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Student / Alumni Spotlight
Rhiannon LaVine studies Cambrian morphological evolution.
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Geophysical Science News
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María Hernández Limón awarded Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship
April 01, 2020
María Hernández Limón, a second-year graduate student, has been awarded a Ford Foundation 2020 Predoctoral Fellowship! These prestigious fellowships are given to individuals who demonstrate “superior academic achievement, are committed to a career in teaching and research at the college or university level, show promise of future achievements as scholars and teachers, and are well prepared to use diversity as a resource for enriching the education of all students.” Congratulations, María!
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Sue Kidwell awarded 2020 Paleontological Society Medal
April 01, 2020
Prof. Susan Kidwell will be awarded the 2020 Paleontological Society Medal, "the most prestigious honor bestowed by the Society, reflecting the objectives and standards of the Society. It is awarded to a person whose eminence is based on advancement of knowledge in paleontology." Congratulations, Prof. Kidwell!
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Cloudy Challenges to Exploring Exoplanet Atmospheres
March 18, 2020
51 Pegasi b fellow Tad Komacek and Associate Professor Dorian Abbot's work was covered in AAS Nova, which highlights the most interesting work published in AAS journals. In their paper they showed that it will be extremely challenging to detect water transmission features in the atmospheres of terrestrial exoplanets in the habitable zone of M dwarf stars with the James Webb Space Telescope.
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Why does the weather stall?
March 11, 2020
Work on 'blocks' in the jet stream by Dept. alum Lei Wang (now at Harvard) and Prof. Noboru Nakamura was recently featured in Science Magazine! Congratulations to both!
