The Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences is part of the College of Science & Engineering, Twin Cities campus, and houses research programs as well as state-of-the-art analytical facilities spanning a broad spectrum of Earth Science disciplines (further information is available at: https://cse.umn.edu/esci).  The department and its faculty also maintain strong connections and collaborations with other relevant research units in the School of Earth &  Environmental Sciences and across the University including  (but not limited to) the Polar Geospatial Center, St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, the Minnesota Geological Survey, Continental Scientific Drilling Facility, and the Institute for Rock Magnetism. Faculty, staff, and students in the department are engaged in a strong and growing commitment to DEI initiatives within our unit, at the College and University levels, regionally in Minnesota, and beyond.