The Meyer Bender ’29 and Stephen Bender ’58 Memorial Scholarship was established in 1981 by the Bender family in honor of Meyer Bender ’29, who graduated from our department and who was one of our most generous and innovative benefactors throughout his life. The scholarship now also honors Meyer’s son, Stephen Bender ’58, who passed away in late 2014. Like his father, Stephen was very dedicated to our department and his alma mater. He was an honored speaker at many of our EAS Commencement Ceremonies.
The Bender Memorial Scholarship is a single year award of $1000 (subject to tax withholding) and is awarded through nominations by faculty and graduate students, including self-nominations. Nominations from graduate students are particularly encouraged.
This award is given to the outstanding graduate student of the academic year. The Estwing Company provides the winner with an Estwing Rock Pick which is engraved with the recipient’s name.
The Bryan Isacks Excellence in Teaching was established in 2007 by the late Timothy Gubbels (Ph.D.’93 Geological Sciences) in honor of Professor Bryan Isacks to recognize a graduate student who is highly effective as a teaching assistant and who possesses the following characteristics:
The Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Research Excellence Award was established in 2011. It is given annually to an advanced student pursuing a doctoral degree whose research has led to the creation of new knowledge that is recognized in their specialty discipline as a significant advance.
The Chester Buchanan Memorial Award is presented each year to “that outstanding senior majoring in geology,” as recommended by the department faculty.
The Michael William Mitchell Memorial Fund is awarded to outstanding juniors or seniors majoring in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Cornell University. The award will be given to a “geology student who proves himself adept at other liberal arts fields as well as geology—a student of the world.” For the purposes of this award, we will consider all Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (formerly Science of Earth Systems) majors geology students. Considered, too, in naming award winners will be characteristics and interests typified by the late Michael W. Mitchell, whose life and accomplishments are summarized in the attached document.
The Frank H. T. Rhodes Award is given each year to a senior in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences who has excelled academically.
Graduating senior Ellen Park, an EAS major and Ocean Science concentrator was named a Cornell Merrill Presidential Scholar this week. Ellen, who is double majoring in EAS and Biological and Chemical Engineering, will be starting graduate studies in Chemical Oceanography next year in the MIT/WHOI Joint Program.
Hannah Lang ’18 has never been a rock collector and would definitely not refer to herself as a “rock nerd,” (though some of her good friends are). Yet, she graduated from Cornell EAS with a BA in the... Read more about EAS alum is using data to improve mining practices
Indigenous students in STEM are creating community and working to increase representation and visibility – all while bringing valuable cultural insights and a community-focus to their academic work. Read more about Through community, Indigenous students thrive in STEM
For the first time in Cornell Engineering’s history, every school and department currently has, or will soon have, a woman faculty member on the college’s executive leadership team. The milestone... Read more about Excellence ascending: Engineering's women leadership at historic high
