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Our undergraduate and graduate students gain a strong foundation across the geosciences. Areas of specialization may include environmental and isotope geochemistry, applied geophysics and tectonics, paleoclimatology, planetary science, remote sensing and GIS, volcanology, and human-environmental interactions.

 

News

Emily Elliott Named Ecological Society of America 2024 Fellow!

Congratulations to GES Professor, Emily Elliott, for being named a 2024 ESA Fellow for your outstanding contributions to ecological research, communication, education, management and policy. 

Two Pitt Undergraduate Student Author Teams Published in JSP&G

Congratulations to our student teams from our undergraduate programs in Environmental Studies, Environmental Science, and other Pitt majors are published alongside graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and faculty from highly ranked science departments, medical schools, and policy programs. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Congratulations to Yasmine Florent, Mackenzie Nemoto, Ana Rowley, Maria Isabel (Isa) Villegas, and Vanessa Pratt! https://www.sciencepolicyjournal.org/article_1038126_jspg240106.html

Congratulations to Ashlynn Moretti, Madilyn Cianci, Mina Kimak, and Savannah Johns! https://www.sciencepolicyjournal.org/article_1038126_jspg240111.html

Congratulations Beth Ann Eberle

GES Ph.D.student project finalist from the TC^2 True Co-equal x Transformative Collaborations