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Wanted: Photographs for Geoscience Club 2009 Calendar

Request for photographs for our Geoscience Calendar

Posted on 3/26/2008 9:53:14 AM

Department of Geosciences Seminar Series: Pushing the Limits: Microbial Life at Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vents

Julie Huber of the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass., will speak March 28, 2008, at 3:30 p.m. in Weyandt Hall, Room 32, about microscopic life found near hydrothermal vents in the deep ocean.

Posted on 3/15/2008 9:50:52 AM

Jon Lewis wins IUP Research Institute Award

Congratulations to Jon for winning the New Investigator Award from the IUP Research Institute.

Posted on 3/14/2008 3:30:24 PM

Geoscience Department Seminar Series: Pore Pressure, Sedimentation, and Submarine Landslides

Peter Flemings of the University of Texas, Austin, will speak April 4, 2008, at 4:00 p.m. in Weyandt Hall, Room 107, about how increased subsurface pore pressure can lead to slope failure on the ocean floor.

Posted on 3/14/2008 9:36:13 AM