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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.

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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.

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Welcome New Faculty Member: Emily Beverly

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Assistant Professor Emily Beverly’s research focuses on understanding environmental drivers of human and hominin evolution.

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Faculty News, Honors/Awards

Professor Larry Edwards receives Benjamin Franklin Medal in Earth and Environmental Sciences

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University of Minnesota Twin Cities Professor R. Lawrence “Larry” Edwards has been awarded the Franklin Institute’s 2023 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Earth and Environmental Sciences recognizing his achievements in the field.

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Professor Emeritus David Kohlstedt receives Vetlesen Prize, the ‘Nobel Prize of Earth Sciences’

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University of Minnesota Twin Cities Professor Emeritus David Kohlstedt has been awarded the Vetlesen Prize, one of the highest honors in Earth sciences and considered to be the field’s Nobel Prize equivalent.

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Faculty News, Honors/Awards

Peter Kang receives the Taylor Career Development Award

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The Taylor Career Development Award recognizes exceptional contributions to teaching by a candidate for tenure during the probationary period

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Faculty News, Honors/Awards

Donna Whitney Named Graduate and Professional Distinguished Professor

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Donna Whitney received a Graduate and Professional Distinguished Teaching Award (U-wide) for her many outstanding contributions to graduate advising, mentorship, teaching, DEI initiatives and more!

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Larry Edwards among most cited researchers in the world

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Four CSE faculty were recently named among the most "Highly Cited Researchers" in the world.

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Attenuated evolution of mammals through the Cenozoic

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Earth & Environmental Sciences Professor and Bell Museum Associate, David Fox, has co-authored a piece in Science on the evolution and diversification of mammals over prehistoric time.

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Get to Know: The Santelli Environmental and Applied Biogeochemistry Lab

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Research in Associate Professor Cara Santelli’s lab uses laboratory and observational field-based approaches to shed light on coupled microbial and abiotic processes.