Some of our E&PS women undergraduate and graduate students posing by the rover
Clean lab
Laser glasses
Poster Session
Banded iron formation, Soudan Underground Mine State Park, Minnesota, with a nickel for scale.

Earth & Planetary Sciences

Whether you’re interested in studying the world beneath your feet, or worlds farther away, the Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences provides the tools for understanding the processes that shaped our planet and other solar system bodies. Understanding the Earth system is also the key to addressing many environmental challenges, including climate change, water supply, and energy. Thus, as an earth scientist, you would be uniquely poised to help solve some of society’s most pressing problems. More...

Upcoming Events

May
30
Room 203 @ 1:30 pm
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05
Room 203 @ 4:15 pm
Oct
03
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Oct
10
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Oct
17
Room 203 @ 4:15 pm

Photo of the Week

May 22, 2013: Weather in the news