HRL/JEDI Seminars
Hard Rock Lunch (HRL) and JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) seminars are hosted in a hybrid modality. They are held on Wednesdays at 12:10 p.m. in Tate hall room 401-20 and virtually via zoom. The Zoom link for each individual seminar will be sent out internally by the HRL/JEDI coordinator. If you do not receive these announcements and would like to join us for a virtual seminar, please contact Donna Whitney ([email protected]) or Marc Hirschmann ([email protected]).
Fall 2024 Schedule
*indicates JEDI Talk
September 11
Lindsey Kenyon, Postdoc - Wada, ESCI, University of Minnesota
New(er) tools in Canvas for more student learning and less grading
September 18
Donna Whitney, Professor, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota
practice talk for MSA Presidential Address
September 25
Emily First, Macalester College
TBD
October 2
Yiming Zhang, Postdoc, Swanson-Hysell, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota
Reconstructing Neoproterozoic paleogeography with metamorphic rocks
October 9
Nick Swanson-Hysell, Associate Professor, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota
Oman and the arc terranes of the Arabian Nubian Shield at the onset of the Cryogenian
October 16
Lars Hanson, Marc Hirschmann, Nick Swanson-Hysell, Donna Whitney, Faculty, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota
Examples of broader impacts activities
October 23
Kristina Okamoto, Postdoc, RAMP, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota
Lithological differences in fault healing during the 2011 Prague, Oklahoma aftershock sequence
October 30
Larry Bradley, Adjunct Professor, Envrionmental Geology, University of Nebraska - Omaha
Dinosaurs and Indians: Paleontology Resource Dispossession From Sioux Lands
November 6
Viven Sharma, Grad Student - Wada, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota
Seismic image denosing using zero-shot deep learning
November 13
Harison Wiesman, Postdoc - RAMP, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota
Microstructural evolution of olivine during transient creep
November 20
Sara Hanel, Grad Student - STAMP, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota
The application of stable K-isotope systematics to subduction metamorphism
November 27
No Seminar - Day before Thanksgiving
December 4
Rebeca Oliveira, Grad Student - Bezada, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Minnesota
Upper Midwest - Superior Craton