Department of Earth Sciences
Newton Horace Winchell School of Earth Sciences

Department News Archive

  • Tuesday, April 5 - for the 2011 Doctoral Research Showcase. Three of the department's current Doctoral Dissertation recipients will present their work at this showcase: Brooke White, Andrew Luhmann, Jimmy Randolph. Come see what they've been up to! Noon-2p.m., Coffman's Great Hall.

  • STUDENTS: when registering for our Fall 2011 courses, look for course designator ESCI. The department name change goes into effective July 1, Summer 2011 course designator remains GEO.

  • CONGRATULATIONS! to 2009 Alumnus, Ryan Swanson, for having received an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship! There were over 12,000 applications, with a success rate of 17%. Ryan, who is currently pursuing his PhD at Penn State, says "It's a great start to my career in the geosciences." Congrats, Ryan!

  • CONGRATULATIONS! to Bill Seyfried AND Marc Hirschmann both for having been elected as Fellows of the American Geophysical Union. "To be elected a Fellow of AGU is a special tribute for those who have made exceptional scientific contributions. Nominated Fellows must have attained acknowledged eminence in the Earth and space sciences. This designation is conferred upon not more than 0.1% of all AGU members in any given year."

  • Prof. David Yuen was interviewed by the Associate Press regarding the recent earthquakes and tsunami in Japan and the possibility of other nuclear power plants in Asia getting hit. Link to article here. This fall, Dr. Yuen will teach his freshman seminar on the timely topic of tsunami's (ESCI 1905).

  • SEMINAR: Dr. Paul Olsen, Lamont-Doherty, Thurs, Mar 31 at 3:30 p.m., 110 PillsH:Origin, Timing, Magnitude and Biotic Effects of Earth's Largest Flood Basalt Province

  • SEMINARS: Dr. Jay Melosh, Purdue Univ, Thurs, Mar 24 at 3:30 p.m., 110 PillsH:Impact Cratering: the Latest Revolution in Geology . -AND- Fri, Mar 25 at 10:10 a.m., 121 PillsH: Redox Chemistry in Large Meteorite Impacts and the Origin of LifeCongratulations! to Martin Saar for having recieved the College of Science & Engineering's 2011 George W. Taylor Career Development Award, recognizing Martin's 'exceptional contributions to teaching by a candidate for tenure'.

  • There is NO seminar this week (March 14-18) due to spring break.

  • SEMINAR: Dr. David Fox, Univ of MN, Thurs, Mar 10 at 3:30 p.m., 110 PillsH: Long-term Ecological and Environmental Change in the Great Plains

  • Geoclub Fundraiser: 2nd Annual Chili Cookoff Competition! This Friday, March 4 beginning at noon in the Winchell Reading Room. If you wish to enter the competition, sign-up in room 108. Otherwise, show up with some money in your pocket and a clean palate. Questions: contact Geoclub V.P. Kelsi Ustipak.

  • SEMINARS: Dr. Susan Beck, Univ of Arizona, Thurs, Mar 3 at 3:30 p.m., 110 PillsH:Tectonics of the Anatolian Range, Turkey - a seismological perspective. -AND- Fri, Mar 4 at 10:10 a.m., 121 PillsH: Lithospheric Processes in the Central Andes

  • Dist. McKnight Univ Profesor Donna Whitney is profiled on the U's Office of the V.P. of Research's website. Great work, Donna!

  • Chili Cookoff results: Congratulations to Laura Vietti for making the #1 chili! 2nd place went to Nick Seaton; 3rd place to Sally Kohlstedt. Thanks to everyone for participating!

  • CONGRATULATIONS! to Dr. Tom Johnson, UMN-Duluth, Large Lakes Observatory and adjunct professor in our department, for having been elected as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union!

  • CONGRATULATIONS! to Dr. Marc Hirschmann for having been awarded aDistinguished McKnight University Professorship! This prestigious recognition is awarded to the U's most outstanding mid-career faculty. Office of VP for Researchwebsite to be updated soon.

  • DEPARTMENT SEMINAR: Dr. John Goodge, Univ of Minnesota, Thurs, Feb 24 at 3:30 p.m., 110 PillsH: Age and Composition of the East Antarctic Shield by Granite and Glacial Proxy (read Dr. Goodge's blog from his time on the ice).

  • UNDERGRAD STUDENTS! head to the CSE Student Organization Fair on Wed, Feb 23. Current geo students can volunteer to help with the GeoClub exhibit (sign up in the GeoLounge). Not yet a geo student?-- please stop by and see what we are all about!

  • SPECIAL SEMINAR: Dr. Paul Craddock, Univ of Chicago, Tues, Feb 22 at 3:30 p.m., 209 PillsH: Iron Isotopic Evidence for Microbial Activity on Ancient Earth

  • Thursday, Feb 17 - watch WCCO (Channel 4) news at 10:00 p.m., Dr. Calvin Alexander and his colleagues will be featured in a story about their Soudan Underground Mine Microbiology Study.

  • SEMINAR: Dr. Gifford Miller , Univ Colorado-Boulder , Thurs, Feb 17 at 3:30 p.m., 110 PillsH: Megafaunal Extinction and Ecosystem Collapse in Pleistocene Australia: Disentangling the Impacts of Human Colonization from those of Climate Change

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