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Seyfried with graduate students Nick Pester (Ph.D., 2012, left), Dionysis Foustoukos (Ph.D., 2005, right) and Research Associate Dr. Kang Ding (far right) at sea in advance of DSRV Alvin dives to seafloor hydrothermal vents at EPR 9°N.

Geochemistry in Hot Water: Hydrothermal Research in ESCI

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The aqueous geochemistry research group studies the deep sea vents that exist in volcanically active regions of the seafloor.

Students doing outreach on campus
School/Dept News

Staying engaged through outreach

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The ESCI outreach committee has been hard at work connecting with the community.

McDaris Portrait
Student News

Grad Student Receives Mistletoe Fellowship

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Grad Student, John McDaris was awarded the Mistletoe Research Fellowship in 2023

Robopteryx dino robot

Beware the Robo Dino!

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Grad Student, Minyoung Son, teamed up with scientists to create a grasshopper hunting robotic dinosaur.

AGU2023
School/Dept News

ESCI at AGU

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Read about our experience at AGU this past December!

Bezada Laar Map
Faculty News, Researcher & Staff News

What's Shaking at the Seismology Lab?

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From continental-scale studies to experiments on a single stream, researchers at the seismology lab are finding more ways to learn about Earth processes from the analysis of seismic data.

GSA Sign Pittsburgh
Researcher & Staff News, School/Dept News

ESCI Staff Visit Pittsburgh for GSA

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Jennifer Petrie and Kaleigh Swift attended GSA in Pittsburgh this year to staff a graduate recruitment booth.

Photo of Minnesota's 10th meteorite

Recovery and Identification of Minnesota’s 10th Known Meteorite

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Emeritus Professor Calvin Alexander has helped positively identify a new meteorite found by a community member in Minnesota.

Class of 2023 Graduate students
Student News

Recent Ph.D. Grads Hired as Faculty

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A group of recently graduated and soon to be graduating Ph.D. students have gone on to be hired immediately into faculty positions at institutions across the country.

Portrait of Annia Fayon
Faculty News, Researcher & Staff News

Adjunct Professor Annia Fayon in First Cohort of UHP Fellows

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The program is open to all tenure and non-tenure track faculty across the university. Annia is one of only six in the inaugural cohort of University Honors Program Faculty Fellows.