News

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Justice, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion

JEDI Conversations

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PhD Candidate, Jabari Jones, publishes editorial in journal AGU Advances

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Researcher & Staff News

Researchers and citizen scientists complete first-ever Weddell seal count

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CSE News: A research team led by the University of Minnesota Twin Cities has completed a first-ever global population estimate of Weddell seals in Antarctica.

Dundee Glacier superimposed over modern Dundee
Student News

Dundee under ice: a view of Tayside during the ice age

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PhD candidate works with animators in Scotland to produce a short film about Dundee's glacial past.

Rock Deformation analysis equipment
Student News

Research Opportunities in Rock Deformation (R.O.R.D.)

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A new Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program is now being offered in Earth and Environmental Sciences. This is a distributed REU in that students apply for a summer internship and then go to one of ~12 different universities around the country for the summer to conduct research. This particular REU is focused on rock deformation.

Precambrian bedrock in an area ceded by the Chippewa to the U.S. federal government in an 1854 treaty, currently known as the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeast Minnesota
Student News

Recognizing Geology’s Colonial History for Better Policy Today

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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.

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Viktor Radermacher - dinosaur study

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Ph.D. student Viktor Radermacher is lead author of a new study using a newly discovered Heterodontosaurus fossil that shows all dinosaurs did not breathe in the same way.

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Faculty News, School/Dept News

Geomicrobiology Student Project: The importance of science communication

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In collaboration with the Bell Museum, Associate Professor Cara Santelli incorporated science communication in her Geomicrobiology course, the study of how microbes influence the planet past, present and future. Students selected topics of interest to explain their topic in a creative yet clear, succinct way.

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Crystal Ng - Community Engagement Award

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Congratulations to Associate Professor Crystal Ng for receiving the 2021 President's Community-Engaged Scholar Award!

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Honors/Awards, Student News

Maddy Nyblade

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Congratulations to PhD student Maddy Nyblade on receiving a 2021 President's Student Leadership and Service Award for her antiracism work in the department and beyond!

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Faculty News

Priscillagrewite

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A newly discovered mineral has been named Priscillagrewite, in honor or Priscilla Grew, former professor in the Dept of Earth & Environmental Sciences and Director of the Minnesota Geological Survey from 1986-1993.