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Earth & Environmental Sciences Department
A Relational Approach
September 29, 2020
Collaborative UMN project connecting Indigenous perspective, humanities scholarship, and community in problem-solving for the environment.
Purpose Meets Place
March 19, 2019
You may not have thought of it this way, but snow is a storage system – poised to be released back into our streams and groundwater.
Grad student gets geology variety at NRRI
February 5, 2019
A passion for rocks leads woman to UMD and NRRI to become a multi-faceted geologist.
Gran Honored
November 19, 2018
Dr. Karen Gran, associate professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, received the Kirk Bryan Award.
New Inductees in Academy of Science & Engineering
October 3, 2018
Swenson College recently inducted three UMD alumni into its Academy of Science & Engineering.
Resolving the Rock Paradox
April 11, 2018
Two student researchers examine iron formations on the 1.9 billion-year-old Mesabi Iron Range.
Story Map Wows GIS Community
September 6, 2017
Amanda Huber (UMD ‘17), may have majored in geology, but it is her work with GIS (geographic information science) that is making waves.... more
Looking to the Stars
February 1, 2017
Did burial sites near Stonehenge in England have a celestial connection? Two UMD students are finding out.
Jobs, Clean Fuel Come with NRRI Solution
December 16, 2016
NRRI proposes a solution to removing an invasive plant in Africa that could provide much needed jobs and a cooking fuel source.
Energy Saving Housing Initiative
December 7, 2016
GAC assists UMD's Bureau of Business and Economic Research with housing study.