2025 Newsletter Issues
June 9th Graduation Edition! Photos and memories from the big day!
April 29th What’s Blooming? Perkins Award, Draper Award, Phi Beta Kappa, and CONVOCATION!
April 15th Busy Bees! Grad talks, Earth Day 365, PhD defense, grad student award, and more!
April 1st Earth Month! Climate change is solved, stick bugs invade earth, and the moon explodes!
March 18th Solar Power! Senior spotlights, grad talks, PhD defense, Giving Day, and more!
March 4th Marching Forth! Research Bites, Science Communication, bald eaglets, and more!
February 19th Making Waves! DEI Opportunities, Climate Anxiety event, moray eels, and more!
February 4th Seismic Surprises! Career fair, grad talks, BU Closet spotlight, Idori, and more!
January 21st Happy New Year! Spring 2025 semester begins, welcome back, more!
2024 Newsletter Issues
December 16th End of Year Wrap Up! Successful PhD defenses, awards, publications, and more!
November 14th Leaf Edition! Wally Fulweiler Pivot Fellow, cool events, a sea slug, and more!
October 25th Halloween! Spooky seminars, tasty Research Bites, haunting news, and more!
October 10th Mid-Semester Momentum! Photo winners, publications, DEI events, and more!
September 24th Autumn Opportunities! Awards, book publication, a chair welcome, and more!
September 10th The Semester is Off to a Great Start! Lots of events, lots of publications, and lots more!
August 29th Welcome Back to Campus! Photo contest, orientations and kickoff events, and more!
June 25th Summer Updates! 5 Promotions, 4 PhDs, summer activities, and more.
May 31st Special Graduation Edition! Check out these amazing photos and memories, and celebrate the class of 2024!
April 30th End of semester excitement! Senior events, summer plans, finals tips, and more.
April 19th Achievements galore! NASA Competition Winners, Campus Climate Lab presentations, publications, and more.
April 2nd Earth Month! Earth Day 365 Events, summer jobs, a successful PhD defense, absolutely no pranks, and more.
March 19th Back to school! IGS video, upcoming Earth Day events, summer opportunities, Visualizing Energy, and more.
March 6th Newsletter Returns! Intl Women’s Day Event, Seminar Series, Office Artifacts feature and more.
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Department News
Franklin C. Erickson Prize for an outstanding 3rd year student awarded to Tess Shotland!
Every year, Franklin C. Erickson Prize is awarded to an outstanding 3rd year student. This year's winner is Tess Shotland! Tess’s impact… More
Treicy Torres Memorial Environmental Justice Award Winner is Tami Gordon!
Treicy Torres was an Environmental Analysis and Policy major when she passed away in 2017 before completing her senior year. Treicy was… More
Dr. T R Lakshmanan and Dr. Lata Chatterjee Environmental Analysis & Policy Prize Awarded to Stephanie Hung!
The Dr. T R Lakshmanan and Dr. Lata Chatterjee Environmental Analysis & Policy Prize is named in honor of Earth & Environment… More
Dr. Farouk El-Baz Environmental Science Prize Awarded to Alanna Martins!
The Dr. Farouk El-Baz Environmental Science Prize is named after the Founding Director of BU’s Center for Remote Sensing. Dr. El-Baz has… More
College Prize in Earth & Environment Awarded to Kelly Schisa!
Congratulations to our winner of the College Prize for Excellence in Earth & Environment, Kelly Schisa! The College Prize in Earth and… More
Congratulations Class of 2025!
Congratulations to our amazing class of Earth & Environment graduates! We have witnessed amazing accomplishments from you all, and we are as… More
Promotion to Senior Lecturer – Rick Reibstein
Congratulations to Rick Reibstein on your promotion to Senior Lecturer! Richard Reibstein is an integral part of the law and policy side… More
Graduate Talks Spring 2025
We are thrilled to invite everyone to join us for the Spring 2025 Graduate Talks. They will be held at 12:20pm in… More
Congrats Dr. Matthew Weiser on a successful PhD Defense!
Matthew Weiser, advised by Dr. Cédric Fichot, has successfully defended the PhD dissertation titled "Dissolved Organic Carbon Sourcing and Dynamics in a… More
Congrats Dr. Yiyang Xu on a successful PhD Defense!
Yiyang Xu, advised by Dr. Sergio Fagherazzi, has successfully defended the PhD dissertation titled "Development of Salt Marshes to Equilibrium and Their… More