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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…

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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…

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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…

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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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Exploring the ancient mines in Lavrion, Greece

Nov 2, 2016 | Eirini-Maria Poulaki, MS 2018

From the beginning of my geology journey, many of my friends, parents and relatives struggled to understand why I was going on field trips, breaking and collecting rocks and walking for hours to find one geological contact. But how can you explain the times that, although these people, as well…

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