Media Releases
December 18, 2008
New Study on 49 National Oil Companies by the World Bank and UT-CEE
Energy analysts at The University of Texas at Austin’s Center for Energy Economics (CEE) and the World Bank have completed the first comprehensive database of…
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December 10, 2008
Get a SMART Start
Doug Brown (B.S., 1984) visited the Jackson School of Geosciences last spring for Real World Geology 101, a student brown bag forum on geoscience careers….
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December 6, 2008
Speech from the Fall 2008 Graduation
Dean Groat, distinguished faculty and researchers, honored candidates for graduation, ladies and gentleman. Let me begin by congratulating three groups of people in today’s audience….
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November 20, 2008
Imagery & Video for Mars Glaciers Science Paper by Holt et al., Nov. 21, 2008
Click Images for Video or High Resolution Imagery Video Three Craters With Ice (97 MB MOV) Images Three Martian Craters: Actual Surface (left), Without Debris…
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November 20, 2008
Scientists Discover Concealed Glaciers on Mars at Mid-Latitudes
Vast Martian glaciers of water ice under protective blankets of rocky debris persist today at much lower latitudes than any ice previously identified on Mars,…
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November 1, 2008
FANs Alumni Board Wants You
Earlier this year, the Jackson School of Geosciences Friends and Alumni Network (JSG FANs) formed its first board, consisting of 15 members, including president Dan…
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October 31, 2008
Cultivating a Culture of Generosity
John Jackson’s gift to the University of Texas at Austin, one of the most generous ever to a public university, not only enabled the creation…
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October 30, 2008
Survey Reveals Extent of Hurricane Ike’s Underwater Damage To Galveston
Conducting a rapid response research mission after Hurricane Ike, scientists at The University of Texas at Austin surveyed the inlet between Galveston Bay and the…
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October 29, 2008
New Endowment Honors Women Geologists
When Jeanne Allen Ferrin (B.A., 1948) came to the University of Texas at Austin to study geology in the 1940s, she wasn’t the only woman….
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October 28, 2008
Scientists Probe Antarctic Glaciers for Clues to Past and Future Sea Level
Scientists from the U.S., U.K. and Australia have teamed up to explore two of the last uncharted regions of Earth, the Aurora and Wilkes Subglacial…
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December 18, 2008
New Study on 49 National Oil Companies by the World Bank and UT-CEE
Energy analysts at The University of Texas at Austin’s Center for Energy Economics (CEE) and the World Bank have completed the first comprehensive database of…
Read MoreDecember 10, 2008
Get a SMART Start
Doug Brown (B.S., 1984) visited the Jackson School of Geosciences last spring for Real World Geology 101, a student brown bag forum on geoscience careers….
Read MoreDecember 6, 2008
Speech from the Fall 2008 Graduation
Dean Groat, distinguished faculty and researchers, honored candidates for graduation, ladies and gentleman. Let me begin by congratulating three groups of people in today’s audience….
Read MoreNovember 20, 2008
Imagery & Video for Mars Glaciers Science Paper by Holt et al., Nov. 21, 2008
Click Images for Video or High Resolution Imagery Video Three Craters With Ice (97 MB MOV) Images Three Martian Craters: Actual Surface (left), Without Debris…
Read MoreNovember 20, 2008
Scientists Discover Concealed Glaciers on Mars at Mid-Latitudes
Vast Martian glaciers of water ice under protective blankets of rocky debris persist today at much lower latitudes than any ice previously identified on Mars,…
Read MoreNovember 1, 2008
FANs Alumni Board Wants You
Earlier this year, the Jackson School of Geosciences Friends and Alumni Network (JSG FANs) formed its first board, consisting of 15 members, including president Dan…
Read MoreOctober 31, 2008
Cultivating a Culture of Generosity
John Jackson’s gift to the University of Texas at Austin, one of the most generous ever to a public university, not only enabled the creation…
Read MoreOctober 30, 2008
Survey Reveals Extent of Hurricane Ike’s Underwater Damage To Galveston
Conducting a rapid response research mission after Hurricane Ike, scientists at The University of Texas at Austin surveyed the inlet between Galveston Bay and the…
Read MoreOctober 29, 2008
New Endowment Honors Women Geologists
When Jeanne Allen Ferrin (B.A., 1948) came to the University of Texas at Austin to study geology in the 1940s, she wasn’t the only woman….
Read MoreOctober 28, 2008
Scientists Probe Antarctic Glaciers for Clues to Past and Future Sea Level
Scientists from the U.S., U.K. and Australia have teamed up to explore two of the last uncharted regions of Earth, the Aurora and Wilkes Subglacial…
Read More