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Congratulations to our 2021 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Award recipients

April 1, 2021

Congratulations to 2021 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Award recipients and honorable mentions: GRFP fellowships (Juliana Olsen-Valdez; Tristan Caro) and Honorable Mentions (Toby Halamka, Liam Friar, Johanne Albrigtsen, Abigail Eckland) https://www.research.gov/grfp/AwardeeList.do?method=loadAwardeeList

Sheehan group explores use of ship GPS for tsunami warnings

April 1, 2021

Leilani Arthurs awarded the Iris Moreno Totten award

Feb. 18, 2021

The GSA Geoscience Education Division has announced that Dr. Leilani Arthurs been selected as the awardee for Iris Moreno Totten award in the professional (early career) category… and "that her exceptional quality research is helping to move the field of geoscience education forward." Congratulations Leilani!

Postdoc Sarah Hurley is recognized for her research on early cyanobacterial evolution which will appear Jan. 6 in the journal Science Advances.

Jan. 6, 2021

Spring 2017 alumnus Coleman Hiett has paper published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Jan. 4, 2021

The Department of Geological Sciences celebrates its Fall 2020 Graduates in a Virtual Recognition Ceremony (Monday, Dec. 14th 10:30am MST)

Dec. 14, 2020

Dr. Mette Bendixen, Dr. Irene Overeems postdoctoral fellow, has been awarded the 2020 AGU 'Science for Solutions' Award for her work on exploring possibilities for sustainable sand mining in Greenland.

Nov. 11, 2020

Dr. Mette Bendixen has been awarded the 2020 AGU 'Science for Solutions' Award for her work on exploring possibilities for sustainable sand mining in Greenland. View the Nature Article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-018-0218-6 A small community nearby Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. Greenlanders are exploring ways to develop their economy for future generations...

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