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SES Professor described as ‘the real life Indiana Jones’ making ‘Daily Show’ appearance
Originally posted by Byrd Polar & Climate Research CenterA Columbus man who has spent most of his life collecting ice in the tropics will be featured on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show next week…
SES a part of newly selected NASA ICAR to study Ocean Worlds
The Ohio State University’s School of Earth Sciences is proud to announce that Dr. Melisa Diaz, SES faculty member and polar geochemistry expert, will serve as co-lead of the Cryosphere Domain for…
John Olesik Honored by Special Journal Issue
The February 2026 issue of the journal Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy is dedicated to Dr. John Olesik, senior research scientist in SES and director of the Trace Element Research…
Fall 2025 SES Alumni Board Meeting
The Alumni Board visited the School of Earth Sciences on November 3rd. Board members advised SES on the focus of the new departmental strategic plan, participated in student-alumni career chats, and…
Earth Science Students Explore Spectacular Geology of Guadalupe Mountains
During fall break, Professors Derek Sawyer and Matthew Saltzman led a field trip to share the spectacular geology of the Guadalupe Mountains with 8 of our earth science graduate students…
Geology Club Explores Mammoth Cave and Ohio Parks This Semester
The Geology Club packed their fall semester with adventures across Ohio and Kentucky. Members visited Mammoth Cave National Park, went fossil hunting at Trammel Fossil Park, and hiked at both Hocking…
Earth Sciences Graduate Students Lead Successful K-12 Outreach Events
This November, the School of Earth Sciences Graduate Student Club, led by Noah Gronewold, Matthew Idzakovich, and Denise Mondragon, hosted two outreach events with students ranging in age from k-12…
School of Earth Sciences Graduate Students Participate in this year’s ExxonMobil Southeast Recruiting Short Course
SES was selected to participate in this year’s two-day ExxonMobil Southeast Recruiting Short Course on “Subsurface Geology and Fluid Flow: Application in Basic Geologic Modeling”, November 6-9, 2025…
SES Receives Historic Gift
Ohio State University's School of Earth Sciences Receives $4.7M Endowment from the Estate of Donald E. JessupThe Ohio State University proudly announces the largest gift ever received by the School…