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Rachel Laker studies marine vertebrate taphonomy.
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Sunny Park stands in front of a pyramid of Teotihuacan, which has survived many earthquakes over the past two thousand years.
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Incoming student Giorgio Sarro wins Macelwane Award
July 27, 2020
Giorgio Sarro, an incoming DoGS PhD student, has been awarded the American Meteorological Society's Father James B. Macelwane Award for the upcoming academic year of 2020. Congratulations, Giorgio!
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Kite and Barnett model exoplanet atmosphere loss ... and revival?
July 21, 2020
Assistant Professor Edwin Kite and graduate student Megan Barnett have created thousands of simulated planets to understand what makes or breaks atmospheres around faraway worlds, which can help narrow down the search for planets with Earth-like atmospheres. The results were published today in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. UChicago News has more details.
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Warren Awarded NASA Fellowship
June 17, 2020
Graduate student Sasha Warren has been awarded a Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology fellowship by NASA for 2020-2023, awarded for student-designed research projects that contribute to NASA's goals. Congratulations, Sasha!
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EnvironmentalFrontiers 2020 Summer RAs Announced
May 29, 2020
Meet the EnvironmentalFrontiers Summer 2020 Research Assistants! UChicago undergraduate students will work alongside Associate Prof. Elisabeth Moyer to analyze campus data to consider ways to save energy & reduce excess consumption towards a more sustainable future. Read more here.
