We are pleased to announce that our first year PhD student Giannina Ramirez has been selected to receive the ARCS Pittsburgh Endowed Scholar Award in Honor of Timothy F. Burke, Jr. and Linda Beerbower Burke in the amount of $5,000.00 per academic year for a total of 3 years.  This is the first time the Geology & Environmental Science Department has been able to nominate a student, and we are very happy to have success the first year! Congrats Giannina! Read the executive summary here.