The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences (E&ES) at Wesleyan University covers many aspects of the natural world, on Earth and on other planets. Our investigations range from active volcanoes to climate change and eco-conservation to the fate of water on Mars and the Moon. Our students perform cutting edge research in our own backyard and around the world. Our graduates enter jobs in Earth and environmental industries, the non-profit sector and academia.
The Joe Webb Peoples Museum of Natural History, in the Earth and Environmental Sciences Department, 4th Floor, Exley Science Center, will have an Open House on September 11, 2-4 pm. Stop by to get a look at our amazing fossils and minerals, and talk to our student curators about participation in the museum. Do not forget to pick up some of our stickers, and while you are in Exley, look at our displays in the lobby as well.
Ellen Thomas has won the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the climate change category. This is an extraordinary international award that was established in 2008 to acknowledge significant contributions in the areas of scientific research and cultural creation. The recipients in the Climate Change category, in which Ellen is now a recipient, Reads like who’s who in climate research.
A film crew visited campus to interview Ellen Thomas, please open the link to the video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bQdF_j9pHY
We are looking forward to welcoming our colloquia speakers for the Fall 2025 Semester TBA.
Please click on the links to view the department newsletters!
Spring Alumni Print Newsletter, if you did not receive a newsletter by mail, please update your mailing address with the Alumni Center dsemail@wesleyan.edu
Helen Poulos was awarded a Faculty Research Grant from the NASA Connecticut Space Grant Program. Her research proposal, "Springpulse: Modeling Groundwater Discharge in Large Texas Springs Using Field Data, Remote Sensing, and Machine Learning" can be found here.
Graduate student, Mary Clare Greenlees, also received a travel award grant to travel to the 55th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Her proposal can be found here.
Listen or read a transcript of Marty Gilmore's interview on NPR "Earth may seem like a one-of-a-kind planet, but it actually has a twin"
E&ES Jobs
... are important
... pay well
... are in high demand