Sustaining Earth’s resources is more than a matter of academic interest. It’s ingrained in the way Stanford educates students, conducts research, operates its buildings and supports campus life.
Stanford Earth aims to draw more than 1,000 students from multiple majors for field learning every year at its working farm, complete with animals and crops.
The historic Roble Hall houses a multifaceted program that focuses on hard questions, like how to get 300 students engaged daily and deeply with sustainability.
Prof. Roland Horne, Thomas Davies Barrow Professor of Earth Sciences, Senior Fellow, Precourt Institute for Energy, Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford University, received the title of "Fellow, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo".
Tourists flock to Point Lobos State Natural Reserve near Monterey, Calif., for its breathtaking coastal views and glimpses of the playful sea otters and other marine mammals that can be found among its waters. But the site has long attracted geologists for a very different reason.
The scope of research and teaching at the School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences greatly expanded under Matson, one of the university’s longest serving deans.
Rather than talk about the negative things, point to the co-benefits of finding climate solutions – from economics and jobs to water and the air we breathe.
The fellowship recognizes early-career scholars poised to become leaders in their field. Sperling is an assistant professor of geological sciences at Stanford Earth.
Jamal's interest in a career that helps the world meet its energy needs has taken him from Ghana to Alaska, where he now works as an associate drilling engineer with ConocoPhillips.
Stanford Earth's Laura Dafov and Zachary Burton have won the 2017 Global Energy Forum video competition with a video about their pioneering efforts in the modeling of gas hydrate systems.
