2025 Newsletter Issues
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.
Newsletter Archive
Department News
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
Congrats Dr. Nia Bartolucci on a successful PhD Defense!
Nia Bartolucci, advised by Dr. Wally Fulweiler, has successfully defended her PhD dissertation titled, "Anthropogenic Impacts on Carbon and Nitrogen Cycling in… More
DEI Committee Pizza & Movie Night: Hidden Figures
Join the Earth & Environment DEI Committee for a Pizza & Movie Night! 🍕🎥 📅 When: Monday, December 4th ⏰ Time: 6:30… More
Earth & Environment Faculty Acknowledged in “Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher 2024”
Earth & Environment faculty Ranga Myneni, Benjamin Sovacool, and Curtis Woodcock were recognized as Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2024, making up 3… More
Dr. Wally Fulweiler Receives the Simons Foundation Pivot Fellowship
Dr. Robinson Fulweiler recently received the 2024 Simons Foundation Pivot Fellowship. The program supports researchers who have a strong track record of success and… More
Research Bites Series

Hiring Faculty Position: Endowed Chair in Environmental Data Science
Boston University seeks to hire an endowed chair in Environmental Data Science, with specific focus on the theory and applications of data… More

Hiring Faculty Position: Assistant Professor
Apply The Departments of Biology and Earth & Environment at Boston University seek candidates for two tenure-track Assistant Professor positions: one in Global Change Biology… More