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EPS 109 Field Trip to Fore River

March 20, 2023
On Monday, EPS 109: Earth Resources and the Environment students traveled to the Fore River generating station in Weymouth, MA to learn about combined cycle power and the factors that determine community distribution and use.
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EPS/OEB 56 Field Trip to Spain

March 11, 2023
Over spring break, EPS/OEB 56: The History and Evolution of Life on Earth students traveled internationally to explore the geology and paleobiology of central and southern Spain. In addition to unearthing shale-hosted invertebrate animal fossils and vascular plants, the students had the opportunity to visit the Puertollano Basin and the city of Cuenca.
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EPS Undergraduate Field Trip January 2023

February 1, 2023
Over winter recess, the EPS department partnered with SEA Education Association and embarked on a week-long undergraduate field trip to the US Virgin Islands on board the SSV Corwith Cramer, a 134-foot steel brigantine built as a marine research ship. The students learned how to operate a sailing vessel in the open water, deployed plankton net tows for phytoplankton collection, and even got to drop anchor and swim in the Caribbean Sea! Read more about EPS Undergraduate Field Trip January 2023
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EPS 120/220 Field Trip to the Connecticut River Valley

September 20, 2022
This weekend, EPS 120/220 Introduction to Planetary Sciences students got hands-on experience with ~200 million year old flood basalts and sedimentary sequences in the Connecticut River Valley. Students visited outcrops of the Holyoke and Talcott Basalts as well as the sedimentary Shuttle Mountain and East Berlin Formations on their excursion.

Exploring Fields of Study - Learn about Earth and Planetary Sciences and Undergraduate Research

March 2, 2021

As part of the “Exploring Fields of Study” event hosted by the College, we are hosting an event for prospective students on Tuesday, March 2nd at 5:00 pm ET. We would love to have you there to help talk about your experience in EPS, ask questions about EPS, or just be a friendly face on Zoom. As an added bonus, the GeoSoc (the EPS undergraduate society) will be hosting a panel event about research from 5:30-6:30. Feel free to invite friends. The event details are on the...

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EPS-ESE Recruitment Event

EPS-ESE Recruitment Event

October 26, 2020

Are you interested in?

Climate Change and pollution, space missions and planetary science, the history of Earth's surface and oceans or computer modeling, statistics, labwork, or fieldwork?

Join us for networking and discussion about environmental science and engineering and earth and planetary science.

Resources about internships, undergraduate research, and graduate applications will be shared.

This program is designed for those that hold membership in an underrpresented and/or historically minoritized group in STEM.

Persons with...

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Congratulations 2017 Graduates!

May 26, 2017

Please join us in congratulating our graduating students this year.  We wish them every success in the years to come.  It has truly been an honor to have them as part of the EPS community!  And please remember, you always will have a home here in EPS!

Graduate Students: Anna Lea Albright (MS), Phoebe DeVries, Athena Eyster, Matt Hayek, Claire Healy-Leavitt, Hannah Horowitz, Chris Horvat, Sarah Hurley, Shannon Koplitz, Harriet Lau, Ding Ma, Andy Masterson, Chris Miller, Cristi Proistosescu, Adrienne Propp (MS), Jonathan Tucker, and Alex Turner.

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