News

(Feb. 1, 2021)
Holmes Award Winners AnnouncedEach year the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences selects a small handful of outstanding students from its introductory courses to receive the Chauncey D. Holmes Award.
(Jan. 4, 2021)
New Committee Will Further Efforts on Equity, Diversity, and InclusionThis past summer, the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences formed a new committee to continue departmental progress towards addressing issues of equity, diversity, and inclusion.
(Dec. 1, 2020)
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences 2020 Lab UpdatesAs we close out 2020, we wanted to share with you lab updates from all of our faculty members.

(Nov. 6, 2020)
EES Professors Contribute to Study on Future Climate PredictionClimate experts make the case for including ancient data in future models.

(Nov. 2, 2020)
EES Professor Christa Kelleher Wins SU’s First Francis A. Kohout Award for Outstanding AchievementThe award honors early-career scientists for outstanding achievements in the hydrogeologic profession.
(Nov. 2, 2020)
Thankful for our AlumniWe’d like to kick of November with a big “Thank You!” to all of alumni for their continued support of our department. We’d like to highlight 3 alumni in particular: Daniel Jaffee, Lauret Savoy, and Lee Nichols.
(Oct. 1, 2020)
Adapting the Changing Climates – Responding to the COVID-19 PandemicThe Covid-19 Pandemic has forced our Department to adapt rapidly in the interests of health, safety and compliance with a wide range of ever-changing regulations. Every part of the Department has been affected and here is just a sampling of adjustments we have made.
(Sept. 1, 2020)
Welcome New HiresThe Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences welcome two new full time faculty members and one joint appointment with the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.