Faculty News

Graduate student Liam Friar won a best poster prize at the recent European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) conference on "The cellular mechanics of symbiosis” held in Heidelberg, Germany (Mar 8-11, 2023). Liam traveled to the conference on a travel grant from the department. Title of the poster: "In the cyanobacterial...

Congratulation to Dr. Boswell Wing. He has just received the John M. Hayes Award from the Organic Geochemistry Division of the Geochemical Society for 2022. The Hayes Award was established in 2018 to honor a mid-career scientist for outstanding accomplishments under the broad umbrella of biogeochemistry, including isotope and organic...

Prof. Lizzy Trower's project, "'To see a world in a grain of sand,'" will expand on her recent work on ooids to test their utility as a proxy for CO2 in ancient atmospheres and develop a suite of inquiry-based curriculum that will enable K-12 students to explore Earth surface processes...

We are pleased to announce that Geological Sciences Professor Emeritus and CIRES Fellow Roger Bilham has received the AGU Charles A. Whitten Medal for 2022! Roger is one of 36 recipients who are receiving AGU’s highest honors for their excellence in scientific research, education, communication, and outreach. Roger’s research focuses...