Dear Students, Friends and Alumni:

The environmental problems facing our society today require that tomorrow’s leaders are well equipped to make the science-based decisions necessary to tackle these issues. Toward that end, the Departments of Earth Science and Environmental Studies officially merged in January of 2009 to create the Department of Earth & Environment. In addition to maintaining all the strengths of the two previous departments, the new department will create synergies in water and water policy, climate change and climate policy, and in the fields of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems.

The new department will still offer the same degree programs that made the individual departments successful, but our students and faculty will benefit from the efficiencies and dynamic interactions created by bringing these degree programs into one department. The Department of Earth & Environment is one of two signature departments in FIU’s College of Arts and Sciences and as such is slated for continued investment and development.

Please check back here often to stay updated on our progress, and thank you for your support.

Sincerely,

Brad Clement, Chair & David Bray, Associate Chair