Department of Earth Sciences
Newton Horace Winchell School of Earth Sciences

Department News Archive

  • 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

  • SEMINAR: Mineralogical Society of America Distinguished Lecturer- Dr. Craig Manning, UCLA, Monday, Feb 7 at 3:30 p.m., 110 PillsH: In Deep Water: New Insights into Geologic Fluids in the Deep Crust and Upper Mantle

  • SEMINAR: Dr. Gustavo Tolson, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Geología Regional, Thurs, Feb 3 at 3:30 p.m., 110 PillsH: Subduction Erosion of Southern North America during the Cenozoic

  • CONGRATULATIONS! to Dr. Chris Paola on having been named the 2011 recipient of the Lyell Medal from the Geological Soceity of London! List of the 2011 awardees can be found on the GSL website.

  • CONGRATULATIONS! to Dr. Ellery Frahm for having been elected the next President of the International Association of Obsidian Studies!

  • CONGRATULATIONS! to alumnus, Rajdeep Dasgupta (PhD 2006) on having been named the 2011 recipient of the Geochemical Society's F.W. Clarke Medal! Read more here.

  • CONGRATULATIONS! to Professor Larry Edwards on receiving the Arthur L. Day Prize and Lectureship from the National Academy of Science! Read more here.

  • UMN-Duluth, Geological Sciences Prof John Goodge recently returned from nearly two months on the ice in Antarctica. During that time, he wrote several blogs for theNew York Times, which you can read here. Dr. Goodge will be presenting a seminar in our department on Feb. 24.

  • The College of Science & Engineering wrote a nice piece on Dr. Larry Edwards having been named the next recipient of the US Nat'l Academy of Science's Arthur L. Day Prize: read press release here.

  • SEMINAR: Dr. Peter Moore, Iowa State Univ; Dept of Geol and Atmos Sci; Thurs, Jan 20 at 3:30 p.m. in 110 PillsH; The Geomorphic and Glacological Impact of Basal Debris in Glaciers: insights from below the ice.

  • Congratulations to Kent Kirkby who has received a 2009-2010 Morse-Alumni Award! Read more here.

  • PROSPECTIVE GRADUATE STUDENTS: please note that our graduate program is now called EARTH SCIENCES; look for this in the pull-down menu in ApplyYourself. Questions? email Sharon Kressler

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