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Sarah Titus Awarded Prestigious CAREER Grant from National Science Foundation
April 3, 2012In February 2012, Assistant Professor of Geology Sarah Titus received a prestigious CAREER grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a five-year research project on oceanic fault lines. The $418,891 grant will enable Titus to undertake field work at three unique locations where oceanic “transform faults” are exposed above sea level: New Caledonia (in the south Pacific), Cyprus, and Iceland. This field work will feed into an elaborate and groundbreaking effort to quantitatively model the faults.
Cold: The Record of an Antarctic Sledge Journey -- Laurence McKinley Gould
October 13, 2011Now available in paperback!
Laurence McKinley Gould
Ben Parks ’11 Awarded 1st Place at Rocky Mountain/ Cordilleran Section
September 15, 2011To recognize exceptional work, the Geological Society of America awarded Benjamin Parks ’11, 1st place for his outstanding poster presentation. A panel of judges was very impressed with the scientific aspects of his work, as well as the polished poster presentation that he gave. Congratulations Ben!