Department of Earth, Environmental & Planetary Sciences

Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences at Brown University

The Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences (DEEPS) integrates teaching and research to investigate fundamental phenomena affecting the Earth and planets. Our students engage in hands-on learning, in collaboration with DEEPS faculty, to explore natural hazards, global climate, and planetary bodies.

In a student opinion piece, Clara Murray '29 shares her experience with Brown courses, advocating for the value of learning experiences beyond the classroom. "Courses in the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences provide a great model for this kind of education," she writes. "Before the [EEPS 0220 field trip], I struggled to understand sediment deposition and quartz formation within a textbook or lecture, but these concepts made much more sense when I could see quartz layered within the rocky outcroppings..."
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DEEPS is proud to announce that Department Chair and George Ide Chase Professor of Physical Sciences Meredith Hastings is this year's recipient of the Meenakshi Narain Excellence in Research Mentoring (ERM) Award.
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Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences

Box 1846
324 Brook Street
Providence, RI 02912

DEEPS@Brown.edu
(401) 863-3339