News & Announcements

  • Geothermal Week - Ask A Scientist April 24, 2012 Join the Geophysics Club today at 6pm at the Sun Ray Cafe - 1602 North 13th Street Boise in Hyde Park, to hear Kent Johnson from the City of Boise.  Kent will give a 15 minute presentation on the City's geothermal system, followed by Q&A.  So come on ...
  • Mel Kunkel wins student poster contest April 6, 2012 Geoscience department Ph.D. student Melvin Kunkel was one of four students recognized for outstanding poster presentations at the recently concluded EPSCoR Western Tri-State Meeting in Sun Valley, Idaho. Mel's poster, entitled "Interactions between long- ...
  • Thesis Defense - Kerry Riley February 13, 2012 On Tuesday, February 28, at 3:40 pm in Simplot C, Kerry Riley will defend her thesis "A 14,000 year record of wildfire and erosion reveals interactions among fire, climate, vegetation and sediment yields in the Middle Fork Salmon River, Idaho."  Kerry is ...

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Welcome

Welcome to the Department of Geosciences at Boise State University! We hope that you take the time to browse our web site and see the dynamic and exciting work being done by our faculty, staff, and students. The Department of Geosciences is a community of over 20 faculty and research staff who engage with over 150 undergraduate majors and 50 graduate students.  The Department’s goal is to integrate our global laboratory into our curriculum, and to engage our students in a rich and productive educational experience.

Our research seeks not only to advance understanding of the surface, near surface, and deep Earth environments, but also to produce science that addresses societally relevant problems such as climate change, human-environment interactions, alternative energy sources, and basic materials. We especially welcome prospective students who may be interested in joining our community, and we urge you to contact directly those faculty whose work is of most interest to you, as well as visit pages where you’ll find more information about Undergraduate Degrees and Graduate Degrees.

David Wilkins, Department Chair