Microprobe Lab Manager, Ellery Frahm, won second place in the the 'Abstract Images' category of GSA's Annual Photography Contest. See photo here. Congrats!
Department of Earth Sciences
Newton Horace Winchell School of Earth Sciences
Department News Archive
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19 current and former members of our department participated in a Gordon Research Conference on Rock Deformation in New Hampshire in August. photo
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Justin Revenaugh on the future of deep-sea drilling: Details here.
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Prof. David Yuen has been busy in China this summer: 1) he helped to organize an international conference on Dynamics of Continental Interiors from Multiple Scales
in Wuhan , China in middle of May (photo); and 2) and he helped to organize an international workshop on GPU solutions to multiple-scale problems in Science and Engineering in Harbin, Manchuria, China in July -
Summer PhD defenses: Anna Henderson (advisors: Ito, Shuman), Travis Tenner (advisor: Hirschmann), Sam Matson (advisor: David Fox)
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SEMINAR: Dr. Michael Foote, Univ of Chicago, Thurs, Jan 27 at 3:30 p.m., 110 PillsH: The Evolution of Geographic Range within Species and Genera; and Fri, Jan 28 at 10:10 a.m., 121 PillsH: Evolutionary Dynamics of Genus Size-frequency Distribution
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Jim Stout gives life to rocks:
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Distinguished McKnight Univ Prof Larry Edwards' work on paleoclimatic change in China is featured on the UMNews web site.
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Olaf Pfannkuch follows the flow:
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Paul Morin produces critical maps of Antarctica:
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Katsumi Matsumoto tackles vexing scientific questions about climate change:
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Martin Saar favors dynamic fluids:
Discovery News article on Saar's geothermal energy research
MIT Technology Review: Saar et al. receive $1.5M from DOE for geothermal energy research
UMNews: When a volcano is your lab bench
Martin Saar is one of eleven 2009-2011 McKnight Land-Grant Professors.
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David Kohlstedt squeezes melt out of and water into rocks:
http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/gsl/society/history/citations2009
http://www2.geolsoc.org.uk/presentations/Pre09Murchison/
http://www1.umn.edu/news/features/2009/UR_CONTENT_110865.html
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David Fox emphasizes parallels between good teaching and fine acting:
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Larry Edwards links political change to climate change:
http://www1.umn.edu/news/news-releases/2009/UR_CONTENT_107601.html
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Olaf Pfannkuch has retired!
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2010 Donath Award ("top rising senior") to Susanna Webb
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2010 Aldrich Award ("top graduating senior") to Ben Frieman
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Several departmental members received honors, awards, and recognition this past year! Read more here.
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Our department chair, David Kohlstedt, was elected to the National Academy of Science! Read more here.
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