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The Change a Semester Can Bring With Leah Cecchini

Discipline Tags: volcanology, modeling, remote sensing, hazard mitigation Leah Cecchini’s drive is evident from the moment you meet her. This was true in November of 2025 during our initial interview, and even more so during our follow-up conversation in July. When I first spoke to Leah about her graduate research,…

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Maintaining Mental Health in Times of Crisis

Understanding the stress response Think back to an introductory geology class. Consider time as a clock; the Earth formed at midnight, and 24 hours later, it is the year 2026. At 4:00 a.m., the first signs of life began to emerge. Sixteen hours later, at 8:00 p.m., complex multicellular life…

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In Conversation with Danielle Zaleski

Discipline tags: sediment transport, beach dynamics, microplastics Sitting down with Dan, it quickly became apparent how passionate she is about microplastics research. She is a Masters student working with Cornel Olariu researching the movement and accumulation of microplastics in the Matagorda Peninsula off the Texas coast. “I found my way…

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