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12/30/2019

Want to understand the drivers of large wildfires in the western US? Or, learn about mitigating climate risk in vulnerable urban communities? The 2020 SURGE projects are posted. Be sure to check them out and apply to SURGE by January 27th, 2019!

If you are interested in learning more or getting involved in one of these projects, you should contact the faculty member and other mentors directly. This list is not comprehensive however, and many other projects are possible. Please visit this page often for project updates. Also, feel free to ex...

12/11/2019

So great to see our SURGE alumni at the 2019 AGU conference in San Francisco! We have SURGE alumni from years 2014, 2015, 2017, and 2019 in this photo. Some are here to present their research or meet and network with other scientists AGU. Keep up the good work!

08/23/2019

Here's to the SURGE 2019 cohort and to the future of Earth and environmental sciences! It was an honor to host you this summer at Stanford University!

02/01/2019

Part of the OMA's mission at Stanford Earth is to create a more inclusive research field and classroom in the Earth sciences. Here is an example of the kinds of conversations we are at having at Stanford University to ensure that our first-gen and low-income students are thriving in classrooms at elite institutions of higher education. The time is now to think about how we can make the field of Earth and environmental sciences accessible to these students.

Thanks to Stanford's FLIP office for this video!

In Fall of 2014, a group of students from Stanford's student-run First-Generation and/or Low-Income Partnership (FLIP) created a program called "What I Wish ...

01/09/2019

Projects for SURGE 2019 are up! Are you interested in researching greenhouse gas emissions, volcanic eruptions and other environmental challenges? Do you also want to start planning for graduate school? Apply to SURGE! Applications are due by January 25th, 2019.

Below is a list of undergraduate research projects for summer 2019 suggested by faculty members, post docs and graduate students within the School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences. For example of last year's projects, please check out the 2017-17 project archive page. Projects are distingui...

12/16/2018

Great seeing former SURGE scholars Guadalupe Alvarez Rodriguez (2018) and Ken Ikeda (2015) at the AGU conference in Washington DC this week!

11/27/2018

Calling all future Earth and environmental scientists! Interested in a fully-funded research opportunity at Stanford for summer 2019? If you're an undergraduate or recent college grad looking for a summer research opportunity, apply to SURGE. Program dates are: June 21, 2019 to August 17, 2019. Application portal opens up this Friday, Nov. 30!

https://stanfordearth.slideroom.com/ #/login/program/46522/lqovkBpHHk

11/14/2018

Our very own SURGE 2016 alumni Dejah Powell is doing great things in the world! Here she is interviewed by the Obama Foundation, speaking about her work on bringing access to health, food, and education. Learn more about her organization Black&Well. https://www.instagram.com/p/BqI3F3SBpBi/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

07/05/2018

Another summer, another SURGE cohort! Here are a few pictures from our SURGE 2018 welcome dinner.

02/22/2018

Indira Phukan, a dual MS-PhD student in Stanford Earth's E-IPER program, co-teaches a course on diversity and inclusion in environmentalism called Shades of Green.

Indira Phukan, a dual MS-PhD student in E-IPER, co-teaches a course on how attitudes about the environment are taught, learned, and changed.