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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.
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Staying engaged through outreach
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The ESCI outreach committee has been hard at work connecting with the community.
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Grad Student Receives Mistletoe Fellowship
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Grad Student, John McDaris was awarded the Mistletoe Research Fellowship in 2023
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Beware the Robo Dino!
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Grad Student, Minyoung Son, teamed up with scientists to create a grasshopper hunting robotic dinosaur.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.