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2023
September
August
- NASA Program Gives Students New Perspective on Environmental Research from the Air and Ground
- Sediment Movement During Hurricane Harvey Could Negatively Impact Future Flooding, Prove Costly to Houston, UH Study Finds
- EAS Geology Major Appointed as Student Councilor-at-Large for AIPG-Texas Section
- Team Studies Outdoor Air Movement and the Effects on Spread of Respiratory Diseases
June
May
April
March
February
- Spring Student Research Grants Program Winners Announced
- EAS Student Earns Scholarship from Houston Geological Society
- UH Geologist Receives CAREER Award to Explore Effects of Climate Change on River Systems
- EAS and NSM Celebrate Black History Month
- Ph.D. Student Claudia Bernier Receives Outstanding Student Presentation Award
2022
December
November
October
- Heavens on Earth: What Our Solar System Reveals About Our Home Planet
- Hasan, Ph.D. Student, Wins Best Student Poster Presentation Award at HGS-PESGB Africa Conference
- Combining Modelling and Multiproxy Approach to Advance Paleoclimate and Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction
- Researchers Find ‘Significant Rates’ of Sinking Ground in Houston Suburbs
- EAS Awarded NSF Grant for Isotope Instrumentation
September
- New UH Mentoring Scholarship Program Aims to Fill Future Demand for STEM Jobs
- Hurricanes and Pollution: Studying a Connection
- Postdoctoral Fellow Receives Prestigious NSF Award for Pacific Plate Tectonics Research
- Atmospheric Scientists Study Under-Researched Role of Clouds in Regulating Earth’s Temperature
- Ph.D. Student Michael Comas Receives GSA Research Grant
- UH Hosting Lecture by ‘Father of Environmental Justice’ Robert D. Bullard
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January
2021
November
October
September
August
July
- Laura Taylor Receives UH Outstanding Senior Thesis Award
- UH Research Sheds New Light on How Passing Seismic Waves Can Trigger Earthquakes
- UH Geology Students and Professors Study Sedimentary Facies in Washington
- Ph.D. Student Wins Third Place Poster Award at GeoGulf 2020 Conference
- Three EAS Faculty to Receive Awards at Joint SEG-AAPG Meeting IMAGE 2021
June
- Artificial Intelligence Breakthrough Gives Longer Advance Warning of Ozone Issues
- Research by EAS Graduate Students Recognized in the Mining Sessions at 2020 SEG Annual Meeting
- The Power of Limestone Caves to Store Information about its Environment
- Subsurface Geophysics is Key to Geological Carbon Dioxide Storage
- Takashita-Bynum, Ph.D. Student, Awarded Grants for Paleoenvironmental Research
May
April
- EAS Student Honored with Provost’s Teaching Excellence Award
- Two NSM Undergraduates Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
- UH Team Places Second in 2021 Gulf Coast Section of AAPG Imperial Barrel Award Competition
- Adjunct Faculty Leads Team to Develop Successful Hybrid Geology Field Camp During Initial COVID-19 Outbreak
- Bluware Donates Use of Software to University of Houston Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
- Teaching with Technology: Geology Alums Step in to Enhance Education During Pandemic
- UH Students Excel at Best Student Poster Presentations at the 2020 AAPG Annual Convention & Exhibition
March
February
January
2020
November
October
- Graduate Student Team Recognized for Best Investment Opportunity and Other Accolades in SEG EVOLVE Program
- Suppe and Colleagues Receive 2020 Best Seminal Paper Award
- Turbulent Era Sparked Leap in Human Behavior, Adaptability 320,000 Years Ago
- EAS Alumni Association Welcomes New Board and Committee Members
- Yingcai Zheng Named Robert and Margaret Sheriff Professor in Applied Geophysics
- Lost and Found: UH Geologists ‘Resurrect’ Missing Tectonic Plate
- Five Geoscience Students Recognized for Presentations at the 21st Annual Geoscience Student Expo
- Strong Employment Reported for 2020 EAS PhD and MS Graduates
September
August
July
June
May
- In Memoriam: Margaret Sites Sheriff
- EAS Graduate Awarded Dan E. Wells Outstanding Dissertation Award
