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Reika Yokochi makes the cover of PNAS!
August 16, 2019
Work by Research Assistant Prof. Reika Yokochi made the latest cover of PNAS! Her recent publication probed the dual moisture sources and antiquity of deep desert aquifers in Israel using radiokrypton dating. She and her team determined that the past humid periods in the recharge areas were probably colder than present, and the long subsurface water residence time suggests that the Dead Sea Transform impedes water flow to create natural subsurface water reservoir that lasts hundreds of thousands years. In addition, the Prof. Yokochi was recently quoted in a UChicago News article discussing the publication. Congratulations!
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Abbot and Heard quoted in flipped class article
August 05, 2019
A new article by the Physical Sciences Division outlines the successes and areas for growth after the large Physical Sciences core class Global Warming was taught using the flipped method for the first time this spring. The article quotes Associate Professor Dorian Abbot, who led the effort, and graduate student Andy Heard, who was one of the section leaders.
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Mansfield Teaches Stats with M&Ms!!
August 01, 2019
Graduate student Megan Mansfield organized a hackathon in the department to teach Bayesian statistics by counting the number of blue M&Ms in bags of M&Ms. The event was attended by members of our department and the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics and was extremely, fun, entertaining, and informative! Click on the link to see some pictures.