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Who gets geology PhDs?

Nov 26, 2017 | Rachel Bernard, PhD 2018

Update December 6, 2017: I’ll be presenting on this at AGU Tuesday, December 12! A link to the abstract here. Also, I’ll be looking at the data for atmospheric and ocean sciences (and updating the numbers through 2015) in early 2018 so stay tuned. The thing that sucks about being in…

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How to Rock GSA

Nov 10, 2017 | Keri Belcher (M.S. 2018) and Kiara Gomez (PhD 2020)

Once a year, the Geological Society of America (or GSA for short) holds an annual research conference where geologists gather to present and share their research with fellow geologists. The conference is a great opportunity for students, both undergraduate and graduate, to network, practice their presentation skills, and soak in…

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School of Rock

Oct 18, 2017 | Rachel Bernard, PhD 2018

Over the past 4+ years, I’ve learned that if nothing else, working on your PhD will take you to some unexpected places. This summer, it was a drillship. For a geoscience education workshop. For three weeks. Almost every year the International Oceanic Discovery Program (IODP) holds a workshop called School of Rock…

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JSG at JSC

Sep 22, 2017 | Scott Eckley, M.S. 2018

Imaging the first light produced after the Big Bang…capturing solar wind… studying pristine rocks from the moon…Sounds like science fiction, right? However, a group of graduate students from the Jackson School were able to visit NASA’s Johnson Space Center and witness first-hand the research, instruments, and facilities that you only…

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(Grand) Stairway to Tyrannosaurs: A Call to Protect Our Public Lands

Jul 6, 2017 | Joshua Lively, PhD 2018

For the last seven field seasons, I’ve worked in the Cretaceous Kaiparowits Formation of southern Utah with paleontologists from the University of Utah (where I earned my master’s degree working on extinct turtles; Fig. 1), the Natural History Museum of Utah, the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, and the…

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