Faculty and Student Awards
Professor Sarah Penniston-Dorland has been elected president of the Mineralogical Society of America
- Alan Jay Kaufman has been named a 2024 Distinguished University Professor read more...
- Graduate Student Zach Vig was awarded Best Student Talk at the 2024 NASA Exploration Science Forum. His talk was titled Visible Near-Infrared Spectral Evidence for Olivine in the Gruithuisen Domes. Watch his talk here.
- Graduate Student Tytrice Faison received an Honorable Mention for her presentation at the campus-wide Three-Minute Thesis competition. Her talk was titled "UMD: Unravel Meteoritic Dating".
- Graduate Student Elaine Jaross been selected to receive an Outstanding Student Presentation Award for her presentation at the 2023 annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union.
Upcoming Events
Colloquium - Max Lloyd from Penn State University
Friday, November 8, 2024
11:00 am
ESJ 0215
How well do plants breathe in glacial climates?
Saffat Shahid Thesis Defense
Thursday, November 14, 2024
9:00 am
PHY 4221
Using Bayesian Electrical Resistivity Inversion To Reveal Hillslope Dry-Up Process In A Mediterranean Climate
John Harris Thesis Defense
Friday, November 15, 2024
1:00 pm
IRB 1116
Geomorphic and hydrologic characteristics of small urbanized tributaries to a Fall Zone stream