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Research Spotlight
Assistant Professor Clara Blättler holding a vial of seawater dating from the last ice age.
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Anne Davis studies the deep Earth carbon cycle.
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Fred Ciesla, our department chair, is known for his hip style.
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Oldest Material on Earth featured across the board!
January 14, 2020
A recent paper led by Prof. Phillip Heck and graduate student Jennika Greer identified the oldest known material on Earth: 7-billion year-old presolar grains! The study has made quite a journalistic splash, featured so far in multiple online publications. Congratulations to both!
News Articles:
UChicago News • Live Science • Science Daily • BBC • Popular Mechanics • Vice
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Requiem: A White Wanderer
January 14, 2020
Requiem: A White Wanderer is an ongoing art and sound project made possible using seismic data made by Prof. Doug MacAyeal. It's being shown from Jan 31 - Feb 2, from 11AM to 6PM at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millenniun Park. Admission is free!
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Work by UChicago Scientists featured in JWST News Release
December 30, 2019
A suite of four papers by current and former department members was recently highlighted in a JWST news article! Detecting atmospheres on terrestrial worlds with JWST may now be easier than previously thought. Congratulations to Megan Mansfield, Prof. Edwin Kite, Prof. Jacob Bean (of the Astro Dept.), Prof. Dorian Abbot, and Daniel Koll (now a Postdoc at MIT)!
Koll et al. 2019 • Mansfield et al. 2019 • Malik et al. 2019 • Koll 2019
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Committee on Evolutionary Biology makes UChicago News
November 21, 2019
Prof. David Jablonski was recently featured in UChicago News for his cross-disciplinary work in UChicago's Committee on Evolutionary Biology. For the last fifty years, the committee has fostered impactful scientific inquiry by connecting graduate programs across multiple relevant departments. Congratulations, Prof. Jablonski!
