The Department of Geological Sciences celebrates its Fall 2020 Graduates in a Virtual Recognition Ceremony (Monday, Dec. 14th 10:30am MST)

Dec. 14, 2020

Dr. Mette Bendixen, Dr. Irene Overeems postdoctoral fellow, has been awarded the 2020 AGU 'Science for Solutions' Award for her work on exploring possibilities for sustainable sand mining in Greenland.

Nov. 11, 2020

Dr. Mette Bendixen has been awarded the 2020 AGU 'Science for Solutions' Award for her work on exploring possibilities for sustainable sand mining in Greenland. View the Nature Article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-018-0218-6 A small community nearby Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. Greenlanders are exploring ways to develop their economy for future generations...

The Department of Geological Sciences co-organizes virtual visit day for community college students from the Denver Metro STEM Alliance for Minority Participation.

Nov. 2, 2020

Paul Weimer begins his one-year term as President-elect of the American Geosciences institute (AGI). He becomes President October 2021.

Oct. 22, 2020

Garrett Boudinot & Julio Sepúlveda published in Nature Geoscience

Oct. 9, 2020

Suzanne Anderson is this year's AGU G.K. Gilbert Award in Surface Processes

Sept. 30, 2020

The G.K. Gilbert Award in Surface Processes is given annually to one honoree in recognition of sustained and outstanding contributions to earth and planetary surface processes. The evaluation of the nominee is based on: a single significant advance or sustained significant contributions to the field of earth and planetary surface...

Bruce Jakosky, professor of geological sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder, has been tapped to be a new member of the National Space Council Users’ Advisory Group.

May 23, 2020

Becky Flowers works with a team of geologists to piece together Earth's missing memories

April 27, 2020

Press Release: https://www.colorado.edu/today/2020/04/27/GreatUnconformity CNN write-up featuring a picture of and quotes from Becky: https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/27/world/pikes-peak-great-unconformity-study-scn-trnd/index.html Original Scientific Article with Becky as lead author and Rachel Havranek as a co-author: https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/04/21/1913131117.short?rss=1

Congratulations to our 2020 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Award recipients

April 16, 2020

Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP): Andrea Halling Stephanie Plaza-Torres Spencer Zeigler Honorable Mention: Joel Johnson Taleen Mahseredjian See the complete list at https://www.research.gov/grfp/AwardeeList.do?method=loadAwardeeList

Early Earth may have been a "waterworld"

March 2, 2020

Ben Johnson has published a paper based on his post doc work here at CU. It has been highlighted here

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