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Events and Seminars
May
16
Fri
1:00pm
2025 Graduation Celebration and Reception
Tate Hall B50 & Atrium
Recent News

Mammalian paleoecology at Minnesota: maps, molecules, and morphology
Exploring the work of the Fox Research Group

Peter Kang Receives Award for Porous Media Research
Prof. Kang was awarded the InterPore Award for Porous Media Research

Dinosaurs and Our World: An Eclectic Elective
This extremely popular course is an integral part of the departments 1xxx level programming

Environmental Microbiology goes gangbusters in the Global South
Professor Jake Bailey conducts research while teaching an international course in Chile

Alumni Spotlight: Rory McFadden
Rory has developed a passion for advancing the quality of geoscience education nationally
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