On June 30th, Professor Steven Lower completed his term as Director of the School of Earth Sciences. Some of the highlights of his term include hiring six new faculty members: Emilie Beaudon, Brendan Crowell, Melisa Diaz, Junyi Guo, Alex Michaud, and Shang Zhai, obtaining an NSF grant to evaluate and improve the culture with SES, and working on ways to improve the culture within the School.

While the College of Arts and Sciences completes the recruitment process for a new Director, Professor Ian Howat will serve as Interim Director.

We thank Professor Lower for his outstanding service and look forward to Professor Howat's leadership!