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Christian Science Monitor features Chuck Greene's Op-Ed in the September 12, 2011 issue available online at: http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2011/0912/Did-global-warming-cause-hurricane-Irene
Mark Wysocki has been awarded one of the four 2011 Kendall S. Carpenter Memorial Advising Award. Congratulations Mark!
Suzanne Mahlburg Kay has been elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) for 2011. Congratulations Sue!
The 19th Annual US-Canadian Great Lakes Operational Meteorology (GLOM) Workshop was held March 21 - 23rd at Cornell. This is the first time the GLOM workshop was held on a university campus. EAS' Atmospheric Science faculty and staff hosted the event with presentations taking place in Bradfield Hall.
Congratulations to Matt Pritchard on his promotion to Associate Professor with tenure effective 11/1/10.
Christian Science Monitor features Chuck Greene's Op-Ed in the September 12, 2011 issue available online at: http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2011/0912/Did-global-warming-cause-hurricane-Irene
Mark Wysocki has been awarded one of the four 2011 Kendall S. Carpenter Memorial Advising Award. Congratulations Mark!
Suzanne Mahlburg Kay has been elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) for 2011. Congratulations Sue!
The 19th Annual US-Canadian Great Lakes Operational Meteorology (GLOM) Workshop was held March 21 - 23rd at Cornell. This is the first time the GLOM workshop was held on a university campus. EAS' Atmospheric Science faculty and staff hosted the event with presentations taking place in Bradfield Hall.
Congratulations to Matt Pritchard on his promotion to Associate Professor with tenure effective 11/1/10.
Natalie Mahowald has been named 2009 Editors' Citation for Excellence in Refereeing for GRL in EOS.
NSF has awarded a one year grant to Cornell under the direction of Jason Phipps Morgan, Teresa Jordan, and Larry Brown, "Acquisitions of a parallel-MATLAB capable cluster for computer-intensive research in geodynamics, seismology, hydrothermal systems, and carbon sequestration".
Chuck Greene has received news that he will be funded by NSF to support the development of Wave Gliders for ocean observing along the US West Coast.
EAS Postdoc Mike Willis traveled to Oslo, Norway last week to attend the International Polar Year Oslo Science Conference, 2010. Willis was interviewed by the BBC at the Polar Science Conference that can be viewed at: http://video.hint.no/mmt201v10/osc/?vid=78&ti=7
Larry Brown and EAS grad student, Diego Quiros travel in June to Taipei to attend the 2010 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting. Brown and students continue TAIGER Project research (TAiwan Integrated GEodynamics Research).
Susan Riha gives her NPR listening audience clarification on some of the issues involved with Marcellus Shale on a featured segment June 15th. Riha will participate in another talk show on WVRO June 16th along with Bryce Hand, a retired SU geologist.
Victor Ramos, long time collaborator with Cornell Geological Sciences faculty, has been elected to the US National Academy of Science.Susan Riha makes front page of USAToday...
Teresa Jordan is lead author of Eos "Tipping Points" article...
Jason Phipps Morgan receives new NSF award...
Matt Pritchard receives NSF CAREER award of $530,000...
Art DeGaetano quoted in NewsOK...
ARCHIVES
FALL 2011 - Special Speaker Series -Sustainable Earth, Energy, and Environmental Systems (SEEES)
EAS Fall 2011 Seminar Series: "Earth Trek: The Next Generation - New Talent, New Techniques, New Frontiers"
EAS Spring 2011 Seminar Series: "At the Bleeding Edge of EAS"
14th Annual Graduate Student Symposium
19th Annual U.S. - Canadian Great Lakes Operational Meteorology (GLOM) Workshop Great Lakes Forecasting Conference - March 21 - 23 at Cornell
SUSTAINABLE EARTH, ENERGY, and ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS (SEEES)
The 13th Annual EAS Graduate Research Symposium, held on Friday, January 22, 2010, was a complete success with 3/4 of the graduate students in EAS presenting their research. See all the details on EAS News...
Haiti Earthquake 2010 Symposium was held Monday, January 25th, 2010 in Phillips Hall 101. Speakers included EAS Profs: Rick Allmendinger: Earthquakes of the Carribean, Rowena Lohman: The Geophysics of an Earthquake, Chris Andronicos: Where Plates, Politics, and Poverty Collide, and CEE Prof. Tom O'Rourke: Engineering for Earthquakes.