- Back from the Bottom of the World
- Zheng and Co-Authors Receive Award for Best Poster Paper Presented at 2019 SEG Annual Meeting
- Graduate Students Present Research at AAPG Hedberg Conference in Mexico City
- UH Professor Leon Thomsen Awarded SEG’s Maurice Ewing Medal
April
March
- Geophysics Student Awarded Top Overall Scholarship by HGS Undergraduate Scholarship Foundation
- Petroleum Experts Limited Donates MOVE Software Suite to Department
- GeoSociety Organized Annual Winter Geological Field Trip to Southern New Mexico
- EAS PhD, MS, and BS Graduates and Current Students Acquire Positions with 20 Oil Exploration and Service Companies
February
January
2019
December
November
October
- New AI Deep Learning Model Allows Earlier, More Accurate Ozone Warnings
- Two EAS Professors to Receive Awards from AAPG
- Three Positions in Sedimentary Geology
- GeoSociety Undergraduate Student Organization Creates Second Rock Garden
- Mapping Flood Zones: Environmental Sciences Undergraduate Interns at NOAA
- Suppe Elected as AGU Fellow
- Petroleum Experts Limited Donates MOVE Software Suite to Department
September
- EAS Faculty Xinding Fang Receives SEG’s J. Clarence Karcher Award
- Yuxuan Wang Receives NASA Grant to Study Drought Stress on Biogenic Emissions
- CAMP2Ex: Measuring Aerosols in the Philippines
- Sequence Stratigraphy Field Trip to Wyoming
- Four EAS Graduate Students Receive HGS Calvert Scholarships
- Resume Workshop Held for EAS Students
August
July
June
- Geology Alumna Receives National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship
- UH and University of Virginia Students Take Joint Geology Field Trip to Washington
- UH Geoscience Team Wins International Petroleum Exploration Competition
- EAS Ph.D. Student wins Houston Geological Society Rising Star Service Award
- Amanda Pascali Receives 2019 AAPG L. Austin Weeks Undergraduate Grant
May
April
March
- Van Nieuwenhuise Selected as President-Elect of Gulf Coast Section of SEPM
- EAS Department Ranked 54th in US News and World Report Survey of Geoscience Departments
- On the Ice
- Sternbach Authors Forbes Piece on Super Basins
- UH Geologist Receives CAREER Award to Tackle Reconstruction of Panthalassa-Pacific Plates
February
January
2018
December
November
October
September
August
- Geophysics Ph.D. Student Wins Second Place at 2018 Halliburton LIFE Conference
- Environmental Science Undergraduate Receives Hollings Environmental Science Scholarship
- Kevin Burke Eulogized by American Geophysical Union and Lunar and Planetary Institute
- EAS Undergrad Interns at Southern California Earthquake Center
- Summer 2018 Big Island SO2 Survey (S.O.S.)
- Ph.D. Student Receives Geological Society of America Grant
- Ph.D. Student Receives Geological Society of America Grant
- EAS Undergrad Receives Geological Society of America Research Grant
- Ph.D. Graduate Lands Position at Harvard-Smithsonian Center of Astrophysics
- Improving Job Market and Oil Price Result in Increased Hiring of EAS Grads
- Ph.D. Student Recognized at Japan Geoscience Union Conference
July
June
- UH Students Arrive in China for Landslide Research
- Heather Bedle Leaves EAS for University of Oklahoma
- NSF Grant Funds Research on Paleozoic Rivers in the Western US
- Choi Receives Grant to Study East Asia’s Air Pollution Caused by Dust Storms
- UH Students Depart to China for Landslide Research
- Graduate Students Attend Sequence Stratigraphy Field Course
May
- AAPG Wildcatters Student Chapter Recognized as “Outstanding Domestic Student Chapter”
- Geology Ph.D. Student Wins Fourth Place in Student Poster Contest at AAPG Annual Convention
- Geology Graduate Student Selected For Antarctica Research Expedition
- 2018 EAS Student Research Day Conference and Industrial Open House
- UH EAS Wins GSA/ExxonMobil Field Camp Excellence Award
- EAS Geology Major Selected for 2018 Summer Latino Heritage Internship Program
- UH Students Launch Student-Run Earth Sciences Journal
April
- What Can Past Glacier Behavior Tell Us About Future Sea Level Rise?
