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Dean Pamela Matson praised their “intelligence, passion, commitment, and drive” and expressed optimism in the graduates’ ability to tackle many of the major challenges humanity faces this century.

Alumni, faculty, students, and staff gathered for brunch at the O’Donohue Family Stanford Educational Farm on May 21.

Explore the rich 125-year history of groundbreaking research at Stanford's School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences using our interactive timeline.

Segall’s election brings to 8 the number of Stanford Earth faculty who are members of the National Academies of Science or Engineering.

Beneath Cambodia's troubled history with the Khmer Rouge lies a complex agricultural legacy that reaches back centuries. A group of Stanford students traveled to Cambodia with Earth science and mental health experts to explore the ways food, water, and human conflict have shaped the country.

At Stanford's annual Connecting the Dots conference, Marcia McNutt told participants that to promote good environmental behavior they must tailor their messages for different types of audiences.

At Stanford Earth, every day is an opportunity to explore our planet and identify sustainable practices to manage our resources for the next generation.

A group of scientists, writers, students, local community members shared their written stories and poems about the Earth at the first Rooted Words speaker series event.

Thirty Stanford undergraduates traveled to Paris for the historic COP21 international climate change negotiations and came back with stories to share. 

Every year, high school students spend the summer working in the field and in research labs with Stanford Earth faculty and advisors. Their experience culminates with a poster presentation of their work at the AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco.

For the second year in a row, Stanford Earth's Miles Traer is drawing cartoons for the AGU Fall Meeting that are inspired by posters and sessions at the scientific conference.

Each year, the American Geophysical Union recognizes early career scientists whose work ensures a sustainable future.

Stanford Earth's Cassandra Brooks and Daniel Swain are among twenty-two environmental scholars who received this year's Switzer Environmental Fellowship.

Undergraduate researchers pursue issues of food and soil while dodging tornadoes at Stanford’s School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences.

The award is presented by the Paleontological Society each year to a scientist under 40 whose early work reflects excellence and promise in the science of paleontology. 

New awards fund range of projects from improved detection of gas leaks to conversion of natural gas into liquid fuels, and climate-related policy studies.

Zachary Brown defends his thesis, then travels 2,300 miles by foot and by kayak to establish an Alaskan field school, where he hopes to inspire the next generation's understanding of the environment.

Stanford students learn both theory and best practice of agricultural sustainability on six-acre site.

Farm education teaches problem-solving.

Teachers return to school after Stanford Earth summer program trains educators to help the next generation know their science.

In a summer internship program, high school students worked with Stanford Earth faculty and graduate student mentors on active research projects.

Stanford Earth professors are among the authors honored in the ESA centennial issue.