructure Fellow with Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies in Millbrook, New York
- Green Infrastructure Intern with RMI in Oakland, California
- Green Manufacturing Co-Founder with Mango Leather in Mumbai, India
- Industrial Ecology Intern with World Business Council for Sustainable Development in New Haven, Connecticut
- Industrial Ecology Intern with Yale School of the Environment in New Haven, Connecticut
- Land Management and Land-Use Planning Intern with The Wilderness Society in Denver, Colorado
- Media & Communication Associate with Carbon Direct in New Haven, Connecticut
- Media & Communication Intern with American Forest Foundation in State College, Pennsylvania
- Renewable Energy Development Associate with Amp Energy in Denver, Colorado
- Renewable Energy Development Associate with BlocPower in Brooklyn, New York
- Renewable Energy Development Fellow with Yale School of the Environment in New Haven, Connecticut
- Renewable Energy Development Intern with Clean Energy States Alliance in New Haven, Connecticut
- Renewable Energy Development Intern with Modern Electron in Steamboat Springs, Colorado
- Renewable Energy Development Intern with UGE International in New York, New York
- Resilient Local Food Systems Researcher with University of Oslo in Copenhagen, Denmark
- Tropical Resources Associate with Yale School of the Environment in Banda, Rwanda
- Urban & Regional Planning Intern with Atlanta Regional Commission in Atlanta, Georgia
- Urban Ecology Intern with Urban Resources Initiative in New Haven, Connecticut
- Urban Ecology Intern with Yale School of the Environment in New Haven, Connecticut
- Water Resources Management Researcher with Yale School of the Environment in Lancaster, Pennsylvania
- Ecosystem and Wildlife Conservation Intern with CSIR – Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology in Hyderabad, India
- Ecosystem and Wildlife Conservation Intern with Kageno Worldwide in Banda, Rwanda
- Environmental Law & Policy Intern with Conservation Law Foundation in Boston, Massachusetts
- Food and Agriculture / Food Security Researcher with Yale School of the Environment in Pitakele, Sri Lanka
- Forestry Management Apprentice with Yale School of the Environment in North Ashford, Connecticut
- Forestry Management Apprentice with Yale School of the Environment in Union, Connecticut
- Forestry Management Intern with COMACO in Chipata, Zambia
- Forestry Management Intern with Hama Hama Company in Liliwaup, Washington
- Forestry Management Intern with Yale School of the Environment in Eastford, Connecticut
- Forestry Sustainability Intern with Yale School of the Environment in Eastford, Connecticut
- Media & Communication Writer with Yale School of the Environment in New Haven, Connecticut
- Tropical Resources Researcher with Yale School of the Environment in Ayanfuri, Ghana
- Business and the Environment Researcher with Yale School of the Environment in Seattle, Washington
- Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Researcher with Okavango Research Institute, University of Botswana in Maun, Botswana
- Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Researcher with University of Minnesota Twin Cities in Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Researcher with Yale School of the Environment in Seocho-Gu, South Korea
- Coastal and Watershed Systems Researcher with Yale School of the Environment in Auburn, New York
- Coastal and Watershed Systems Researcher with Yale School of the Environment in Boston, Massachusetts
- Coastal and Watershed Systems Researcher with Yale School of the Environment in Fishers Island, New York
- Disaster Risk Management Researcher with Yale School of the Environment in San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Ecosystem and Wildlife Conservation Researcher with Yale School of the Environment in Eastford, Connecticut
- Ecosystem and Wildlife Conservation Researcher with Yale School of the Environment in Madison, Connecticut
- Ecosystem and Wildlife Conservation Researcher with Yale School of the Environment in Maun, Botswana
- Ecosystem and Wildlife Conservation Researcher with Yale School of the Environment in New Haven, Connecticut
- Ecosystem and Wildlife Conservation Researcher with Yale School of the Environment in Okanogan, Washington
- Ecosystem and Wildlife Conservation Researcher with Yale School of the Environment in Pinedale, Wyoming
- Ecosystem and Wildlife Conservation Researcher with Yale School of the Environment in Yasuni National Park, Ecuador
- Energy Analysis and Strategy Fellow with Yale School of the Environment in New Haven, Connecticut
- Energy Analysis and Strategy Researcher with Yale School of the Environment in New Haven, Connecticut
- Energy Analysis and Strategy Researcher with Yale School of the Environment in Perrysburg, Ohio
- Environmental Education and Training Intern with Esri in Boston, Massachusetts
- Environmental Education and Training Researcher with Yale School of the Environment in New Haven, Connecticut
- Environmental Health and Safety Researcher with Yale School of the Environment in Kashgar, China
- Environmental Justice Researcher with Yale School of the Environment in Hopi, Arizona
- Environmental Justice Researcher with Yale School of the Environment in New York, New York
- Environmental Justice Researcher with Yale School of the Environment in Pune, India
- Environmental Law & Policy Clerk with Schute Mihaly & Weinberger LLP in San Francisco, California
- Environmental Policy Analysis Researcher with Yale School of the Environment in Southbury, Connecticut
- Food and Agriculture / Food Security Researcher with Columbia University in Long Xuyen, Vietnam
- Food and Agriculture / Food Security Researcher with Yale School of the Environment in Brooklyn, New York
- Food and Agriculture / Food Security Researcher with Yale School of the Environment in Hialeah, Florida
- Green Chemistry Researcher with Yale School of the Environment in New Haven, Connecticut
- Land Management and Land-Use Planning Researcher with Yale School of the Environment in Montpelier, Vermont
- Parks & Recreation Researcher with Yale School of the Environment in Durango, Colorado
- Urban & Regional Planning Fellow with Yale School of the Environment in Forestville, Maryland
- Urban & Regional Planning Researcher with Yale School of the Environment in Accra, Ghana
- Urban Ecology Researcher with Yale School of the Environment in Beijing, China
- Water Resources Management Researcher with Yale School of the Environment in St. Johnsbury, Vermont
- Ecosystem and Wildlife Conservation Researcher with Yale School of the Environment in Utuado, Puerto Rico
- Forestry Sustainability Researcher with Santa Fe National Park in Santa Fe, Panama