- UH Researchers Test New Method to Measure Effect of Volcanic Eruptions
- Environmental Science Major Selected for TCEQ Mickey Leland Environmental Internship Program
- Professional Master’s Program: Top-Tier Education for Geoscientists
- EAS Class Project Involves Edits to SEG Wiki
- Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Graduate Program Ranking on the Rise
- Atmospheric Science M.S. Student Selected for NCEP Student Internship Program
March
February
January
2017
December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
- Graduate Students Travel to Washington State for Field Courses
- Detecting Long-Term Changes in Air Pollution from Space
- From Field Camp to GeoCorps America Researcher in Red Lodge, Montana
- Khan Honored with NSM's Butler Teaching Award
- Geology Ph.D. Student Awarded NSF Urbino Summer School in Paleoclimatology Scholarship
- Outstanding Student Oral Presentations and Posters Chosen for 2017 EAS Student Research Day
April
- Geoscience Student Team Wins Imperial Barrel Award World Championship
- Yuxuan Wang Receives NSF Grant to Study Beijing's Air Pollution
- EAS Geology and Geophysics Undergrads Head to Grad Schools in Fall 2017
- UH Team Wins World Finals of 2017 AAPG Imperial Barrel Award Competition
- Geology Ph.D. Student Wins First Place in Student Poster Competition at 2017 AAPG Annual Convention
- UH Team Wins World Finals of 2017 AAPG Imperial Barrel Award Competition
- Department Expands Hands-On Learning at the Geoscience Learning Center
- EAS Researcher Returns from Meteorite Expedition to Antarctica
March
February
- Undergraduate Awarded for Student Poster Presentation at Conference on Passive Margins
- Undergraduate Geology Student Wins Prestigious Internship at NASA's Lunar and Planetary Institute
- EAS Grad Student Headed to Antarctica
- EAS Graduate Students Continue Outreach at Local Elementary School
- The Martian (Rock): Evidence of Two Billion Years of Volcanic Activity
January
2016
December
November
- Algorithm Described in EAS Master's Thesis Awarded U.S. Patent
- Samples From Beyond Our World: Researcher Travels to Antarctica for Meteorite Expedition
- Three Students Recognized for Outstanding Research Posters at Annual Sheriff Lecture
- Liu Awarded Graduate Student Research Grant
- Two Geophysics Ph.D. Students Place Third in SEG Challenge Bowl World Finals
October
September
August
- Department Welcomes New Assistant Professor, Dr. Jonny Wu
- New Instructional Faculty Member Heather Bedle Joins EAS
- Welcome to Yuxuan Wang, Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Chemistry
- Sager Publishes Research Review in Earth-Science Reviews
- Five EAS Ph.D. Students Selected for Future Faculty Fellows Program
July
June
- Van Nieuwenhuise Featured on 22 Texas Public Radio Stations
- EAS Welcomes Postdoctoral Researcher Alberto Carballo
- UH EAS Grad Students Win Awards at AAPG Student Poster Competition
- Two UH Recent Ph.D. Graduates Receive SEG Honors and Awards
- EAS Students Benefit from ExxonMobil Wilderness First Aid/Field Safety Course
May
- Graduate Students Attend Sequence Stratigraphy Field Seminar
- UH Physicist Honored for Groundbreaking Approach to Seismology
- Shuhab Khan featured on 22 Texas Public Radio Stations
- 31st Annual EAS Student Research/Alumni and Industry Open House
- UH Undergraduate Geology Major Participates in ExxonMobil Guadalupe Field School
- Former UH EAS Field Camp Students Awarded USGS Internships for Summer 2016
- Earth and Atmospherics Sciences' Matthew Erickson Headed to South Korea for Air Quality Study
- Four Ph.D. Students Receive Research Grants
April
