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Join the Department of Earth & Environmental Science Undergraduate Advisory Board for our coffee chats this semester! These casual conversations are a great way for you to learn more about Earth & Environmental Sciences at Penn. Like and follow our facebook page, "Penn Undergraduate Earth and Environmental Sciences," (https://www.facebook.com/Penn-Undergraduate-Earth-and-Environmental-Sciences-111904967319413) and our instagram account @penn.ees for more updates and a Zoom link to come!

"Teacher, mentor, scholar" - In more than four decades at Penn, paleontologist Peter Dodson of the School of Veterinary Medicine and School of Arts & Sciences has advised dozens of students, taught many classes, and established a reputation as a leading scholar of horned dinosaurs. And though he recently oversaw the successful defense of his final two doctoral students, Aja Carter and Erynn Johnson, he’s not going anywhere. I have a bad habit and that’s the fact that I love teaching, I love people, I love the stimulation of my academic life, he says. https://penntoday.upenn.edu//paleontology-king-begetting-k

Dr. Gabriel Filippelli is a Professor of Earth Sciences and the Director of the Center for Urban Health at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). He is also Editor in Chief of the journal GeoHealth. On Friday, Oct 2 at 3pm ET, he will give a talk titled, Engaging Citizen Scientists in GeoHealth Research to End Lead Poisoning. His Penn host will be Prof. Reto Giere. We are reserving the 3-4:30 pm spot on Friday, 10/2, for discussions after the seminar wi...th the speaker, or just to hang out with each other. The faculty host will act as a moderator for this period. Zoom link: https://upenn.zoom.us/j/93962623196 Meeting ID: 939 6262 3196 Password: EES

Please join Lindsay Keller, Christopher Konen, and Christine Fogas as they discuss their roles with the Ramboll Group. Ramboll is a leading global engineering, design and consultancy firm. In the US they are focused on Environment & Health, Water, Energy and Management Consulting. Thursday, September 24th, 2020 11:00am 12:00pm ET... Zoom link - https://upenn.zoom.us/j/93758469072

Dr. Ali Nabavizadeh is Assistant Professor of Veterinary Gross Anatomy at the Department of Biomedical Sciences in the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He will be giving a talk today for #PennEES, September 11 at 3pm ET on: Evolutionary Anatomy of Cranial Musculature and Herbivorous Feeding Adaptations in Dinosaurs, Dicynodonts, and Elephants. Zoom Link - https://upenn.zoom.us/j/94494709802 ... Meeting ID - 944 9470 9802 Password - EES See more

Dr. Nita Sahai is Professor and Ohio Research Scholar Chair in Biomaterials at University of Akron and works on topics such as Astrobiology, Origins and Early Evolution of Life, Bacterial Membrane and Biofilm Evolution, Bone Biomineralization and Biomaterials, Environmental Geochemistry and Silica Biomineralization. She will be giving a talk as part of the @PENN_EES Friday seminar series. Learn more about Dr. Sahai's work here: https://biomin.uakron.edu/dr-sahai/ Zoom link: h...ttps://upenn.zoom.us/j/97826258635 Meeting ID: 978 2625 8635 Password: EES See more

Congratulations to Penn Gordon Fellow, Nick Zhu on his feature in Penn Today! Nick is working with Terreform, a NYC nonprofit urban design firm, studying food sustainability.

#Penn MES alum Isabella Castiglioni was featured on page 4 of DelawareEstuary News - Summer 2020! Read to learn more about monitoring water quality in the Delaware River Watershed. https://www.yumpu.com//r/63802274/estuary-news-summer-2020

As part of our 'Where are they now?' series, #Penn MES '17 alum, Richa Desai (@richadesai15) is director of sustainability for the Sabert Corporation. Her job includes developing a coordinated sustainability road map to deliver the Company’s commitments, designing and executing sustainability strategy to drive business performance, & spurring innovation across company's value chain.

#Penn MES alum Lindsay Walker was featured in the @PhillyInquirer for her work cleaning up parks with the Fairmount Park Conservancy. | https://www.inquirer.com//parks-philadelphia-recreation-cl

"Shining a light on the dangers of lead" - Lead poisoning during childhood can cause lifelong harm, and Philadelphia children are at risk. Richard Pepino and Marilyn Howarth have empowered the community to recognize the dangers & reduce their exposure. https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/shining-light-dangers-lead

Part 3 of the MES/MSAG "What our graduate students do in the summer" series!

Part 2 of the MES/MSAG "What our graduate students do in the summer" series!