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IRM Postdoc Receives Honors
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IRM Postdoc, Plinio Jaqueto has received the Brazilian national award for best PhD thesis in Geophysics 2022, and GSA Karst Division's Young Scientist Award!
Get to know: The Rock and Mineral Physics Laboratory
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The Rock and Mineral Physics Laboratory at the University of Minnesota uses laboratory-based experiments to investigate the physical properties of geological materials.
ESCI Takes On GSA
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The Earth & Environmental staff made the journey out to GSA this year in Denver. Read through a journal of our crew's experience at GSA!
Professor Hirschmann Inducted into the National Academy of Sciences
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Professor Marc Hirschmann has received the prestigious honor of being inducted into the National Academy of Sciences joining ESCI Professors Larry Edwards and David Kohlstedt.
Tracing the Global Potassium Cycle Through Its Stable Isotopes
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Assistant Professor Xinyuan Zheng and his group are developing new mass spectrometry techniques to measure stable K isotope ratios in nature, providing a new way to study the K cycle.
Alumnus Benjamin Tutolo Receives the 2022 MSA Award
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Ben Tutolo, (Ph.D. 2015) has received the high honor of being named the 2022 recipient of the Mineralogical Society of America Award.
Sally Gregory Kohlstedt Retires
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Sally Gregory Kohlstedt, Professor of History of Science and Technology, retired in May 2022 after 33 years of teaching, research, and service at the University of Minnesota.
A new giant dinosaur gives insight into why many prehistoric meat-eaters had such tiny arms
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Discovery provides insight about the evolution and anatomy of big, carnivorous dinosaurs
The Chronister Dinosaur: Parrosaurus missouriensis
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Missouri’s only dinosaur locality, located in the southeastern part of the state in Bollinger County, was discovered by chance in 1940 on the property of the Chronister family
Introducing Lexi Thompson, External Relations
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Lexi will lead the development effort for Earth & Environmental Sciences by raising private support and will be working closely with the department head and faculty members.