By Erin Philipson Richard Chuchla ’78, Director of the Energy and Earth Resources graduate program at the University of Texas and a founding member of the Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Advisory... Read more
By: Erin Philipson Intro to Oceanography is one of the largest and most popular classes at Cornell University, with almost 1100 students each semester. Students normally cram into Bailey Hall to hear... Read more
Lawrence Cathles, Professor Emeritus in Cornell’s Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, was selected to receive the 2021 Penrose Gold Medal from the Society of Economic Geologists (SEG). The... Read more
Larry Brown, Sidney Kaufman Professor in Geosciences in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, was selected as a 2020 AGU Union Fellow. The AGU Union Fellowship is a prestigious honor, one for which only .1%... Read more
Matthew Pritchard, professor in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Cornell University, was named President-Elect for the Geodesy section of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) for 2021-2022. In 2023... Read more
Teresa Jordan, the J. Preston Levis Professor of Engineering in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, was selected for the Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) William H. Twenhofel medal. The William H... Read more
Angeline Pendergrass has joined the Cornell Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences as an assistant professor. Pendergrass, who joined the department in September 2020, was drawn to Cornell by... Read more
By Erin Philipson The Braudy Foundation – founded by Bob Braudy ’65, M.Eng. ’66, and his wife, Judi – has committed to funding a second five-year phase of a collaboration between Cornell’s Department... Read more
Flavio Lehner has joined the Cornell Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences as assistant professor. Lehner, who joined the department in September of 2020, is excited to join a department of... Read more
“I did not grow up camping or spending a lot of time in the woods,” says Megan Holycross. “I wasn’t indoctrinated into a love of the outdoors and camping the way a lot of geologists are.” As she says... Read more
