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Hi, I'm Valeriia Sobolevskaia, an EEPS PhD student, that listens to rain with the buried fiber optic cables that transmit the telecom data we access every day. Learn more about my research by swiping through these photos.

Learn more: 11/7, Science in a Flash talk, 5 pm, Brockman 101
Picture of Valeriia, EEPS PhD student in front of bore hole drilling rig with text: "I'm Valeriia Sobolevskaia, a Ph.D. Student in the Ajo-Franklin: Environmental & Applied Geophysics Lab; This is me under the Rice stadium bleachers with a bore hole drilling rig. This image marks the start of my research in Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS).; I study the response of aquifers to changes to the environment." two pictures stacked of students posing with field work, text: "On this day, we dug holes to begin deployment of seismic equipment that collects data below Rice campus. ; This is some of my team, we always make time to have fun during field work. " picture of student standing on shovel with text "Sometimes we do silly things for science, like trying to move an ant infested log with a shovel...it did not work." picture of valeriia in hard hat with text "Or going to a tunnel under a mountain in Switzerland to test one of our experimental acoustic devices."
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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Attention #RiceEEPS & Environmental Science undergraduates:

Next week is #Advisingweek! Come to one of our advising events or visit our new & improved centralized advising page. Check it out (EEPS.Rice.edu/undergraduate-advising) for clarity on who you should reach out to if you need help.
EEPS (Earth, Environmental and Planetary Science) & Environmental Science (EEPS & EEB concentrations) advising sessions: ✅ Environmental Science (both concentrations, but EEB Focused) - Nov 6, 11:15a - 1:15 p, Anderson Biology Patio ✅ EEPS & ENVS (both concentrations, but EEPS focused) - Nov 12, 11a-12p, KWGL Patio ✅ EEPS & ENVS (both concentrations, but EEPS focused) - Nov 13, 2p-3p, KWGL Patio ✅ EEPS Only- Nov 12, 3p-4p, KWGL Patio Snacks will be provided Contact: EEPS Undergraduate and Environmental Science Program Coordinator: Ari Johnson (rj33@rice.edu)
November 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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#RiceEEPS is so excited for #RiceAlumniWeekend!

Join us for food, drinks, and celebration Friday, November 7th, from 3-4:30 pm on the KWGL patio before supporting EEPS Ph.D. candidate Valeria Sobolevskaia at her 'Science in a Flash' talk. See flyer for details.

Will you join us?

#EEPSAlumni
Welcome home EEPS Alumni, Friday Nov 7th, family friendly reception with food & drink 3-4:30 pm KWGL patio, visit the museum of the earth, Join the wiess school of natural sciences 'science in a flash' where EEPS phd candidate valeria sobolevskaia will talk about her research on distributed acoustic sensing to monitor changes in the environment. 101 brockman hall, 5 pm Theres no place like Rice! Alumni weekend homecoming & reunion Nov 6-9
November 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Join Dr. Rogerio Deienno, Lead Scientist at the Southwest Research Institute, TOMORROW, for a talk titled "Chondrite Parent Bodies as Escaped Satellites of Proto-Planetary Embryos."

🗓️ October 30th @ 1 pm
📍Keith-Wiess Geological Laboratories, Room 100

#RiceEEPS #Seminar #Geoscience
October 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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🎃 Happy Fall Y’all! 🍂

EEPS graduate students/Geounion celebrated fall by hosting a pumpkin painting event last Thursday on the patio. As the photos show, the nice weather is getting all of EEPS out of their offices and into the sunshine.

#RiceEEPS #HalloEEPS #EEPSOween
October 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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We made it through midterms, thanks to a much needed fall recess.

Current & prospective EEPS and ENVS students enjoyed it by exploring a regional town center and a nature center.

Students:
✅ Saw pretty minerals
✅ Learned about nocturnal animals
✅ Saw an Egret in the wild
two students stare at a fish tank students sit at a table after eating studentes stare at a fish tank students look at a lake, one takes a picture
October 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Want to join the next EEPS 417/617 field trip? Look for the course next fall and swipe to see what else you might find looking for meteorites in the desert... 😅

📷 Linda Welzenbach Fries

#RiceEEPS #EEPS417 #FieldTrip #Nevada #GeoScience
reddish mountain below giant full moon, text "Swipe for more" Dry cracked earth layers of mountains in shades of blue tire tracks in x marks on dry earth
October 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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The main mission of the EEPS 417/617 field trip was to find Meteorites, or space rocks that make it through Earth's atmosphere and hit the ground (NASA). Students were armed with magnets and, as you can see, many were successful!

#RiceEEPS #EEPS417 #Meteorites #Nevada #GeoScienceFieldTrip
Two students stand on dry ground holding something small in their hands. One students holds up a meteorite they found with their thumb and pointer finger. One student prepares to test if a sample they found is a meteorite by holding it near a magnet. A student smiles with their meteorite attached to a magnet next to their face.
October 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Come explore other worlds🪐as you join a field trip for EEPS 417/617 - Cosmochemistry and Meteoritics to Nevada!

