Geosci 100 is being taught 100% online this semester. Rather than selling lab manuals, GGSA is selling lab kits that include rocks, a teeny magnifying glass, and the 2017 Treinen Farm Trilobite corn maze/cabinet of …
2020 Spring Awards
Awards to Undergraduate Students Mack C. Lake Distinguished Undergraduate Student Award Laura J. Arneson Mack C. Lake Outstanding Senior Scholarship Adam J. Fitch, Jacob A. Genskow, Taylor R. Murphy, Renee F. Olley Carl & Val …
Celebrating Women’s History Month!
Author: Emily Mixon (PhD expected 2023) on behalf of GGSA, GeoPath, and AWG. Although socially distant due to COVID-19, Geobadgers still celebrated 2020 Women’s History Month by sharing some digital highlights of the fantastic female …
Petroleum Experts Limited Donates Software Suite Valued At Over Two Million Dollars to the Department of Geoscience For Research
To facilitate seismic research in the Department of Geoscience, Houston-based Petroleum Experts Limited has generously donated the MOVE Suite of software to the department. According to the company, the MOVE suite, which is valued at …
The Glacier Shakes at Sunset: New Ice-Quake Data Illuminating Glacier-Bed Mechanics
Author: Nate (Nathan) T. Stevens (PhD expected 2022) Over the summer, UW-Madison Geo-Badgers Collin Roland, Dougal Hansen, Prof. Luke Zoet, and myself, along with our PSICE collaborator Emily Schwans, set out to “take the pulse” …
Intern Spotlight: ExxonMobil
Author: Shlomo Honig (MS expected 2020) This past summer proved incredibly busy and rewarding for me on many fronts. I spent the first part of my summer collecting data for my Masters research with my …
Conference Spotlight: Quantitative Microanalysis 2019
Author: Ben Bruck (MS expected 2020, PhD expected 2023) This spring, as a final project in John Fournelle’s Electron Microprobe Analysis course, our class performed experiments to compare the accuracy of energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) …
Interdisciplinary Cluster in Freshwater Sustainability
The cluster hire position in Chemical Hydrology has finally been opened online: https://jobs.hr.wisc.edu/en-us/job/502850/assistant-professor-hydrology-cluster-hire
Annual Alumni Reception during GSA
Please join fellow alumni and friends in Phoenix! When: Monday, September 23, 2019, 7 pm – 9 pmWhere: Chico Malo, 50 West Jefferson, Phoenix, AZ 85003 https://www.chicomalo.com/#home-section
John Fournelle elected as a Fellow of the Microanalysis Society
MAS Fellowship recognizes eminent scientists, engineers, and technologists in the field of microanalysis of materials and related phenomena who have distinguished themselves through outstanding research and service to the microanalysis community. This includes technique development, …