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Justin Revenaugh receives UMN's Morse-Alumni award for excellence in undergraduate education
November 19, 2021
Professor Justin Revenaugh was a 2020 recipient of UMN's Morse-Alumni award for excellence in undergraduate education. The pandemic-delayed award ceremony was finally held this week!
Evidence for Stress Localization Caused by Lithospheric Heterogeneity From Seismic Attenuation
November 16, 2021
Earth & Environmental Sciences' Zhao Zhu, and Dr. Max Bezada, along with additional co-authors Joseph S. Byrnes, and Heather A. Ford publish a paper in Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems.
How the Earth Recycles
November 1, 2021
STAMP publishes an article on the chemistry of lawsonite in Frontiers for Young Minds
Commitments To Indigenous Peoples And Their Lands
October 26, 2021
On behalf of the department, Crystal Ng and Gabriela Ines Diaz have released a statement articulating the department's Commitments To Indigenous Peoples And Their Lands, as part of the process
More than fun in the sun
October 7, 2021
PhD Candidate, Jabari Jones publishes article in the Journal of Geoscience Education highlighting the value of field trips as a pedagogical tool.
JEDI Conversations
October 1, 2021
PhD Candidate, Jabari Jones, publishes editorial in journal AGU Advances
Recognizing Geology’s Colonial History for Better Policy Today
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Jenn McDonald
Earth Science's, Maddy Nyblade, and the Minnesota Geological Survey's Jenn McDonald have published an article in Eos recognizing and reckoning with the colonial history of Geology. From the field's founders to the violence of laws, policies, and dispossession that made Geology relevant, this article details a past often ignored in favor of a history stripped of its colonial legacy, and highlights opportunities for change.