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 — 2026
- Bekenstein Climate Leaders Program Summer Intern, City of Boston, Boston, MA.
- Bekenstein Climate Leaders Program Summer Intern, Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, New Haven, New York City.
- Bekenstein Climate Leaders Program Summer Intern, Maine Department of Energy Resources, Augusta, Maine.
- Bekenstein Climate Leaders Program Summer Intern, Virginia Department of Energy, Richmond, VA.
- Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Intern, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, NYC, New Haven.
- Coastal and Watershed Systems Intern, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Trenton, NJ.
- Energy Analysis and Strategy Intern, National Laboratory of the Rockies, New York.
- Environmental Policy Analysis Intern, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Boston, Massachusetts.
- Environmental Policy Analysis Researcher, Foreign Economic Cooperation Office of Ministry of Ecology and Environment of China, Beijing, China.
- Forestry – Management Associate, United States Forest Service, Pinedale, Wyoming; Jackson, Wyoming.
- Forestry – Management Forester, Carson National Forest, North Carolina.
- Protected Areas Management Fellow, Parks California, Remote.
- Bekenstein Climate Leaders Program Summer Intern, Activate, New York, NY.
- Bekenstein Climate Leaders Program Summer Intern, Building Decarbonization Coalition, Remote.
- Bekenstein Climate Leaders Program Summer Intern, Conservation International, Washington D.C./Remote.
- Bekenstein Climate Leaders Program Summer Intern, Environmental Defense Fund, San Francisco or New York.
- Bekenstein Climate Leaders Program Summer Intern, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability USA, Remote.
- Bekenstein Climate Leaders Program Summer Intern, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Amsterdam.
- Bekenstein Climate Leaders Program Summer Intern, World Resources Institute, Washington, DC.
- Carbon and Forest Finance Intern, Institute for Climate and Society (iCS), Brazil.
- Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Fellow, The Nature Conservancy in the CT, New Haven.
- Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Intern, Natural Capital, Bangladesh.
- Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Researcher, Ecoclimate Vision, Ghana.
- Coastal and Watershed Systems Fellow, World Ocean Day / The Ocean Project, Providence, RI.
- Coastal and Watershed Systems Intern, Bali blue harmony, Indonesia and China.
- Corporate Sustainability Analyst, Co-hosted by British Standards Institution and Oxford Net Zero, London, England.
- Ecosystem and Wildlife Conservation Associate, ELTI, New Haven.
- Ecosystem and Wildlife Conservation Fellow, Trust for Public Land, new haven, CT.
- Energy Analysis and Strategy Fellow, PowerLines, New York, DC, Texas, Chicago, New Orleans, Utah.
- Environmental Consulting Intern, Consensus building institute, Boston.
- Environmental Education and Training Intern, Climate Cardinals, New York City, New York.
- Environmental Education and Training Intern, Rosemond Ama Yeboah Foundation, New York, New Haven.
- Environmental Health and Safety Intern, Research Institute for Environmental Innovation (Suzhou), Tsinghua, Suzhou, China.
- Environmental Justice Fellow, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, Harlem, NY.
- Environmental Justice Law Clerk, NMELC, New Mexico, Colorado, Texas.
- Environmental Policy Analysis Fellow, PERC, Bozeman, MT.
- Fellow, National Alliance of Forest Owners (NAFO), Washington, DC.
- Food and Agriculture / Food Security Associate, Montana Cattlemen’s Assocation, Montana.
- Food and Agriculture / Food Security Fellow, Earthjustice, New York, New York.
- Forestry – Management Forest Crew, Yale-Myers Forest, Eastford, CT.
- Intern, Commercial Fishermen for Bristol bay, Naknek, Alaska.
- Intern, Mongabay, New York City, New York.
- Land Management and Land-Use Planning Intern, ELTI, Rwanda and Panama.
- Parks & Recreation Fellow, Trust for Public Land, New Haven, CT.
- Renewable Energy Development Intern, Honnold Foundation, Remote.
- Resilient Local Food Systems Researcher, Berkeley Food Institute, Berkeley, CA.
- Associate, Pact Legal, Remote.
- Business and the Environment Intern, BCG, New York, NY.
