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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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Bowen studies the climate of early Mars and rocky exoplanets.
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Edwin Kite is a planetary scientist interested in Mars and rocky exoplanets.
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Prof. Tiffany Shaw has been elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society
October 04, 2024
The Geophysical Sciences Department would like to congratulate Prof. Tiffany Shaw on being elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
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Life Might Thrive on the Surface of Earth for an Extra Billion Years
September 20, 2024
New research co-authored by postdoctoral scholar R.J. Graham and Professor Dorian Abbot suggests that the lifespan of Earth’s biosphere may be nearly twice as long as previously thought.
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Geo. Sci. Department To Offer New Master’s Program In Environmental Science
September 19, 2024
The new program will provide students with the foundational quantitative and data science skills needed across a wide range of environmental science disciplines.
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Professor Philipp Heck named Fellow of the Meteoritical Society
August 16, 2024
Prof. Heck was honored for his significant contributions to the study of presolar grains and fossil meteorites, development of the atom probe tomography techniques for cosmochemistry, and his service to the community through his curation work at the Field Museum. Congratulations!