Last year, YSE celebrated its 125th anniversary — a milestone that gave us the opportunity to reflect on the remarkable ways our faculty and alumni have shaped environmental policy and practice around the world…We’re building on that legacy to tackle the defining environmental challenges of our time, and I’m deeply honored to continue doing this work with the YSE and Yale community.”
Indy Burke Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. Dean
Indy Burke, professor of ecosystem ecology, has been reappointed as the Carl W. Knobloch, Jr. Dean of the Yale School of the Environment (YSE), President Maurie McInnis and Provost Scott Strobel announced this week. Her third five-year term will begin July 1, 2026.
The reappointment recognizes Burke’s success in strengthening YSE’s position as a leader in interdisciplinary environmental research and practice, increasing support for students, and extending the school’s global reach, McInnis and Strobel wrote in a message to the school community.
“Under Dean Burke’s leadership, YSE . . . has reinforced its traditional strengths while fervently pursuing new areas of inquiry,” McInnis and Strobel said. “Dean Burke has also led YSE in forging new strategic partnerships and developing the knowledge and leadership needed to address today’s urgent global challenges.”
