Please see below for events that the GES department will be hosting this academic year. This page is continuously updated; more events will be posted as available! Additional events may be listed in the GES unit of the University Calendar.
Please note that the events listed below are not open to the public. They are for GES community members only (undergrad & grad students, faculty, staff, & postdocs).
- Undergraduate Weekly Events & Opportunities Newsletters
- AY27 eNews will be posted soon!
- Archived AY26 Events & Opportunities Newsletters
- GES Office Hours and Closures
Daily office hours: 8:30am - 4:30pm
- Closed - 09/07/26 (Labor Day Observance)
- Closed - 11/26-27 (Thanksgiving Break)
- Closed - 12/24/26 (1/03/27 - Winter Recess)
- Closed - 01/18/27 (Dr. Martin Luther King's Birthday Observance)
- Closed - 03/12/27 (Spring Holiday)
- Closed - 05/31/27 (Memorial Day Observance)
- Closed - 06/18/27 (Juneteenth Observance)
- Closed - 07/05/27 (Independence Day Observance)
- Dissertation & Thesis Defenses
- GES Fall Colloquia Schedule (2271)
Location: 104 Thaw | Day: Thursdays | Time: 4:00pm
- 27-Aug | Colloquia Kick Off: Short History of Several Million Years of Pittsburgh
- 03-Sep | Training: Pitt EH&S Chemical Hygiene Training
- 10-Sep | Dr. Joe Ortiz [Kent State University]:
- 17-Sep | TBD
- 24-Sep | Dr. Robert Anderson [NASA JPL (CA)]: GES 2026 Distinguished Alumnus
- 01-Oct | Laura Lopera Congate [GES PhD Candidate]:
- 08-Oct | Dr. Glynn Hulley [NASA JPL (FL)]:
- 15-Oct | Rachel Glade [University of Rochester]:
- 22-Oct | Timothy Suder [GES PhD Candidate]:
- 29-Oct | Sophie Pailot-Bonnétat [GES Postdoc]:
- 05-Nov | Shashank Bhushan [NASA Goddard]:
- 12-Nov | Steve McNutt [University of South Florida]:
- 19-Nov | TBD
- 26-Nov | Thanksgiving Break
- 03-Dec | Dr. Don Fisher [Penn State University]:
- GES Spring Colloquia Schedule (2274) - TBD
Location: 104 Thaw | Day: Thursdays | Time: 4:00pm