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PhD student selected for Voices for Science program
May 19, 2023
PhD student Natalie Raia has been selected as part of the American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) 2023-2024 Voices for Science program.

Grad Students Selected to Attend AAAS Policy and Advocacy Workshop
March 23, 2023
Maddy Nyblade and Natalie Raia are among a select group of students being sponsored to attend The 2023 CASE Workshop in Washington, DC, on March 26-29, 2023.

Professor Larry Edwards receives Benjamin Franklin Medal in Earth and Environmental Sciences
February 28, 2023
University of Minnesota Twin Cities Professor R. Lawrence “Larry” Edwards has been awarded the Franklin Institute’s 2023 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Earth and Environmental Sciences recognizing his

Professor Emeritus David Kohlstedt receives Vetlesen Prize, the ‘Nobel Prize of Earth Sciences’
February 28, 2023
University of Minnesota Twin Cities Professor Emeritus David Kohlstedt has been awarded the Vetlesen Prize, one of the highest honors in Earth sciences and considered to be the field’s Nobel Prize

ESCI Takes on AGU
February 17, 2023
The American Geophysical Union Conference took place in Chicago from December 12th-16th and is the largest geoscience conference held in the US annual. Many from our department attended.

Peter Kang receives the Taylor Career Development Award
February 17, 2023
The Taylor Career Development Award recognizes exceptional contributions to teaching by a candidate for tenure during the probationary period
Celebrating 150 years of Geosciences

2022 is a special year! It marks 150 years since the first geoscience course was taught at the University of Minnesota! In 1872, professor Edward H. Twining M.A. taught the first courses in geology and mineralogy. 1872 also marks the establishment of the Minnesota Geological and Natural History Survey by the Minnesota State Government. We are celebrating 150 years of Geosciences with our colleagues at the Bell Museum and the Minnesota Geological Survey who are also decedents of the first Geoscientists of the University of Minnesota.
See how we're celebrating 150 years of Geosciences