We will:
✅ Search for meteorites
✅Learn about gypsum formation
✅Get some ASMR from the field trip

But first, check out our itinerary.

What was/has been your favorite field trip?
October 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Join Dr. Jeff Vervoort, Director of #RadiogenicIsotope & Geochronology Laboratory, TOMORROW, for a talk titled "The Growth of Earth’s Earliest Crust—Unraveling the Isotope Record."

🗓️ October 16th @ 1 pm
📍KWGL, 100

⚠️ Note: Seminar will no longer be available via zoom.
EEPS seminar "The Growth of Earth’s Earliest Crust—Unraveling the Isotope Record" Special guest: Dr. Jeff Vervoort October 16th, 2025. Professor, School of the Environment - Washington State Director, Radiogenic Isotope and Geochronology Laboratory
October 15, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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👋 Hey EEPS, ENVS-EEPS, ENVS-EEB, and prospective undergraduate students!

Join EEPS & @rice.rugs THIS FRIDAY for free boba & an information session followed by cloud watching with Dr. Sylvia Dee.

We're cirrus 😂 ...it'll be fun ☁️.

#RiceEEPS #RiceENVS #InfoSession #RiceUndergrad
Free boba - first come, first served. Undergraduate Info session. Learn about EEPS Explore, Research opportunities, field camp opportunities, and more. KWGL 123, Friday October 17th, 3-4 pm
October 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Join Dr. Taiyi Wang, O.K. Earl postdoctoral fellow at the California Institute of Technology, TOMORROW, for a talk titled "Cascading magmatic unrest and aseismic faulting in the Aegean Sea enabled by elastic stress relay".

🗓️ Oct. 9th @ 1 pm
📍KWGl, Room 100

#RiceEEPS #CalTech
"Cascading magmatic unrest and aseismic faulting in the Aegean Sea enabled by elastic stress relay" special guest: Dr. Taiyi Wang october 9th, 2025. Picture of wang with text: O. K. Earl postdoctoral fellow at Caltech division of geological and planetary science.
October 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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⏪ Throwback to welcoming the class of 2029 to EEPS

Join EEPS representatives this Friday, for the School of Natural Sciences Undergraduate Research fair. Swipe for details.

#RiceEEPS #RiceENVS #RiceUniversity
Students sitting at tables looking to the left and reading materials. EEPS faculty speak to students. Undergraduate Research Fair, Friday, October 10th 12-1:30 pm Brockman Hall for Physics Patio, Lunch provided.
October 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Congratulations Dr. Sylvia Dee!

Dr. Dee has received the Nanne Weber Early Career Award from AGU's Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology Section

Please send her many congratulations in the comments 👇

Learn more: news.rice.edu/news/2025/ri...
Blue flyer with gray and white accents. Has Rice Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Science logo with text "Congratulations". Picture of Dr. Sylvia Dee in center with text "Nanne Weber Early Career Award - Recognized by the American Geophysical Union for her significant contributions to paleoceanography and paleoclimatology research within 10 years of receiving her doctorate."
October 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Join Dr. Susan Bilek, TOMORROW, for a talk titled "Adventures in environmental seismology: Using geophysical, sedimentological, and hydrologic data analysis to explore flow & bedload transport during flood events ".

🗓️ October 2nd @ 1 pm
📍KWGL, Room 100

#RiceEEPS #Seismology
Says Rice Natural Science Earth, Environmental and PlanetarySciences Seminar, Adventures in environmental seismology: Using geophysical, sedimentological, and hydrologic data analysis to explore flow and bedload transport during flood events. Special Guest: Dr. Susan Bilek Earth and Environmental Science Dept, New Mexico Tech. October 2nd 2025
October 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Congratulations Dr. Richard Gordon!

Dr. Gordon has been awarded @AmericanGeophysicalUnion (AGU's) Walter H. Bucher Medal

Please send him many congratulations in the comments 👇

Learn more: news.rice.edu/news/2025/ri...

#AGU #PlateTectonics #Lithosphere #RiceUniversity
Blue flyer with gray and white accents. Has Rice Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Science logo with text "Congratulations". Picture of Dr. Richard Gordon in center with text "Walter H. Bucher Medal - Recognized by the American Geophysical union for his original contributions to the basic knowledge of the Earth's crust and lithosphere."
October 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Dr. Masiello has been elected fellow of American Geophysical Union, an honor earned by fewer than 0.1% of all AGU members.

Please send her many congratulations in the comments 👇

Learn more: news.rice.edu/news/2025/ri...

#AGUFellow @AmericanGeophysicalUnion #CarbonCycling #ClimateSolutions
Blue flyer with gray and white accents. Has Rice Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Science logo with text "Congratulations". Picture of Dr. Carrie Masiello in center with text "American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fellow - Recognized by AGU for exemplary leadership and outstanding scientific achievements that have significantly advanced understanding of global carbon cycling and climate solutions.
September 30, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Join Dr. Xiaowei Chen, #TAMU Associate Professor, TOMORROW for a talk titled "Probing fluid-faulting processes within complex fault systems during fluid-induced earthquake sequences".

