Home
The Earth Science Department would like to extend it's sincerest Thank you to the donors this last academic year. As you know, with gas prices going up and heavy budget cuts across the UC system, in particular field trips, an integral part of the undergrad and grad experience in our department are especially difficult to keep going. Your generous support has allowed us to continue our tradition of teaching our students directly in the field. On behalf of our students and faculty, thank you so very much to Arthur Ballard, Peter Kolesare Jr., Marilyn Ellis, Ty Schuiling, Steven Zappe, Robert Hunter, Jeffrey Knott, David Christiansen, Steven Sanford, David Rhys, James Warnke, Lowell Dingus, Francis Fujioka, Fred Miller, Jeffrey Sternfeld, Marc Loiselle, Mary K. Holkenbrink, Christopher Guerre, David F. Langenkamp, Gene Humphreys, Michael Prange, Lee Allison, and Don Covington Robert Sydnor, Thomas Spittler, Paul Sternburg & Karen Sternburg. A special Thank you for your particularly generous donations to our Hard Rock Sam Members Lucy Edwards, Gary McGavin, Dave Hadley, Richard Moscarello, Dave Johnson, William Powell, and Robert Cluff. Thank you also to our Geophysics alumni who recently brought the Shawn Biehler fund over the goal of $100,000.00.
UCR’s Department of Earth Sciences focuses on research and education about Earth’s dynamic nature and history. Students and faculty investigate geological processes operating at a wide range of spatial and temporal scales and our research interests span many disciplines within the Earth Sciences. Here you can get to know more about current and ongoing research within the department including our two newest graduate programs: Global Climate and Environmental Change and Earthquake Processes and Geophysics.
The department is a close-knit group of faculty and students that get together several times a week for seminars, informal discussions, and BBQs held weekly on Fridays outside the Geology building. With small class sizes and many opportunities to interact with faculty, post-docs, visiting researchers, and other students, the Department of Earth Sciences is an active and attractive environment for learning and research. We are particularly proud of our successes of our students, many of whom have attained prominent positions in academia, industry and elsewhere.
UCR is the perfect setting for field enhanced undergraduate training, graduate study, and postdoctoral research in Earth Sciences. The campus lies at the gateway to the mountains, beaches and deserts of southern California. We are within driving distance of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, San Andreas Fault, Mojave Desert, Death Valley and many other important field locations.
The Department of Earth Sciences is able to maintain its outstanding teaching, research, field programs, and student scholarships through contributions from our alumni and organizations. Your financial support can make a difference and is much appreciated!