February
January
2015
December
November
- Saylor Brings Earth Science Outreach to Area Students
- Ph.D. Student Lei Liu Addresses Houston-Area Atmospheric Scientists
- Tamu Massif Research Cruise Featured in UH News Digest
- Three EAS Grad Student Teams Participate in EVOLVE Program
- New Evidence that Antarctic Ice Sheet was Very Vulnerable to Warm Climate in the Past: Ice-Free Deserts near South Pole during Pliocene
October
September
- Two EAS Ph.D. Students Receive Student Poster Awards at GCAGS Conference
- Geology Ph.D. Candidate Wins Second Place at AAPG/SEG Student EXPO Poster Competition
- EAS Unconventional Resource Research Highlighted as Top Program in Canadian SEG Journal
- Bon Voyage: Professor and Students Set Sail to World's Largest Single Volcano
- UH Awarded $246K NSF Grant For U.S.-China Collaboration On Landslides
- Dr. Wendy Nelson Moves to Towson University
- EAS Ph.D. Student Selected for Houston Geological Society Outstanding Student Award
- Margarete Jadamec Recognized as Outstanding Reviewer by Earth and Planetary Science Letters
- Ph.D. Student Receives NASA Fellowship to Study Early Solar System Materials
August
- Sylvia Marshall Retires as EAS Graduate Student Academic Advisor II after 28 Years of Service
- Joel Saylor Recognized as Outstanding Reviewer by Two Geoscience Journals
- EAS Research Professor Departs UH to Assume Research Faculty Position in Denmark
- Faculty Member William Sager Co-Edits Volume on Oceanic Plateaus
- Welcome to Postdoctoral Researchers Wonbae Jeon and Anirban Roy
- EAS Student Selected for Future Faculty Fellowship
- Geology Ph.D. Student Wins Second Place in Poster Competition at AAPG Annual Convention
- EAS Welcomes Two New Postdoctoral Researchers
- EAS Postdoc Departs UH to Assume Tenure-Track Position
July
June
May
- Atmospheric Sciences Ph.D. Receives Prestigious Postdoctoral Research Position
- AMS Student Chapter Goes Green!
- UH Researchers: Climate Change Helped to Reduce Ozone Levels
- Zheng Wins Karcher Award from Society of Exploration Geophysicists
- EAS Undergrads Head to Grad Schools in Fall 2015
- Winners Announced: Best Student Talks and Posters at Student Research Day and Industry Open House
April
- Research Finds Closure of Panama Seaway Occurred 10 Million Years Earlier Than Previously Thought
- UH Competes in 2015 Gulf Coast Section of the AAPG Imperial Barrel Award Competition
- Geology Major Selected to Glamour Magazine's Top 10 College Women of 2015
- Geophysics Professor Rob Stewart Profiled in University of Houston News
- Students Monitor the Aurora Borealis
- Geology Major Selected as NSM Ambassador
- AMS Student Chapter Visits National Weather Service
March
February
January
2014
December
November
October
- Field Camp Endowment Brings Classroom Learning to Life
- Robert E. Sheriff Profiled in Geo ExPro
- Students win Top Poster Awards at Annual Africa Oil Exploration and Production Conference
- Two EAS Graduate Students Receive 2014 AAPG Student Research Grants
- Graduate Student Field Trip to New Mexico and Colorado
- Saylor Part of Team Evaluating Changes in Surface Elevation of the Tibetan Plateau
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
- UH Team Places Third in Field of 13 Universities in AAPG Gulf Coast Imperial Barrel Award Regional Competition
- EAS Geophysics Grad Students Excel at SEG Gulf Coast Regional Challenge Bowl
- Searching for Blind Faults: Subsurface Imaging in Haiti
- What Lies Beneath: UH's La Marque Geophysical Observatory
- EAS Student Group Organizes Spring Geology Field Trip
February
January
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