Media Releases
April 16, 2015
Jackson School Students Selected for Prestigious NAGT/USGS Internship
Jackson School undergraduate Taylor Canada, and recent graduate Tyler Fritz have been selected as interns at the National Association of Geoscience Teachers/U.S. Geological Survey Cooperative…
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April 15, 2015
Five Jackson School Students Receive NSF Graduate Fellowship
National Science Foundation (NSF) selected 35 students from The University of Texas at Austin for its prestigious Graduate Research Fellowships Program, giving UT Austin the…
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April 14, 2015
Typhoon Haiyan’s Storm Surge May Contaminate Aquifer for Years
In research of significance to the world’s expanding coastal populations, scientists have found that geology and infrastructure play key roles in determining whether aquifers that…
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April 6, 2015
Expedition Will Sample Crater Left By Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid
An international research team is formalizing plans to drill nearly 5,000 feet below the seabed to take core samples from the crater of the asteroid…
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March 27, 2015
President Obama Honors Jackson School Geosciences Mentoring Program
President Barack Obama has honored The University of Texas at Austin’s GeoFORCE Texas program with the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering…
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March 27, 2015
Adopt-A-Fossil! Become a Guardian of Deep Time Texas
Help provide virtual access to the Jackson School’s invertebrate paleontology collections, an amazing record of life from deep time.
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March 17, 2015
CO2 Increase Can Intensify Future Droughts in Tropics, Study Suggests
AUSTIN, Texas — A new study suggests that increases in atmospheric CO2 could intensify extreme droughts in tropical and subtropical regions — such as Australia, the…
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March 16, 2015
East Antarctica Melting could be Explained by Oceanic Gateways
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin’s Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) in the Jackson School of Geosciences have discovered two seafloor gateways that could…
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March 9, 2015
Jackson School to Host North American Laser Ablation Workshop
The University of Texas and Texas Tech. University are pleased to announce the inaugural North American Laser Ablation Workshop, to be held at The University of Texas…
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February 20, 2015
UT Jackson School of Geosciences Enhances Research Ties with Mexico
A new agreement between The University of Texas at Austin and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) will strengthen collaboration between UT’s Jackson School…
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April 16, 2015
Jackson School Students Selected for Prestigious NAGT/USGS Internship
Jackson School undergraduate Taylor Canada, and recent graduate Tyler Fritz have been selected as interns at the National Association of Geoscience Teachers/U.S. Geological Survey Cooperative…
Read MoreApril 15, 2015
Five Jackson School Students Receive NSF Graduate Fellowship
National Science Foundation (NSF) selected 35 students from The University of Texas at Austin for its prestigious Graduate Research Fellowships Program, giving UT Austin the…
Read MoreApril 14, 2015
Typhoon Haiyan’s Storm Surge May Contaminate Aquifer for Years
In research of significance to the world’s expanding coastal populations, scientists have found that geology and infrastructure play key roles in determining whether aquifers that…
Read MoreApril 6, 2015
Expedition Will Sample Crater Left By Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid
An international research team is formalizing plans to drill nearly 5,000 feet below the seabed to take core samples from the crater of the asteroid…
Read MoreMarch 27, 2015
President Obama Honors Jackson School Geosciences Mentoring Program
President Barack Obama has honored The University of Texas at Austin’s GeoFORCE Texas program with the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering…
Read MoreMarch 27, 2015
Adopt-A-Fossil! Become a Guardian of Deep Time Texas
Help provide virtual access to the Jackson School’s invertebrate paleontology collections, an amazing record of life from deep time.
Read MoreMarch 17, 2015
CO2 Increase Can Intensify Future Droughts in Tropics, Study Suggests
AUSTIN, Texas — A new study suggests that increases in atmospheric CO2 could intensify extreme droughts in tropical and subtropical regions — such as Australia, the…
Read MoreMarch 16, 2015
East Antarctica Melting could be Explained by Oceanic Gateways
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin’s Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) in the Jackson School of Geosciences have discovered two seafloor gateways that could…
Read MoreMarch 9, 2015
Jackson School to Host North American Laser Ablation Workshop
The University of Texas and Texas Tech. University are pleased to announce the inaugural North American Laser Ablation Workshop, to be held at The University of Texas…
Read MoreFebruary 20, 2015
UT Jackson School of Geosciences Enhances Research Ties with Mexico
A new agreement between The University of Texas at Austin and the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) will strengthen collaboration between UT’s Jackson School…
Read More