Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Newton Horace Winchell School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Department News Archive
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Congratulations to Cameron Meyers on his winning essay!
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Research Professor Mike Jackson of the Institute for Rock Magnetism has been elected as a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union. He is also the 2015 recipient of the William Gilbert Award from AGU's Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism section.
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Emeritus Professor Calvin Alexander was recenlty named a Fellow of the Geological Society of America. Congratulations Calvin!
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Congratulations to Larry Edwards who was recently named a Regents Professor.
The Regents Professorship serves as the highest recognition for faculty who have made unique contributions to the quality of the University of Minnesota through exceptional accomplishments in teaching, research, and scholarship or creative work and contributions to the public good.
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Congratulations to Professor Jake Bailey and his team on their new MN Futures Grant to study bacterial polyphosphate metabolism. This was only 1 of 2 grants awarded (out of 85 proposals submitted), and represents a new and interesting collaboration between the Bailey lab and colleagues in the School of Dentistry.
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Please join us for information on geosciences careers outside of academia. More information can about this event can be found here.
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Professor Jake Bailey will receive a 2015 Simons Early Career Investigator Award in Marine Microbial Ecology and Evolution.
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Professor Calvin Alexander featured on MPRNews.
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Research scientist Hai Cheng (isotope geochemistry) has been elected a Geochemical Society Fellow.
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Paul Morin, PGC Director, is being awarded an honorary degree from Colorado College at their commencement this spring!
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Polar Geospatial Center is featured in UMNews to read the article click here.
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Congratulations to Sally Kohlstedt who received the President's Award from the Council of Graduate Students! Read more here:
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Seminar: Earthscope Distinguished Lecturer Dr. Mousumi Roy, University of New Mexico, Department of Physics & Astronomy
How Cenozoic Magmatic Patterns in the Western US and their Relation to Evolution of the Colorado Plateau; Thurs, May 8 at 3:30pm 110PillsH -
Congratulations to alumnus, Jon Carlson, BS 1987, who is one of the finalists for Entrepreneur Of The Year™ 2014 in the Upper Midwest!
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Seminar: Dr. Mike D'Emic, Stony Brook University, Anatomical Sciences Department;Giants Under the Microscope: Inferring Dinosaur Paleobiology via Fossil Microstructure; Thurs, Apr 24 at 3:35 p.m. in 110 PillsH
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Special Seminar-Dr. Harrison "Jack" Schmitt, Astronaut, Pilot, Geologist, and Politician -- "The the only scientist and last of 12 men to step onto the Moon."Field Geology in the Valley of Taurus-Littrow on the Moon Friday, April 25 at 10am Bell Museum Auditorium. Click here for information on AirSpace MN's public events on Saturday, April 26.
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Seminar: Dr. Stuart Simmons, University of Utah, Energy & Geoscience Institute; Beowawe to Wairakei: Discovery & Assessment of Geothermal Resources; Thurs, April 17 at 3:35 p.m., 110 PillsH
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Our condolences to the family of alumnus, Richard F. Hardyman (MS 1969,) who passed away on March 24, 2014. His family has written a wonderful tribute to Dick which, originally published in the Reno Gazette-Journal, can be found here.
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Seminar: Dr. Ellen Syracuse, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Linking Arcs to Subducting Slabs: A Global Perspective on Slab Seismicity, Temperature, and Hydration; Thur, April 10 at 3:35 p.m., 110 PillsH
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Seminar: Dr. Stephen Laubach, University of Texas-Austin, Bureau of Economic Geology; Effects of Concurrent Cement Precipitation on Fracture Growth; Thurs, Apr 3 at 3:30 p.m., 110 PillsH
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