Past Events and Seminars
Spring 2026 MGS Seminars
Thursday, May 7, 2026, 12:10 p.m. through Thursday, May 7, 2026, 1:10 p.m.
Online webinar via Zoom
Spring 2026 MGS Seminars will take place on Thursdays at 12:10 PM, unless otherwise noted. All seminars are entirely virtual via Zoom.
Fall 2025 MGS Seminars
Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, 12:10 p.m. through Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025, 1:10 p.m.
Online webinar via Zoom
Fall 2025 MGS Seminars will take place on Thursdays at 12:10 PM, unless otherwise noted. All seminars are entirely virtual via Zoom.
Spring 2025 MGS Seminars
Thursday, April 17, 2025, 12:10 p.m. through Thursday, April 17, 2025, 1:10 p.m.
Anders Noren (Director, Continental Scientific Drilling [CSD] Facility, School of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota)
“Something on the CSD”
Spring 2025 MGS Seminars will take place on Thursdays at 12:10 PM, unless otherwise noted. All seminars are entirely virtual via Zoom.
Fall 2024 MGS Seminars
Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, 12:10 p.m. through Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, 1:10 p.m.
Chad Crotty
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Lands and Minerals Division
“Something on DNR’s aggregate mapping”
Fall 2024 MGS Seminars will take place on Thursdays at 12:10 PM. All seminars are entirely virtual via Zoom.
Fall 2023 MGS Seminars
Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023, 12:10 p.m. through Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023, 12:10 p.m.
Claire Simmerman
PhD candidate, Water Resources Science, University of Minnesota
"Something on microplastics transport in a karst terrane, southeastern Minnesota"
Fall 2023 MGS Seminars will take place on Thursdays at 12:10 PM, unless otherwise noted. All seminars will be available via Zoom; however, some seminars may be hybrid, held at MGS and transmitted live via Zoom.
Spring 2023 MGS Seminars
Thursday, April 27, 2023, 12:10 p.m. through Thursday, April 27, 2023, 1 p.m.
Tammy Rittenour
Professor, Utah State University
"TBD, but likely something about OSL dating applied to Quaternary history"
Spring 2023 MGS Seminars will take place on Thursdays at 12:10 PM, unless otherwise noted. All seminars will be available via Zoom; however, some seminars may be hybrid, held at MGS and transmitted live via Zoom.
Fall 2022 MGS Seminars
Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022, 12:10 p.m. through Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022, 12:10 p.m.
Ben Drenth
Research Geophysicist, US Geological Survey
"New insights on the architecture of the Great Lakes tectonic zone in the central Upper Peninsula, Michigan"
Fall 2022 MGS Seminars will be hosted virtually via Zoom and at least one seminar will be hybrid, held at the MGS and virtually via Zoom. Unless otherwise noted, they will take place on Thursdays at 12:10 PM.
Spring 2022 MGS Seminars
Thursday, April 21, 2022, 12:10 p.m. through Thursday, April 21, 2022, 1:10 p.m.
Virtually via Zoom
Spring 2022 MGS Seminars will be hosted virtually via Zoom and will take place on Thursdays at 12:10 PM unless otherwise noted.
Fall 2021 MGS Seminars
Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, 12:10 p.m. through Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, 1:10 p.m.
Virtual via Zoom.
The Fall 2021 MGS Seminars will be hosted virtually via Zoom and will take place on Thursdays at 12:10 p.m.
Spring 2021 MGS Seminars
Friday, April 30, 2021, 12:10 p.m. through Friday, April 30, 2021, 1:10 p.m.
Virtually via Zoom.
The MGS Seminar Series for Spring 2021 will be hosted virtually via Zoom.