Our community
Meet our community
Meet some of the faculty, students, alumni, and staff who make up our growing community focused on deepening knowledge of Earth, climate, and society, and creating solutions to sustainability challenges.
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Tanvi Dutta Gupta, BS Biology ’23, MS Earth Systems ’24, envisions a more sustainable world by connecting environmental justice, storytelling, and the arts.
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Alain Pérez, BA Philosophy ’23, MS Sustainability Science and Practice ’24, draws on the ethical principles of philosophy to think critically about sustainability challenges and solutions.
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Ahmad Koya, ’24, aims to help improve water systems around the world. After earning his degree in environmental engineering in June, he will spend the summer studying in Jordan and working in Singapore before completing his coterminal degree in the same field.
Exploring identities in our community
Diverse backgrounds, diverse experiences
This series illuminates how our many identities intersect with our work in the geosciences. Black, Indigenous, Latinx, LGBTQIA+, Asian American Pacific Islander, women, and other groups among faculty, staff, students, and alumni share their experiences.
- What does it mean to be Black in the geosciences?
- What role do religion/spirituality play in scientific pursuits?
- How does Indigeneity intersect with the geosciences?
- What does it mean to be Latinx in the geosciences?
- What does it mean to be Asian American in the geosciences?
- What does it mean to be a woman in the geosciences?
- Why discuss mental health in academia?
- Why center environmental justice in the geosciences?
- Why discuss disability in the geosciences?
Upcoming events
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Branner Library Monthly Book & Map Exhibit: It's Getting Hot in Here(?)!
ExhibitionMitchell Earth Sciences -
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Branner Library Monthly Book & Map Exhibit: It's Getting Hot in Here(?)!
ExhibitionMitchell Earth Sciences