<p>How is this department at Brown?</p>
<p>This department is housed in a really cool building called the Urban Environmental Lab. You can read about it here: [Center</a> for Environmental Studies: Urban Environmental Lab](<a href=“Institute at Brown University for Environment and Society - IBES Homepage”>Institute at Brown University for Environment and Society - IBES Homepage). </p>
<p>Unfortunately, this wonderful building is being torn down to make room for the new Brain Building, and it is unclear where the department will be located next.</p>
<p>The intro course, which is required by majors, gets mixed reviews. Once you get through that, my sense is that it is a pretty good department that does some interesting things. Plus, there is a lot of environmental activism on campus.</p>
<p>OK, that’s good to hear. Environmental activism is something that I’m really into at the moment. Thanks!</p>
<p>I was under the impression that the UEL was safe from the construction ambitions currently planned on campus.</p>
<p>I’m basing my statements on this BDH article (<a href=“http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2008/04/07/CampusNews/No.Easy.Way.To.Move.Uel.Brown.Tells.Community-3307222.shtml[/url]”>http://media.www.browndailyherald.com/media/storage/paper472/news/2008/04/07/CampusNews/No.Easy.Way.To.Move.Uel.Brown.Tells.Community-3307222.shtml</a>)</p>
<p>It’s not 100% doomed, but pretty close.</p>