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From Our Desk to Your Ears: Introducing the Science, Y’all! Podcast

Nov 18, 2022 | Noah Benitez-Nelson

We’ve decided to relaunch the Science, Y’all! Podcast as another avenue of sharing those aspects of academics, research, and general campus life otherwise unknown to the broader Austin community.  Nick Regier and I are excited to host the podcast and share some of our favorite people and stories from the Jackson School…

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Listening to Glaciers in Disenchantment Bay

Sep 23, 2022 | Kevin Shionalyn (PhD 2026)

Turner Glacier is of particular interest right now to glaciologists as it is one of the few glaciers worldwide that is advancing. We were based in the fishing village of Yukutat (population 600) from which our team had to travel over an hour by boat each day up to the…

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Perspective: Designing the JSG Climate Survey

Sep 7, 2022 | Emily Bamber (PhD 2024)

The 2022 JSG climate survey, for all staff, faculty, postdocs, graduate students and geoscience undergraduate students, will be the first baseline measure of the JSG workplace climate. Repeat surveys every 2 years will track change over time and response to particular policies or initiatives. Importantly, the climate survey will also…

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Reflections from the International Students Seminar

Jan 25, 2022 | Eirini Poulaki (PhD 2022), Emily Bamber (PhD 2024), Cansu Demir (PhD 2023), Ana María Restrepo Acevedo (PhD 2023), Siyu Zhao (Ed.)(PhD 2023)

The International Students Seminar Eirini M. Poulaki The idea for this seminar was inspired from McGill University. Catherine Ross (PhD 2022) saw a Twitter post about it, and we thought it would be a great opportunity to bring this into the Jackson School! The goal of this seminar is to…

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How did these 15 fans form on Mars?! You WON’T BELIEVE Number 5!

Dec 2, 2021 | Michelle Tebolt (PhD 2024)

As a third year PhD student in the Planetary Surface Processes group at the Jackson School, I recently published a paper on my graduate school research analyzing stratigraphy on Mars.  In my research, I use sedimentary deposits to study the ancient fluvial history of Mars.  The currently cold and dry…

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