🗓️ September 25th @ 1 pm
📍KWGl, Room 100

#Earthquake #FaultSystems #RiceEEPS
EEPS Seminar, Featuring: Dr. Xiaowei Chen “Probing fluid-faulting processes within complex fault systems during fluid-induced earthquake sequences.” 1 pm, September 25, 2025. In person: KWGL room 100, Virtually: Zoom Meeting. Enjoy a coffee break at 12:30 pm in the 2nd floor KWGL library.
September 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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👋Meet Ellie Moreland, a 5th year PhD student studying planetary geochemistry and surface processes in the EEPS department at #RiceUniversity.

🔴Visit Rice News to learn more: news.rice.edu/news/2025/ne...

👇Put questions for her in the comments.

#JezeroCrater #RiceEEPS
September 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Join Dr. Jane W. Baldwin, Assistant Professor at UC - Irvine and Adjunct Associate Research Scientist at Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, for a talk titled "The Role of Mountains in Understanding and Simulating Earth's Climate ".

🗓️ September 18th @ 1 pm
📍KWGL, Room 100
Flyer that says "EEPS seminar, Featuring: Dr. Jane W. Baldwin "The Role of mountains in understanding and simulating Earth's climate" 1 pm, september 18th 2025. In person: KWGL room 100, Virtually: zoom. Enjoy a coffee break at 12:30 pm in the 2nd floor KWGL library.
September 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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🔎Check it out: EEPS has a Fall 2025 100-Level course zine. Special thanks to EEPS & ENVS undergraduates, Ainsley Ganti, Nyla Hartigan, Adam Leff, Nat Pujet, & Charlotte Raymond for volunteering their time this summer to make this happen. It was a hit!

#RiceEEPS #EEPSZine
Notebook paper with planets and the words "2025 Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences Fall 100- Level courses" Table of contents page with text: 1. EEPS 101 - The Earth 2. EEPS 102 - History of the Earth 3. EEPS 103 - Field Trips for the Earth 4. EEPS 106 - Investigating Earth’s Surface 5. EEPS 111 - Inhabiting Planet Earth 6. EEPS 114 - Discoveries in EEPS 7.Get Involved with EEPS 8.EEPS Peer Mentor Program 9.Why we chose EEPS" Peer mentor program with text: Need advice? grad school research scholarships classes registration organization LIFE homesickness internships Join the EEPS Peer Mentoring Program! scan the QR code to let us know you are interested! Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences, Rice University I love being in nature, & w EEPS, you get to both learn about the world & see it for yourself on field trips. If you’re curious about any aspect of Earth, the EEPS community is for you! ~Nyla Hartigan I love how interdisciplinary EEPS is! There’s really something for everyone no matter your interests. Also, the sense of community is great!~Nat Pujet I was interested in the applications of chemistry within planetary sciences, but the more classes I took the more interested I became in EEPS as a whole! The community and the field trips are also a plus :)~Ainsley Ganti I decided to major in ENVS- EEPS bc I find environmental science & geology interesting, I love the EEPS community! ~Sam Forman I’ve always been interested in the natural world, & I took a class in hs which transformed my interest from a general love of nature to a more scientific desire to uncover how natural phenomena behave & interact.The tight-knit & welcoming community at Rice cemented that fascination. ~Adam Leff
September 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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⏪ Flashback to O-Week :

EEPS & ENVS had a great time speaking with over 150 incoming ug students at the 2025 Department Orientation & Academic Fair. We are sure we met many future Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Scientists!

What helped you decide to study EEPS?
Two students smile at the camera holding EEPS stickers and wearing jones ufo-week shirts. Eeps representatives stand at a table talking to students. The table is covered in flyers, candy, and has a lego rover. An Eeps representatives stands at a table talking to a student with brochure in hand. Eeps representatives stand at a table talking to students. The table is covered in flyers, candy, and has a lego rover.
September 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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This could be you, smiling and eating BBQ!

🚨 Reminder: Come say hi to your friends and colleagues on September 12th (TODAY), between 4-6pm for the EEPS Welcome Back BBQ.

Hope to see you on the patio.
Full picnic table of people smiling at the camera with plates of BBQ. Red sign with BBQ spatulas and flames behind the words "EEPS Welcome Back BBQ" Text: KWGL Patio, All are welcome. BBQ includes vegetarian options and dessert. 9.12 4 pm. With the Pit Room Logo.
September 12, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Siebach lab was featured in multiple press releases thanks to their recent Nature paper (lnkd.in/g_fQCkGW) that highlights potential biosignatures found by the #Perserverance rover in #Jezero crater.

Read more wherever you consume news or here: wapo.st/4mapyHQ

#MarsSampleReturn #RiceUniversity
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September 10, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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🏅Congratulations to #RiceEEPS professor, Dr. Richard Gordon, on being named the 2025 recipient of the George P. Woollard Award!

This award from the GSA recognizes outstanding contributions to geology through geophysics applications.

Learn more: news.rice.edu/news/2025/ri...

#WoollardAward #GSA
Richard Gordon on a stairwell with a window behind him. Text: "It's gratifying to know that our collective efforts have advanced the way we understand our planet. - Dr. Richard Gordon"
September 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM