News

(Dec. 14, 2021)
EES Professor Jay Thomas Awarded NSF Grant for Work with Granite SolidificationThomas will conduct a series of lab-based experiments to redefine the granitic water-saturated solidus.

(Nov. 24, 2021)
EES Professor Part of Expert Committee Helping to Shape the Future of Paleoclimate ResearchThonis Family Professor Tripti Bhattacharya served on a panel of paleoclimatologists who provided input for a report distributed by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

(Nov. 24, 2021)
Professor Linda Ivany Featured in Exhibit Highlighting the Work of Women PaleontologistsA virtual and in-person exhibit at the Museum of the Earth in nearby Ithaca explores the achievements and discoveries made by women studying the rich history of life on planet Earth.

(Nov. 23, 2021)
Samuel Tuttle Awarded NASA Grant to Study SnowmeltInformation about snowmelt can help scientists forecast flooding and track climate change.

(Nov. 5, 2021)
An Expedition to a Volcanic Hot SpotStudents, faculty and alumni from the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences travel to an iconic geological destination in Iceland.

(Nov. 1, 2021)
Uncovering the Secrets Behind Earth’s First Major Mass ExtinctionA team of researchers have published a new study in Nature Geoscience exploring the cause of the Late Ordovician mass extinction.

(Oct. 12, 2021)
EES Professor Zunli Lu Awarded NSF Grant to Study the Causes of Mass ExtinctionsLu is part of an interdisciplinary team of scientists who will investigate how animals responded to environmental change millions of years ago.

(Sept. 8, 2021)
A&S Mourns the Loss of Retired Earth and Environmental Sciences Professor Hank MullinsMullins, a faculty member in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) for nearly 30 years, passed away in July at the age of 69.