Community

There are many opportunities to become involved with the E3B Community. A starting place is the 10th floor common area where students from all programs (undergraduate, postbac, Masters and PhD) gather to study and simply to have a cup of coffee.

common area

Every Tuesday there is a departmental seminar with guest speakers 4:00-5:15 pm 1015 Schermerhorn

  • CUEBS (The Columbia University Environmental Biology Society): 

    A student-run organization that arranges for extra-curricular activities related to ecology, evolution, and environmental biology.  The programs for CUEBS vary from year to year, but often include nature walks in nearby parks (e.g., bird walks, mushroom forays, plant walks), movie nights, guest speakers, and joint events with other environmental groups on campus. 

  • Sapient (The Undergraduate Journal of Biological Anthropology): 

    A student-run publication.  It includes student research as well as artwork--drawings, poetry, photography, and zines. Whether you are interesting in writing, editing, organization, artwork, etc., we hope that you will get involved. Experience/knowledge of bioanthro is not required so feel free to invite your friends. You can contract the editors via [email protected] to let them know of your interest.

  • E3B Birders

  • SEEDS

Throughout the term there are also EB and EBHS oriented programs, joint undergraduate events as well as department wide gatherings. These include:  

  • Welcome Back Gathering
  • E3B Holiday Party
  • Undergrad Open Houses (not your traditional open house with events like “plant therapy”)
  • Sketching Skulls
  • CUEBS outings to museums and zoos
  • Bad Movie Night
  • Ice Cream Social 

And more!

Reach out to the Directors of Undergraduate Studies if you want to be on a mailing list for these events or simply keep an eye out for the flyers.