Chi Epsilon Pi

The goal of Chi Epsilon Pi (XEP) is to support graduate students in the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science at UCLA. This includes social, academic, professional, service, and advocacy activities. It also includes involvement in outreach within the atmospheric and oceanic sciences and K-12 educational outreach within the greater Los Angeles community.

CDLS fellows Ilian DeCorte, Alexandrea Arnold, and Blanca Alvarez have served as outreach chairs for XEP over the last five years.

Annual outreach events attended by XEP include Exploring Your Universe, City of STEM, and the El Marino Science Fair. Members of XEP and CDLS have collaborated on outreach events, including the Children's Water Festival in Irvine.

In addition to our annual events, XEP hosted a reading hour featuring Cool for You, a children's book by past CDLS fellow Marianna Linz, in local K-1 classrooms.