Holy pegmatite, Batman!

Jan 24, 2017 | Emily H. G. Cooperdock, PhD 2017

My husband and I made a resolution a couple of years ago to ring in each new year by camping, or hiking, or whatever would take us outside to some beautiful place. This seems an especially important resolution to us as we spend our days holed up in our respective…

AGU Fashion: A Style Guide

Dec 16, 2016 | Rachel Bernard, PhD 2018

The night before my early morning flight to San Francisco for the annual American Geophysical Union (AGU) fall meeting, I was plagued with uncertainty. Sure my talk was ready, but I had bigger concerns—what was I going to wear? It’s a question as old as AGU itself. Luckily, this wasn’t…

Keep Your Data Alive!

Dec 8, 2016 | Hannah Brame, PhD 2021

Last month, director and curator of the UT Non-vertebrate Paleontology Lab Ann Molineux gave an fantastic talk titled “Forensic Tools to Track and Connect Physical Samples to Related Data.” Ann Molineux has been an invaluable member of the UT Austin paleontological data community through her fantastic curatorial work, and also…

Adventures Abroad in the Birthplace of Geology

Dec 1, 2016 | Ashlyn Zare, B.S. Geology & Mechanical Engineering, 2018

The most common reactions I get when I tell Scottish people I am here studying abroad from America are usually along the lines of, “You must be a Trump refugee, welcome.” All their jokes aside, the Scottish are truly fun, loving people and I am loving this opportunity to live…

The Kings of Clastics

Nov 22, 2016 | Sarah George, PhD 2019

We fly down the dry riverbed in the back seat of a Suburban belting out Gipsy Kings; the “oh oohs” of the chorus are amplified as we bounce up and down over the rocks. We have just finished the final field day in Anza Borrego State Park, Southern California. We…

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Holy pegmatite, Batman!

AGU Fashion: A Style Guide

Keep Your Data Alive!

Adventures Abroad in the Birthplace of Geology

The Kings of Clastics