Geology

Congratulations to the Class of 2025!

On Saturday, May 3, we were honored to celebrate the accomplishments of our students! 

GES Class of 2025!

Elijah Copich, a current Geology and GIS Certification student, presented at the 2025 ESRI Imagery & Remote Sensing Educators Summit.

As part of the Lightning Talks and shared his findings on his research: the Identification of Martian Scoria Cones in Va

Multiple GES students were recognized at the annual PittSustainability Awards as Student Sustainability Champions! 

These graduating students made significant contributions to sustainability both on- and off-campus during their time at Pitt. We look forward to seeing what they accomplish as alumni!

Congratulations to:

Perseverance and hard work have paid off for Pitt alum Frances Russo (B.S. Geology '22), who recently published her undergraduate senior thesis as a peer-reviewed manuscript in the journal Icarus.

Elijah Copich (Geology, class of 2025) recently received the Chris Hapke Memorial Fund, which enabled him to present his Senior Thesis research at the 56th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC).

Ben Schuler, an undergraduate Senior in Geology, was awarded a Dietrich School Curiosity Grant for $500 to support his work entitled "Identifying volumetric changes and thermal anomaly trends at active volcanoes using ASTER orbital data". Ben has been working on this project with his advisor, Dr. Daniel Williams, for the past year, and has been developing GIS-based workflows to automate the processing of ASTER sensor data.

We are pleased to announce that Carole Lojek is this year's Distinguished Alumni.

MCSI Undergraduate Summer Researc

Each summer, the Sustainability Summer Research Program at the Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation selects students to participate in advanced, hands-on research.