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The Geosciences Department is proud to announce the creation of the Randolph & Cecile Bromery Graduate Fellowships and Undergraduate scholarshipsBill and Cecile Bromery
Click here for more information and to download an application form.

 

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     B.S. in Geography - Checklist
     B.A. in Geography - Checklist
     B.S. in Geology - Checklist
     B.A. in Geology - Checklist
     B.S. in Earth Science - Checklist
     B.S. in Earth Systems - Checklist
     Minor in Geology - Checklist

     M.S. in Geography
     M.S. in Geosciences

     Ph.D. in Geosciences

     NASA Planetary Biology Internship

    

New!
  The Department of Geosciences
   is pleased to announce the
   introduction of a One year
   Professional Masters Program in
   Applied Hydrogeology

 

Grads Rogues Gallery

 


Lynn Margulis 3/5/1938 - 11/22/2011
Click to view A Tribute to Lynn Margulis


Images from Spring and Summer 2010

Geosciences News

Spring 2012 COURSE LIST - Register on  Spire

• CNS Convocation 2011 - In this award-winning video, CNS students, alumni, and faculty share their experiences about studying science here at UMass Amherst. With incredible independent research opportunities for undergrads and professors who care as much about their students as their research, you'll see how majoring in the sciences at UMass Amherst offers an exceptional education and builds a successful future. The video features several Geosciences students.

•The Council of the Institute of Australian Geographers has awarded the Australia-International Medal posthumously to Geosciences professor Julie Graham and her Australian research partner and colleague Katherine Gibson of the Centre for Citizenship and Public Policy. Read more.

•The work of Professor Julie Brigham-Grette and an international group of scientists at Lake El'gygytgyn in northern Russia is in the news: Check out the article "The Thrill To Drill In The Chill" on the Earth magazine website.

• Professor Michele Cooke received the Distinguished Academic Outreach Teaching Award this spring, and PhD student Brian Yellen recieved the Distinguished Teaching Award for outstanding work as a TA. Congratulations!

UPCOMING EVENTS AND TALKS

Five College Geology Lecture Series - November 8th at 7:00 PM in Room 135 of the Integrated Science Building - the UMass Department of Geosciences is hostinga screening with Marion Stoddart on her  film " The Work of a 1000" For mor information, click here, or check the Geosciences Calendar

GLS - Fridays at 3:30 in Morrill 203 - April 6th: Maureen Raymo from Columbia University - Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory will be giving a talk entitled: CO2, Sea Level and PLIOMAX: Looking to the Past to Predict the Future.   GLS Schedule

ProSem - Fridays at 12:20 in Morrill 161 - April 6th Marissa Mnichwill be talking about: The Crux of the Matter-Putting it all Together in the Springerville Volcanic Field .

Five College-University Geology Lecture Series Schedule 2011-2012

VIDEO: Why Earth Science?

 

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Read what current and former members and friends of the department have been up to lately in our most recent newsletter.

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