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Research Spotlight
Roger Bryant is a Postdoctoral Scholar who studies sedimentary geochemistry.
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Ziwei Wang studies the current state and future projections of convective extreme events.
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Maureen Coleman grows yucky things in petri dishes.
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Moyer contributes to interactive animation on US energy history
December 14, 2020
Associate Professor Liz Moyer contributed to a new interactive animation on US energy history, showing energy transitions in US History from 1800-2019, available for viewing and interaction on the Center for Robust Decision-making on Climate and Energy Policy's website.
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Campbell interviewed by Discover Magazine about scientists’ work in determining the Earth’s composition
November 19, 2020
Using clues from the elemental makeup of meteorites and the sun, along with volcanic rocks, Professor Andrew Campbell figures out how these elements must be distributed in order for the seismology data to add up.
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UChicago Magazine article features Carl-Gustaf Rossby
November 17, 2020
UChicago Magazine remembers the work of Carl-Gustaf Rossby and the Chicago school of meteorology that helped shaped the field of meteorology.
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Sarah Lippert receives Rising Star staff award
November 17, 2020
Students Affairs Administrator, Sarah Lippert, received the Rising Star award at the November 10, 2020 PSD Staff Awards Ceremony. Congratulations Sarah!