EEPS News

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Rice Researchers Secure NSF CAIG Award

EEPS assistant professor Noemi Vergopolan leads a multidisciplinary team to develop innovative artificial intelligence (AI) framework to detect irriga...

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Noemi Vergopolan Earns NSF CAREER Award

Precision Drought Tracking: Noemi Vergopolan Earns NSF CAREER Award for DroughtRx Framework ...

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Cin-Ty Lee Honored with GSA Arthur L. Day Medal

Cin-Ty Lee, Harry Carothers Wiess Professor of Geology, Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Honored with GSA Arthur L. Day Medal ...

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Center for Climate and Environmental Health Launch Event

Rice University and its institutional partners across the Texas Medical Center have officially launched the Center for Climate and Environmental Healt...

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How do we find Earth’s hidden earthquakes? EEPS newest faculty member Ian McBrearty discusses his deep-learning system that reveals thousands of undetected seismic events  Thursday, Sep. 24, 2026

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Radioglaciologist Andrew Hoffman Joins EEPS to Map the Future of Sea-Level Rise Thursday, Sep. 17, 2026

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A Simple Rock, A Complex History Tuesday, Sep. 1, 2026

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Alan Levander: A career of relentless curiosity that advanced the field of geophysics Monday, Aug. 17, 2026

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EEPS Student Spotlight: From Rice Undergrad to NSF GRFP Fellow — A Conversation with Nyla Hartigan Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026