News: EAS

Kappel earned her undergraduate degree in geology from Cornell in 1980 and her Ph.D. in marine geology and geophysics in 1985 from Columbia University. Her career includes twelve years as an associate director for the Ocean Drilling Programs at Joint Oceanographic Institutions, 24 years as founder and president of Geosciences Professional Services, Inc., and twenty years as editor of The Oceanography Society’s journal, Oceanography. In a recent conversation Kappel has said that she views the role of the EAS Advisory Council as one of support for the Chair and the department in their mission... Read more

The Icefin team’s observations revealed more than a century of geological processes beneath the Ross Ice Shelf near where it meets Kamb Ice Stream, and will inform models of sea-level rise. Read more

Assistant professors Eshan Chattopadhyay, Debanjan Chowdhury, Andrew Musser, Angeline Pendergrass and Andrej Singer have won 2023 Sloan Research Fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Read more

Cornell scientists have unearthed precise, microscopic clues to where magma is stored in Earth’s mantle, offering scientists – and government officials – a way to gauge volcanic eruption risk. Read more

A new study by a group of universities including Cornell has for the first time revealed the global extent of a layer of melted rock encircling the Earth below its tectonic plates. Read more

Shop the calendar at the Cornell Store or calendars are available by mail for $2 shipping and will include an invoice to be paid by check. To purchase by mail, email nrcc@cornell.edu. Calendars are $10 + shipping. The Ithaca Weather Calendar began in 1985 as a project between the graduate students and senior class of Cornell’s Earth & Atmospheric Science major. The Northeast Regional Climate Center later took over producing the calendar. The first calendar was done in color paper and had lots of stories regarding birds. The themes changed over the years. 2001 and 2002 issues featured weather... Read more

Faculty from seven Cornell colleges have been named Engaged Faculty Fellows through the David M. Einhorn Center for Community Engagement, joining a network that is committed to advancing engaged teaching and scholarship at Cornell and in their academic disciplines. Read more

EAS Assistant Professor and Croll Sesquicentennial fellow Patrick Fulton served as science advisor and fact-checker for a new graphic novel/comic book titled How to Read a Rock, Vol. 1, written and illustrated for intermediate, middle school, and early high school students. Read more

A pair of EAS graduates received awards at the annual CALS Outstanding Alumni and Faculty Awards Banquet held November 18, 2022. Dr. Gretchen Goldman ’06 will receive the Young Alumni Achievement Award, while John Toohey ’84 is among the recipients of the CALS Outstanding Alumni Award. Read more

Nearly 175 community members joined a town forum Nov. 3, held in person and online, to hear updates on the Cornell University Borehole Observatory. Read more