Over the past few years, Cornell’s Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS) has been making a concerted effort to modernize the undergraduate curriculum – aiming to prepare students to... Read more
Jack Elstner ’21 has always been interested in science, particularly anything that has to do with water. He grew up on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay – spending every second he could on the Wye... Read more
A multidisciplinary team at Cornell is pioneering biomining, a method of using microbes to sustainably mine rare-earth elements. Read more
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
