Welcome to the Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences
The Roy M. Huffington Department of Earth Sciences was established by a historic gift to SMU’s Dedman College from the Honorable Roy M. Huffington, ’38. The gift endows one of SMU's original and most distinguished academic departments, providing future resources for the growing importance of its research, teaching and scholarship. Learn more »
Schlumberger Awards Scholarships to the American Association of Petroleum Geologists' Outstanding Student Chapters DENVER, June 9, 2009 Read more »
With funding from organizations such as the U.S. Departments of Defense and Energy and the National Science Foundation, Earth Sciences has achieved international recognition in the research areas of seismology, geothermal studies and paleoclimatology. Recently, an Earth Sciences faculty member helped develop a pilot project on setting up a seismic network on the Moon. Learn more about our faculty and our research.
Earth Sciences was one of the University’s first Ph.D.-granting departments. SMU grants undergraduate degrees in geology, geophysics, environmental geology, environmental sciences and environmental studies, and in geology, geophysics and applied geophysics at the graduate level. Learn more about our undergraduate programs and our graduate programs.
News & Features
"Exploring Mars for Evidence of Life "
- Hamilton Visiting Scholar in Geophysics
Lecture Series presents David J. Des Marais
Staff Scientist at NASA Ames Research Center
November 17-20th - Center for the Environment seeks Director
Established in 2009, the mission of the SMU Center
for the Environment is to promote research, education
and community outreach to meet the challenges of
sustainability and maintenance of a healthy environment.
This position requires a leader who thinks broadly, and
who will reach across disciplines in the development of
research and programmatic activities supported by the Center.
- Fall 2009 Departmental Seminar Schedule
- In celebration of Darwin's Evolving Legacy
Department of Earth Sciences Chair Dr. Robert T. Gregory
presents a lecture at the Collegium da Vinci - Dr. Louis L. Jacobs, Director of Shuler Museum of
Paleontology, speaks to BBC News about the amazing
fossil discoveries in Angola.
- Paleontology grad student, Yuri Kimura received
the Edwin H. and Margaret M. Colbert Award
at this year’s Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting.
- Dr. David Blackwell is an honored recipient to one
of the most prestigious awards in the geothermal industry. - Scott Timothy Myers, paleontology grad student discovers
unique data in Central Africa.