EAS News
The EAS department holds a weekly seminar series and other events. Use this page to keep up with other EAS happenings
EAS field trip to the Hudson Valley
This spring the Earth and Atmospheric Science department was excited to resume a long-standing tradition of field trips to the Catskill region. The structural geology class (EAS 227) spent three days mapping the geology near Leeds, NY. City College has been taking...
New study abroad program on Environmental Field Methods this summer in Greece
EAS is proud to announce a study abroad program on Environmental Field Methods this summer in Greece, introducing field concepts and applications related to the environmental evaluation of water, soil, and sediment quality. Find more details here.
Art – Science Collaboration at the Ann Arbor Film Festival and room 107 of Marshak Building
If you find yourself in Ann Arbor this month, check out the 27 minute film 'Metamorphism' which is currently popping up on a 24 hour looped video installation in the storefront windows of the Ann Arbor Art Center for the 60th Ann Arbor Film Festival. The video...
Congrats to Prof Luo on his collab with NASA’s $177 Million Research Grant
We would like to congratulate Professor Johnny Luo on becoming the co-project leader of a $177 million NASA mission to study thunderstorms in the tropics. Professor Luo continue to be a great asset to the Earth and Atmospheric Science Department and we are very...
Congratulations on our new NASA Grant, 2021-2024
The Earth and Atmospheric Science Department would like to acknowledge and congratulate Dr. James Booth receiving the NASA grant. This grant will be good for the next three years from 2021-2024. The purpose of this NASA grant is to: 1) identify the most important...
Structure Class field trip to the Hudson Valley Fold Thrust belt
EAS grad students participated in the Structure class field trip with Professor Kidder to the Hudson Valley Fold Thrust belt. Students mapped folds, faults, the Taconic unconformity, and successfully weathered a surprise thunder storm.
Students Explore Central Atlantic Magmatic Province
Last month, EAS graduate students Ari Koeppel and Andres Hernandez joined EAS Prof. Ben Black and students and faculty from Queens College, Columbia University, the American Museum of Natural History, and the University of Oregon on a field trip to explore the geology...
EAS Congratulates Dr. Maria Tzortziou!
Dr. Tzortziou, in a collaborative proposal with Rhode Island to NSF, has been awarded a $3 million grant to conduct a ground-breaking research and education expedition into the Canadian Arctic’s Northwest Passage, on the SSV Oliver Hazard Perry, the first full-rigged...
Summer Research Spotlight – Alexis Wright
Alexis Wright (MS ’16) joins crew of the R.V. Marcus Langseth.
Summer Research Spotlight – Brian Lamb
PhD student Brian Lamb travels to Korea aboard the Research Vessel Onnuri.
Summer Research Spotlight – Laura Logozzo
MS Student Laura Logozzo awarded Graduate Student Fellowship.