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Penn team led by MES student Heather Kostick blitzes the Rushton Woods nature reserve for data on living species

EES staff and faculty receive Penn LGBT Safe Space training to promote a more welcoming department community

EES '15 graduate Vanessa Eni explores magnetic and gravity imaging of Kopjeskraal Farm in South Africa

Congratulations to Arlene Mand of EES for winning a 2015 SAS Staff Program Silver Award!

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WAY TO GO.... Aja Carter
Check out Lauren Sallan's TED talk...

As was noted in earlier EES news, Lauren Sallan was selected as a 2017 TED Fellow; joining a class of 15 innovators from around the world who delivered talks on the TED stage in April in Vancouver, B.C. Sallan is a paleobiologist who uses “big data” to understand how global events, environmental change, and ecological interactions shaped evolution and modern biodiversity. You can watch a video of Lauren's talk, entitled: How to win at evolution and survive a mass extinction at this link:
GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS ARE AVAILABLE:

The Department of Earth and Environmental Science here at the University of Pennsylvania is looking for outstanding graduate students. Graduate fellowships are available for qualified students who are interested in pursuing a PhD in earth sciences. Please check out our faculty and the research they do. If you are interested in working with one of our faculty members, please contact that faculty member before applying. The application deadline here at the University of Pennsylvania is 15 December 2017. Thanks for checking us out here at UPenn, EES.

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