Sarah Penniston-Dorland Named Chair of UMD’s Department of Geological, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences
Congratulations to our 2025-2026 Graduates!
Faculty and Student Awards
Other news...
- James Farquhar Named 2025 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science read more...
- Jay Kaufman is the recipient of the 2026 the Francis J. Pettijohn Medal for Sedimentology, awarded by the Society for Sedimentary Geology.
- Dr. Sujay Kaushal was named the Goldschmidt Conference F. Earl Ingersol Lecturer for the upcoming meeting in July in Montreal.
- Lori Willhite (Ph.D '25) was awarded the 2025 AGU Study of Earth's Deep Interior Section Award for Graduate Research at AGU's annual meeting.
Upcoming Events
Mikayla Williams Thesis Defense
Thursday, July 9, 2026
11:00 am EDT
ESJ 1224
Kyle Kim Dissertation Defense
Tuesday, July 21, 2026
9:00 am EDT
PLS 1140