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Three majors: Environmental Science, Environmental Studies, Geosciences

Thinking of studying the Earth?
What distinguishes our program from others?

Starting a green job search? See our handy guide on Launching an Environmental Career. Look for current job listings we get on the ENE facebook page.

Keck Geology Consortium projects to be run by Andy de Wet and Rob Sternberg in the summer of 2014.

See the Environmental Protection Agency and American Geological Institute web sites for career information, watch the AGI YouTube video, and read AGI's report about geosciences and critical needs of the 21st century. Read an article from Science, or listen to the podcast, about the excellent job market for geoscientists. The National Academy of Sciences also has a report on urgent needs for geoscientsts in the energy and mineral resource fields.  Hear about the geosciences employment boom for graduates in this National Public Radio story. Or think about interdisciplinary careers at the interface between science and public policy.

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Professors Andy de Wet and Stan Mertzman took students on an extracurricular and subisidzed trip to Hawaii during Spring break, 2013.  A good time and a great learning experience were had by all! 

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Students and faculty attend the National Conference on Science Policy and the Environment in Washington, D.C.

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Students gather at Badwater, the lowest elevation (-282 ft.) in the western hemisphere during the Department field trip to Death Valley.

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  • NE GSA in Lancaster, 2014
  • GSA Northeastern Section 
    49th Annual Meeting

    At the Junction of the Northern and Southern Appalachians

    23–25 March 2014
    Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square and Lancaster County Convention Center 

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  • New GEO majors
  • Dining with Roger Thomas at the Sophomores Declaration Dinner, 4/11/13

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  • Geologic symphony
  • Jeff Nytch's '87 first Symphony, subtitled "Formations," is inspired by the geology of the Rocky Mountain region (but note the geologic map of Pennsylvania) and is commissioned by the Boulder Philharmonic and the Geological Society of America in conjunction with their 125th Anniversary.

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  • Geology enrollments climbing
  • The American Geological Institute reports that the  2011-2012 academic year saw strong growth in U.S. undergraduate enrollments, 
    continuing the nearly decade-long trend.