Scholarship

We are delighted to announce that four of our graduate students have been recognized with prestigious research grants from the Geological Society of America (GSA). 

Please join us in congratulating:

We gathered on March 18, 2026, to recognize celebrate the relentless dedication and unwavering ambition of our GES students, who have demonstrated excellence in both academics and beyond. Congratulations to our award recipients:

We gathered on March 19, 2025, to honor and celebrate the relentless dedication and unwavering ambition of our GES students, who have demonstrated excellence in both academics and beyond. Congratulations to our award recipients:

Thanks to everyone who donated to PDoG. We set a department record this year! In particular, we want to acknowledge a very generous donation from the Geophysical Society of Pittsburgh for our Geology Field Trips fund.

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.