Department of Earth Sciences
Newton Horace Winchell School of Earth Sciences

Department News Archive

  • CONGRATULATIONS to Martin Saar for his promotion to Associate Professor in our department! Well deserved, Martin!

  • The Minnesota Geological Survey has created and released a new State Geologic Map of Minnesota! Quoting the MGS Director, Harvey Thorleifson, "This is something that happens only about once per decade, and this one is a giant leap forward. Mark Jirsaand co-authors did a superb job." Check it out.

  • CONGRATULATIONS TO LARRY EDWARDS for having been elected as a member of the NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES!! Larry brings the total of UofMN faculty who have received this prestigeous recognition to 33; click here to see the list of UofMN National Academy of Sciences Members. Read UofMN News article here. Congratulations, Larry!

  • Paul Morin's group, the Polar Geospatial Center, is expanding their work to the Arctic! The Associated Press has picked up the news release, here is the link to UofMNews, featuring a photo of recent alumnus Spencer Niebuhr in Antarctica. Congratulations to Paul and his hard working crew!

  • CONGRATULATIONS! to Prof. Sally G. Kohlstedt for having been selected as the UofMN's Ada Comstock Distinguished Women Scholar Award and Lecture for Fall 2011! The lecture is not until October 12 - put it on your calendar. Congrats, Sally!

  • SEMINAR: Dr. Stephen Parman, Brown Univ, Thurs, Apr 28, 3:30 p.m., 110 PillsH:When did the Continents Grow? -AND- Fri, Apr 29, 10:10 a.m., 121 PillsH:Experimental Measurements of Noble Gas Behavior at Mantle Pressures

  • SEMINAR: Consortium for Ocean Ledership Distinguished Lecturer, Dr. Demain Saffer, Penn State, Thurs, Apr 21, 3:30 p.m., 110 PillsH: Pore Pressure and Stress at Subduction Plate Boundaries: Insights from Oean Drilling

  • SEMINAR: Dr. Tracy Twine, UMN, Dept Soil, Water, Climate, Thurs, Apr 14 at 3:30 p.m., 110 PillsH: The Biophysical Response to Elevated CO2 in Agroecosystemrs of the United States

  • SEMINAR: Dr. Karen Fischer, Brown Univ, Thurs, Apr 7 at 3:30 p.m., 110 PillsH:The Lithosphere-asthenosphere Boundary

  • 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.

  • 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).

  • 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!

  • 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

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