Tag: GeoFORCE
May 13, 2022
Goudge Named NASA Early Career Award Winner
The Jackson School of Geosciences’ Timothy Goudge is among the five scientists selected by NASA’s Planetary Science Division to receive an Early Career Award. The…
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Fossil Loses Claim to Fame
Some good scientific sleuthing by an undergraduate at The University of Texas at Austin has helped rewrite one of the earliest chapters in the planet’s…
Read MoreJuly 7, 2015
STEMFORCE: Building the Next Generation of Geoscientists
The ever-growing age gap within the oil and gas industry workforceis a phenomenon that companies are all too aware of. It is projected that within…
Read MoreJune 19, 2015
GeoFORCE Honored with Presidential Award at NSF Event
The GeoFORCE program was officially recognized for winning the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring at an awards dinner hosted…
Read MoreApril 3, 2015
UT Tower Lit Orange in Honor of GeoFORCE Texas Presidential Award
On Friday April 3, 2015 the UT Tower will be lit orange in honor of GeoFORCE Texas receiving a Presidential Award for Excellence in Science,…
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 MoreOctober 22, 2014
GeoFORCE Turns 10
Building a diverse workforce and changing young lives By Angela Curtis At first glance, the two problems may seem unrelated: The geosciences are facing a…
Read MoreJune 19, 2013
First Wave: GeoFORCE Texas Students Graduate from College
Here’s a simple math problem: The demand for workers in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and math) is growing, but the number of students going…
Read MoreApril 9, 2012
Dean Mosher: Workforce Shifts Create Manpower Needs
“Geoscientists are needed to address societal needs more than ever, in the areas of energy, water, natural hazards, natural resources, climate, the environment, geological engineering…
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Are the cat fossils from ocelots, margays, or something more mysterious?
After recovering small cat fossils from Natural Bridge Caverns doctoral student John Moretti is closing in on answers... #FossilFriday
https://www.jsg.utexas.edu/news/2024/10/scientists-closing-in-on-answers-about-lost-prehistoric-cats-of-natural-bridge-caverns/