UC celebrates science with schoolchildren
September 30, 2025
UC's Center for Public Engagement with Science welcomed fifth-grade students from Cincinnati's School for the Performing and Creative Arts to campus for activities celebrating science.
Welcome to the Department of Geosciences at the University of Cincinnati, a program with high-caliber faculty and a strong research reputation. We strive to provide our undergraduate and graduate students with the knowledge and skills necessary for a broad range of careers. We teach and conduct research in many areas of the geosciences including paleontology, Quaternary geology, geomorphology, sedimentology, stratigraphy, tectonics, environmental geology, and biogeochemistry. Our faculty maintain high-tech laboratories and conduct field work all over the world and our students are involved every step of the way.
Quick Contacts:
Main office phone: 513-556-3732
Department Head - Craig Dietsch, dietscc@ucmail.uc.edu
Program Director, Departmental Advisor - Krista Smilek, smilekka@ucmail.uc.edu
Financial Administrator - Sarah Hammer, tritscsh@ucmail.uc.edu
Instrumentation Specialist - Owen Cowling, cowlinon@ucmail.uc.edu
Undergraduate Director - Dylan Ward, warddy@ucmail.uc.edu
Graduate Director - Andrew Czaja, czajaaw@ucmail.uc.edu
September 30, 2025
UC's Center for Public Engagement with Science welcomed fifth-grade students from Cincinnati's School for the Performing and Creative Arts to campus for activities celebrating science.
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