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February 15, 2024
Jackson School Grad Students Win Outstanding TA Awards
The Jackson School of Geosciences is the best represented school among the January winners of the Outstanding TA Award from the National Association of Geoscience…
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February 14, 2024
Scientists to Gather at UT to Push Forward Earthquake Science
The University of Texas at Austin will host an international gathering of earthquake researchers focused on better understanding the conditions that cause earthquakes and the…
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February 14, 2024
Research Associate Professor Cornel Olariu Wins Rare Mid-Career Award
In the 19 years Cornel Olariu has spent as a geosciences researcher at The University of Texas at Austin, he has written 85 peer-reviewed papers…
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February 12, 2024
Bizarre Worm-Lizard’s Secrets Revealed in CT Scans
Amphisbaenians are strange creatures. Like worms with vertebrae, scales, a large central tooth and sometimes small forearms, these reptiles live underground, burrowing tunnels and preying…
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February 8, 2024
Meet the Jackson School’s Newest Professor, Craig Martin
Don’t let the Northern English accent fool you. Craig Martin, the newest assistant professor at the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, is in fact…
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January 23, 2024
Geosciences Professor Honored With Top Teaching Award
AUSTIN, Texas — Jay Banner, a professor at The University of Texas at Austin’s Jackson School of Geosciences, has been awarded the Robert Foster Cherry…
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December 11, 2023
New Report Explores Opportunities for CO2 Removal Across USA
The University of Texas at Austin is a collaborator on a new, first-of-its-kind report that explores different opportunities for carbon dioxide removal across the United…
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December 8, 2023
A New 66 Million-Year History of Carbon Dioxide Offers Little Comfort for Today
A massive new reassessment of ancient atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels and corresponding temperatures lays out a daunting picture of where the Earth’s climate may…
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November 30, 2023
New Project Investigating How Aerosols Could Affect Climate Change in Near Future
A researcher from The University of Texas at Austin has received a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to study how changing…
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November 9, 2023
Digital Twin of UT Campus Visualizes Present, Past, Future Energy Needs
AUSTIN, Texas — A new “digital twin” of The University of Texas at Austin campus gives the clearest picture yet of historical and current energy usage…
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February 15, 2024
Jackson School Grad Students Win Outstanding TA Awards
The Jackson School of Geosciences is the best represented school among the January winners of the Outstanding TA Award from the National Association of Geoscience…
Read MoreFebruary 14, 2024
Scientists to Gather at UT to Push Forward Earthquake Science
The University of Texas at Austin will host an international gathering of earthquake researchers focused on better understanding the conditions that cause earthquakes and the…
Read MoreFebruary 14, 2024
Research Associate Professor Cornel Olariu Wins Rare Mid-Career Award
In the 19 years Cornel Olariu has spent as a geosciences researcher at The University of Texas at Austin, he has written 85 peer-reviewed papers…
Read MoreFebruary 12, 2024
Bizarre Worm-Lizard’s Secrets Revealed in CT Scans
Amphisbaenians are strange creatures. Like worms with vertebrae, scales, a large central tooth and sometimes small forearms, these reptiles live underground, burrowing tunnels and preying…
Read MoreFebruary 8, 2024
Meet the Jackson School’s Newest Professor, Craig Martin
Don’t let the Northern English accent fool you. Craig Martin, the newest assistant professor at the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, is in fact…
Read MoreJanuary 23, 2024
Geosciences Professor Honored With Top Teaching Award
AUSTIN, Texas — Jay Banner, a professor at The University of Texas at Austin’s Jackson School of Geosciences, has been awarded the Robert Foster Cherry…
Read MoreDecember 11, 2023
New Report Explores Opportunities for CO2 Removal Across USA
The University of Texas at Austin is a collaborator on a new, first-of-its-kind report that explores different opportunities for carbon dioxide removal across the United…
Read MoreDecember 8, 2023
A New 66 Million-Year History of Carbon Dioxide Offers Little Comfort for Today
A massive new reassessment of ancient atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels and corresponding temperatures lays out a daunting picture of where the Earth’s climate may…
Read MoreNovember 30, 2023
New Project Investigating How Aerosols Could Affect Climate Change in Near Future
A researcher from The University of Texas at Austin has received a grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to study how changing…
Read MoreNovember 9, 2023
Digital Twin of UT Campus Visualizes Present, Past, Future Energy Needs
AUSTIN, Texas — A new “digital twin” of The University of Texas at Austin campus gives the clearest picture yet of historical and current energy usage…
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UT must meet the foundational needs of our students for them to succeed academically, build community and be prepared for the world after they graduate. One of the most essential needs is housing affordability.
As we continue to make progress in expanding affordable campus…
Exciting and important research! Great job Rebecca!
#theworldneedsgeoscientists
Research Professor Bridget Scanlon spoke with @CNN about how coal ash could bolster the domestic supply of rare earth elements — critical ingredients needed for the transition to lower carbon energy.
Vertical mind : psychological approaches for optimal rock climbing / Don McGrath and Jeff Elison. Sharp End Publishing, 2014. #rockclimbing