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Just approved! Updated ESCI courses on Earth System Science
December 16, 2021
ESCI 2001 Earth System Science (lecture with lab, 4 credits) and ESCI 2101 Earth System Science (lecture only, 3 credits) now also satisfy Liberal Education Requirements for graduation!
ESCI Students present at Fall Virtual Undergraduate Student Research Symposium
December 10, 2021
Four ESCI students have submitted virtual presentations as part of this semester's Undergraduate Research Symposium.
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
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.