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Terry Plank & Mark Cane elected as new members to the National Academy of Sciences

We are pleased to announce the election of Mark Cane & Terry Plank as new members to the country’s most prestigious scientific organization; The National Academy of Sciences. One of the highest honors that can be accorded a scientist or engineer in the United States.

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Arnold Gordon Awarded Prince Albert I Medal

We are very happy to announce that Prof. Arnold Gordon has been selected to receive the 2013 Prince Albert I Medal of the International Association for the Physical Sciences of the Oceans (IAPSO).

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Tiffany Shaw named recipient of Faculty Career Award

We are happy to announce that Assistant Prof. Tiffany Shaw has been named a recipient of a Faculty Early Career Development award (also known as the CAREER award) sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) for her work as a researcher, teacher and scholar.

PhD Program in Earth and Environmental Sciences Rated Best Overall by the NRC!

We are proud to announce that in the most recent rankings of 140 Earth Science Ph.D. programs by the National Research Council (NRC), our program is ranked at the very top!

Humankind has always been curious about its environment, but there is a new urgency to our department's mission to understand the planet Earth and to convey that understanding to our students. more

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Graduate Student Symposium
The graduate students of the Columbia University Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences are taking the torch from Princeton University and invite the submission of abstracts for oral and poster presentations to the second all student-run Research Symposium in the Geosciences.
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Summer Intern Programs
The Lamont Intern and Earth Intern programs at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory offer undergraduates an opportunity to experience scientific research in the Earth, atmospheric, and ocean sciences.
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	Disciplines
	Geology Active areas of research include the processes of fault growth, the character and origins of sedimentary layering patterns, Neoproterozoic Earth history, and orbital forcing of the Earth's climate. All Disciplines

	Students
	Ellen J. Crapster-Pregont moderate to high temperature and pressure geochemistry pertaining both to Earth's interior and meteorites. Go to our Student Life section to learn more about the students at EESC and what they're doing.

	Faculty
	Taro Takahashi CO₂ cycling through oceans and atmosphere; industrial CO₂ accumulation. Go to our Faculty & Staff section to learn more about the faculty members at EESC and what they're doing.

	About Us
	The department of Earth & Environmental Sciences of Columbia University offers undergraduate and graduate degrees and has facilities located on the Morningside Heights campus in Manhattan and at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory in Palisades, New York. more

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