Don’t forget, tomorrow there will be a Colloquium planning meeting and a Meet-and-Greet to informally welcome new students to the EES program. Colloquium Planning Meeting (new students strongly encouraged to participate!) Geography Lounge, Room 4304 Thursday, August 29, 2013 5:00pm The colloquium committee will discuss the list of speakers for the semester, logistics, etc. First year students are required to attend each week, so it’s in your best interest to have a say in who you have to listen to all year! Meet-and-Greet Social, (aka what you didn’t hear during orientation) Meet in the Geography Lounge, Room 4304 Thursday, August …

“Natural Gas and Petroleum: Production Strategies, Environmental Implications and Future Challenges”, is the first ever book published by a CUNY faculty and dealing with natural gas and petroleum issues. https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=44216&osCsid=3340895ba200d3c732c1db12928b9410

  Nazrul I. Khandaker of York College, started a blog about his experiences in Chengdu, China: “Geol. Soc. of America just published my blog on recently held First-Joint International Meeting titled “Roof of the World” between the Geological Society of China and Geological Society of America. As a Secretary of the GSA International Section, I had the privilege to attend this meeting in Chengdu, Sichuan Province and witness China’s tremendous growth associated with technology, science, urbanization, and trade. I just want to share my experience through this blog.  Beside me, Dr. Yan Zheng was the other faculty who participated this …

This year, we had the largest graduating class in the history of the program!   Congratulations!!! Christian Anderson Anne Babette Audant Ryan Ehrhart David Friedman Bradley S. Gardener Amanda Maude Huron Elana Klein Enrique Lanz Oca George Jose Musa Caitlyn Patricia Nichols Rahul Sahajpal Nicholar Carl Steiner    

Michael Mann at this Thursday’s GEOS talk at the CUNY Graduate Center Earth and Environmental Sciences 5:30pm, Science Center  http://ploneprod.met.psu.edu/people/mem45  

Suzie Stempel and Jessica Miller of the CUNY Graduate Center Earth and Environmental Sciences Department present The “foul stench” of the Gowanus: A mixing zone of public perception, community action and local influence” Thursday, May 2 5:00PM in Room 8301

Elections for the Doctoral Students’ Council (DSC) 2013-2014 will close April 30th at 11:59 p.m. To vote, please click the link to the eBallot site and follow the login instructions:https://eballot4.votenet.com/dsc/login.cfm On the ballot, you will be able to vote for student representatives for the following positions: * DSC Program Representative * DSC At-Large Representative * Student Academic Appeals Officer * Faculty-Student Disciplinary Committee Panel * Student Elections Review Committee (SERC) * Advocate Advisory Board * OpenCUNY Board (if a member). Information on all of these positions was provided during the nomination process and will be briefly reiterated below each question …

I’ve been asked by the chair of our department, Cindi Katz, to share this message with you all.   dear all, andy merrifield is visiting the program for the next few weeks, and would be happy to meet with you collectively and individually.  since our speaker for this thursday has had to cancel, i thought it might be a good start to schedule an informal meeting with andy in the lounge this thursday–25 april–at from 5-6. from there you can schedule individual appointments if you are interested. i hope you will take advantage of this interesting opportunity, cindi