Media Releases
November 30, 2010
Declining Energy Quality Could Be a Root Cause of Current Recession
An overlooked cause of the economic recession in the U.S. is a decade long decline in the quality of the nation’s energy supply, often measured…
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November 22, 2010
Geoscience Alums Profiled in Grad School Book
The Graduate School, which was established in 1910, is celebrating its 100th anniversary. In honor of the milestone, the school published a commemorative anniversary book titled “Changing…
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November 22, 2010
CT Scans Revolutionize Fossil Preparation
The same year that Francis Whitney taught the university’s first paleontology course, 1909, the American Museum of Natural History in New York published a landmark…
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November 2, 2010
Doctoral Candidate Wins Top Paleontology Student Award
Jennifer Olori, a Ph.D. candidate in paleontology at the University of Texas at Austin has received the Romer Prize, an award for best student presentation,…
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October 10, 2010
Tsunami Risk Higher in Los Angeles, Other Major Cities
Geologists studying the Jan. 12 Haiti earthquake say the risk of destructive tsunamis is higher than expected in places such as Kingston, Istanbul, and Los…
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October 6, 2010
New Fossil Suggests Dinosaurs Not So Fierce After All
A new species of dinosaur discovered in Arizona suggests dinosaurs did not spread throughout the world by overpowering other species, but by taking advantage of…
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October 1, 2010
Meet Eleanour Snow
Even as a child, Eleanour Snow wanted to be a teacher. She got her doctorate in geology from Brown University and went straight into academia,…
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November 30, 2010
Declining Energy Quality Could Be a Root Cause of Current Recession
An overlooked cause of the economic recession in the U.S. is a decade long decline in the quality of the nation’s energy supply, often measured…
Read MoreNovember 22, 2010
Geoscience Alums Profiled in Grad School Book
The Graduate School, which was established in 1910, is celebrating its 100th anniversary. In honor of the milestone, the school published a commemorative anniversary book titled “Changing…
Read MoreNovember 22, 2010
CT Scans Revolutionize Fossil Preparation
The same year that Francis Whitney taught the university’s first paleontology course, 1909, the American Museum of Natural History in New York published a landmark…
Read MoreNovember 2, 2010
Doctoral Candidate Wins Top Paleontology Student Award
Jennifer Olori, a Ph.D. candidate in paleontology at the University of Texas at Austin has received the Romer Prize, an award for best student presentation,…
Read MoreOctober 10, 2010
Tsunami Risk Higher in Los Angeles, Other Major Cities
Geologists studying the Jan. 12 Haiti earthquake say the risk of destructive tsunamis is higher than expected in places such as Kingston, Istanbul, and Los…
Read MoreOctober 6, 2010
New Fossil Suggests Dinosaurs Not So Fierce After All
A new species of dinosaur discovered in Arizona suggests dinosaurs did not spread throughout the world by overpowering other species, but by taking advantage of…
Read MoreOctober 1, 2010
Meet Eleanour Snow
Even as a child, Eleanour Snow wanted to be a teacher. She got her doctorate in geology from Brown University and went straight into academia,…
Read More