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Cold Rocks Make More Melt?

Sep 17, 2016 | Bud Davis, PhD 2016

I spent my summer like many final-year PhD students, scrambling to make sure that my results weren’t a fluke. My research involves trying to figure which factors influence the breakup of continents. Continental breakup comes in a variety of flavors: fast or slow, volcanic or non-volcanic, stretched over a long…

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Representing Texas in Congress and Beyond

Sep 13, 2016 | Taylor Borgfeldt, MS 2017

This summer has been a mishmash of geoscience experiences. Before it began, I was worried I wouldn’t have a successful summer since I didn’t have a formal summer long internship. I knew I would be supported as a research assistant, but that was basically all that was confirmed. Fortunately, my…

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