"We can’t prevent earthquakes and other natural disasters but with understanding we can prepare for future earthquakes. In this special presentation, Cornell professors discuss how earthquakes work, why the Caribbean region can expect more, how engineering can reduce devastating impacts, and the interplay of geology, poverty, and politics."
- 2009 EAS Commencement was held on Sunday, May 24. Diplomas were awarded to 15 undergraduate Science of Earth Systems students and 6 graduate Geological Sciences students in Snee Hall. Click here for pictures of this exciting event! Bradfield Hall held a separate commencement ceremony for Atmospheric Sciences where 16 students received their Bachelor of Science and one student received his Master of Science.
- Lou Derry featured in the April 2009 issue of Geochemical News...
- George Hade and Muawia Barazangi along with PRI volunteer, Curt Banta, were recognized at PRI for their generous service to the Seismology Outreach Program at the Museum of the Earth. See "EAS News" for details...
- Timothy N. Heasley Mineralogical Museum, along with Prof. Emeritus Bill Bassett, was featured in the February 20, 2009 issue of the Cornell Chronicle.
- Natalie Mahowald receives tenure; promoted to Associate Professor in EAS
- Muawia Barazangi becomes Emeritus Professor
- Cornell's EAS was well represented at AGU 2008 Fall Meeting in San Francisco!
- EAS loses an icon in the geological sciences. Sid Kaufman, age 100, passes away on October 23, 2008.
- Kerry Cook leaves Cornell for position at the University of Texas, Austin. See "EAS News" for details.
- Alexandra Moore receives Excellence in Teaching Award from the College of Engineering. See "EAS News" for details.
- Larry Brown becomes new chair of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
- Warren Allmon becomes first Hunter R. Rawlings Professor of Paleontology
- Chris Andronicos is awarded the 2008 Zellman Warhaft Commitment to Diversity Award
- Bruce Monger recognized by Alpha Delta Phi for his influential teaching
- Chuck Greene is elected as a Fellow into The Oceanography Society
- John Cisne becomes Director of Undergraduate Studies, SES
- Bryan Isacks retires, becomes Professor Emeritus
- Kerry Cook is elected to the Board of Trustees for UCAR
- Suzanne Mahlburg Kay has been named a Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists
- Susan Riha becomes Director of WRI
- Rick Allmendinger becomes Associate Dean of Diversity and Faculty Development in Engineering
The Fall 2009 INSTOC Symposium titled: Why Mountains? Tales and Timescales of their Birth and Death was held Saturday, September 12, 2009 in Snee Hall. A.M. Keynote Speaker: Peter Molnar, University of Colorado: Mantle Dynamics and the Rise and Fall of Mountain Ranges; P.M. Keynote Speaker: Carmala Garzione, University of Rochester: Diachronous Surface Uplift of the Andean Plateau Based on Clumped-Isotope Paleothermometry in the Northern and Southern Altiplano and Eastern Cordillera, Bolivia.
Other invited speakers were: Rob McCaffrey (RPI), Anne Meltzer (Lehigh), Steve Roecker (RPI), Eric Kirby (Penn State), Pat Bickford (Syracuse), Michael Hren (Yale), Peter Zeitler (Lehigh), Frank Pazzaglia (Lehigh), Greg Hoke, (Syracuse)
Happy 25th Birthday Snee Hall!
The 25th birthday of Snee Hall's dedication was held on Wed., October 14, 2009 in the Snee Hall Atrium.
Many were on hand to hear stories told by our department's Emeritus Faculty, including some students from past years. We were honored to have Edmund T. Cranch, former Dean of Engineering and active member of the Cornell Association of Professors Emeriti (CAPE) attend the event. Cranch told of his visit many years ago to the home of William and Katherine Snee, benefactors of Snee Hall. Also on hand for the celebration was Professor and President Emeritus, Frank H.T. Rhodes, as well as the current Interim Dean of Engineering, Chris Ober, who gave an impromptu speech to the crowd. Amy Ritter, Director of Facilities for the College of Engineering was also present for the celebration.
