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Kevin Arrigo is the chief scientist of SUBICE, a research cruise investigating large under-ice algae blooms in the Arctic’s Chukchi Sea. Two members of Arrigo’s Arctic research team – Caroline Ferguson and Erin Dillon – are graduating seniors. 

Energy Resources Engineering Prof. Margot Gerritsen was named professor of the year by the Stanford Society of Women Engineers in recognition of teaching excellence in computational and mathematical engineering and excellence in mentoring young women engineers.

‘Irreplaceable’ Earth Sciences professor Julie Kennedy was recently honored by Phi Beta Kappa for her ability to teach and inspire students.

Stanford professor Tiziana Vanorio is using a seed grant to launch online lessons that could dramatically shorten the learning curve for complicated lab instruments.

The School of Earth Sciences Undergraduate Research Program immerses students in serious research projects, exposing them to the process of scientific inquiry and helping them decide about their academic futures.

For Tiziana Vanorio, an unsettling childhood experience in Italy evoked a curiosity that laid the foundation for a lifelong fascination with rocks.

From nuclear waste to strategic minerals for renewable energy, Rod Ewing wants to inject more science into long-term solutions. The recipient of a PhD in geology from Stanford in 1974, Ewing returns to The Farm with joint appointments in the School of Ear

A group of teens in a summer program at Stanford’s School of Earth Sciences found exceptions to a few long-held rules about evolution.