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Gabbie Ledesma awarded Iowa Space Grant Consortium undergraduate fellowship

Gabbie Ledesma, a senior geology major, has been awarded an Iowa Space Grant Consortium undergraduate research fellowship for 2019-2020. This will provide her will a stipend to do independent research with Elizabeth Swanner. She will continue her investigations of manganese enrichments in lake sediments in order to better understand Mn enrichments in the former lakebed … Continue reading Gabbie Ledesma awarded Iowa Space Grant Consortium undergraduate fellowship

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GEAT Seminar Fall 2017: Dr. Howie Scher September 19

The GEAT department is pleased to welcome Dr. Howie Scher, University of South Carolina, as our next seminar speaker. Title: Chasing Ice through Space and Time – Reconstructing Polar Ice Sheets through the Cenozoic using the Marine Sediment Record When: Tuesday, September 19 @ 4:10 pm Where: 2050 Agronomy Hall Bio: Dr. Scher is an … Continue reading GEAT Seminar Fall 2017: Dr. Howie Scher September 19

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GEAT Seminar Fall 2017: Dr. Ed Harvey September 11

The GEAT department is pleased to welcome Dr. Ed Harvey (U.S. National Park Service), the 2017 Birdsall-Dreiss Lecturer for the Hydrogeology Division of the Geological Society of America. Title: Water Resource Stewardship in the U.S. National Park Service When: Tuesday, September 11 @ 4:10 pm Where: 2050 Agronomy Hall Abstract: On August 25, 1916, President … Continue reading GEAT Seminar Fall 2017: Dr. Ed Harvey September 11

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Dr. Sven Morgan named new GEAT chair!

We are happy to announce that Dr. Sven Morgan has joined us as a new professor and chair of the GEAT department! Dr. Morgan was previously a professor and chair at Central Michigan University, where he was honored for teaching excellence and integral to the merger of the geology and meteorology programs into one department. … Continue reading Dr. Sven Morgan named new GEAT chair!