Sewanee Environmental Institute

Sewanee: The University of the South

Student & Faculty Collaboration

David Haskell with Students.

At SEI, undergraduate students and faculty work together to further our understanding of environmental change.

A center for environmental education and research

SEI promotes the use of the University of the South's ecologically and culturally diverse 13,000-acre campus as a living laboratory for the interdisciplinary study of people and the land. SEI offers field-based educational programs at the undergraduate and pre-college level, and fosters faculty-mentored student research on the Cumberland Plateau and beyond.

Educational Programs

Each summer SEI brings undergraduate and high school students to our campus to engage in field-based learning opportunities with our faculty.

The Sewanee Landscape

Across Sewanee's forested landscape over 50 miles of hiking trails lead you to old growth cove forests, waterfalls, lakes, ancient Native American rockshelters and more.

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Sewanee Herbarium in the spotlight

April 20, 2012

Sewanee's collection of pressed plants offers a glimpse of the region's natural history. Read more…

Sewanee grad receives NSF graduate research fellowship

April 9, 2012

Stephanie Loria (C’11, Environmental Studies: Ecology and Biodiversity) is the third Sewanee graduate to receive a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship in the past four years. Read more…

Summer 2012 Undergraduate Environmental Research

April 6, 2012

The University’s commitment to facilitating undergraduate research is again underway for the summer of 2012. Read more…

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Ephermal Ponds

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Posted on February 5, 2012 On Saturday morning, I visited the large ephemeral pond at the end of Brakefield Road. This pond, like all ephemeral…

Summer 2011 Pre-College Program Comes to a Close

Our summer SEI Pre-College Program ended yesterday with lots of tearful good-byes.   It was wonderful to watch the friendships form among this tight group of…