- Corporate Sustainability Fellow, Bright Horizons, Remote.
- Corporate Sustainability Intern, Perdue Farms, Salisbury, MD.
- Corporate Sustainability Intern, Weyerhaeuser Company, Seattlec WA.
- Energy Analysis and Strategy Fellow, Ember Energy Research CIC, London, UK.
- Energy Analysis and Strategy Intern, Grid Status, Remote.
- Energy Analysis and Strategy Intern, National Grid, Brooklyn & Melville, NY.
- Energy Analysis and Strategy Intern, Tesla, Inc, Palo Alto, California.
- Energy Efficiency Intern, HASI, Annapolis Maryland.
- Environmental Investing Intern, DESRI, New York.
- Environmental Investing Intern, Fibers Fund, San Francisco.
- Environmental Investing Intern, Natural Capital, Remote.
- Environmental Law & Policy Associate, Hodgson Russ LLP, New York, NY.
- Forestry – Management Intern, Yale, New Have, CT.
- Green Chemistry Fellow, P2 Science, Woodbridge, CT.
- Green Design and the Built Environment Consultant, Becker + Becker, Connecticut.
- Intern, International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC.
- Intern, NA, Marathon Capital – Chicago.
- Intern, Prologis, San Francisco.
- International Development International Consultant, Inter-American Development Bank Group, Washington DC.
- Media & Communication Fellow, Ahdritz and Co, New Haven, CT & New York, New York.
- Media & Communication Fellow, Ahdritz and Co, New York and New Haven.
- Renewable Energy Development Intern, Commonwealth Fusion Systems, Devens, Massachusetts, USA.
- Renewable Energy Development Intern, DESRI, New York NY.
- Water Resources Management Intern, HDR Engineering Inc, Sacramento, CA.
- Water Resources Management Intern, Stantec, Pasadena, CA.
- Environmental Health and Safety Intern, Yale, New Haven.
- Land Management and Land-Use Planning Intern, Yale University, Blanca, Colorado.
- Investigative Environmental Journalism and Fact-Checking, New York City, NY.
- Biochar Soil Amendments and Tropical Seedling Growth on Reclaimed Lands, Kumasi, Ghana.
- Clean Energy, Affordability, and Grid Modernization Data Dashboard, New Britain, CT.
- Black Ecological Knowledge and Forest Conservation in the Kenyan Highlands, Limuru, Kenya.
- Tribal Water Rights in the Colorado River Basin, Denver, CO.
- Thermal Citizenship, Urban Parks, and Environmental Justice in Tropical Cities, Zhengzhou, China.
- Federalism and the Endangered Species Act, Bozeman, MT.
- Biodiversity Credit Policy in China, Beijing, China.
- Forest Data Collection and Thesis Research, New Haven, CT.
- Urban Microclimates and GIS Analysis, Barcelona, Spain.
- Field Research and Novel Environmental Methods Development, San Francisco, CA.
- Soil Nutrients, Microbial Communities, and Carbon Dynamics at Yale-Myers Forest, New Haven, CT.
- Personal Care Products, Chemical Exposure, and Environmental Justice, New Haven, CT.
- Fertilizer Markets, Policy, and California Specialty Crops, Berkeley, CA.
- Climate Stories and Consumer Willingness to Pay for Sustainable Goods, New Haven, CT.
- State-Level Barriers to Distributed Energy Resources in New England Energy Markets, New Haven, CT.
- Market Research and Partnership Development for the Bioregion App, New Haven, CT.
- Distributed Energy Resource Adoption in Virginia, Richmond, VA.
- Sustainable Development Strategy for Green Mixed-Use Projects, Westport, CT.
- The South African Abalone Value Chain, Beijing, China.
- Oral Histories and Archival Research in Northwest Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR.
- Farmer Livelihoods in Drought-Prone Rayalaseema, Rayalaseema Region, India.
- Agroforestry Nursery Sources and Farmer Tree-Planting Outcomes, Los Asientos, Panama.
- Occupancy Modeling of Small Carnivore Species, New Haven, CT.
- Mapping Shrub Encroachment with Optical Imagery and LiDAR, Eastford and Litchfield, CT.
- Lower-Plastic Food Packaging for Street Food Vendors in Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand.
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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