Print this page

UW ESS Graduation 2023 stage photo UW ESS Class of 2023 Photo

On Friday June 9th, 2023, we gathered in the HUB Lyceum on the University of Washington Campus to celebrate the UW Dept of Earth and Space Sciences annual Graduation Ceremony, hosted by ESS Chair Eric Steig.

Speakers for the Graduation Ceremony of 2023

Five Speakers Composite Photo at Graduation 2023

Speakers for the 2023 Graduation Ceremony include UW ESS Chair Eric Steig, UW College of the Environment Dean Maya Tolstoy, and special guest speaker Dr. Zoe Harrold (Ph.D UW 2004), currently working at a company she founded Clear Horizons Consulting LLC providing "Consulting founded on science". Student speakers include Todd Anderson for the grad students, and njali Manoj for the undergraduate students.

Free Downloads

As a special final (free!) service for our graduating students, the ESS department recorded a video of the ceremony, and shot still photographs of each student receiving their diploma. The video recording of the ESS 2023 Graduation Ceremony can be viewed as a live stream (1.2 hours), or you can choose to download and save the 1GB mp4 video. The photographs shot by the dept can be viewed online via a web slideshow, or viewed from a photo gallery. Each photograph can be downloaded (click on the photo) for high quality printing or saving. (about 5 MB jpeg each). A pdf version of the Ceremony Program is available for download, as is a pdf copy of the Undergraduate Photos shown during graduation ceremony.


You can view the graduation video as an online stream here, or you can download the mp4 file here. The .mp4 is about 1GB, and 1 hour 11 min. We recommend using an up-to-date Google "Chrome" web browser for viewing the stream and we recommend using VLC Player to view the downloadable .mp4 file.

View a Gallery of Graduation Photos shot by the Dept.

View a Slideshow of Graduation Photos shot by the Dept.

View a pdf of the printed paper 2023 Graduation Program for more information about our student and alumnus speaker as well as a list of our graduating students.

View a pdf of the 2023 Undergraduate Slideshow shown during the Ceremony.



Graduation 2023 Group Photos

UW ESS PhD Students for 2023

UW ESS PhD Students of 2023 Group Photo

Masters Students for 2023

UW ESS Masters Students of 2023 Group Photo

Undergraduate Students of 2023

UW ESS UnderGraduate Students of 2023 group photo