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Sue Welch

This month, as Senior Research Scientist Dr. Sue Welch departs SES to join Koloma, we reflect back in gratitude on her 16 years of dedicated service. Dr. Welch has…

By Loren Babcock

The Orton Geological Museum opened to the public in August 1874. With the start of the 2024-2025 academic year, the museum enters its 150th year. We are celebrating the sesquicentennial with new…

The SES freshman class with Dr. Royce and Dr. Cook. Contributed by Professor Ann Cook.

If you see some new faces around the School of Earth Sciences (SES), they might be part of our new freshman class. We warmly welcome Alfonso Aguirre, Kyra Avarello, Elizabeth Burroughs, Paige…

The Geology Club visits Arches National Park

The Geology Club within the School of Earth Science is both an academic and social club aimed at engaging undergraduate students with Earth Science material. During the weekly meetings, the club…

Third-year PhD candidate Carmi Thompson trained at the Natural History Museum in London thanks to funding from Friends of Orton Hall.

Thanks to funds from the Friends of Orton Hall, PhD candidate Carmi Thompson was able to travel to the Natural History Museum (NHM) in London, England to work with collaborators Dr. Jon Todd, Dr…

Girls* on Rock participants pose at their basecamp in the backcountry
By Casey Saup

CIRES' Girls* on Rock program, a wilderness science education initiative for high school youth, has found new success in 2024 thanks to NSF funding. Our own Dr. Melisa Diaz, assistant professor…

ORIGINALLY POSTED BY BYRD POLAR AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTER

Advanced Dating Techniques Using Cosmic Rays Offer New Insights into Earth's Past and Present…

The JOIDES Resolution docked in the port of Reykjavík, Iceland. IODP JRSO (Credit: Libby Ives & IODP JRSO).

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The scientific community is bidding farewell to the JOIDES Resolution, a storied ocean drilling vessel that has…

Porters must carry the ice cores down from the drill site after the drilling is finished. (Credit: Lonnie Thompson)

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In a detailed article published in the Environmental Monitor earlier this year, Distinguished…