Events

Geology Department Invited Speaker Seminars

Every other Tuesday @ 4pm

The Geology Department Seminars feature research presentations by guest speakers who specialize in different fields of Geology.

Please join us every other Tuesday at 4pm in ES 100. All are welcome!

DateLocationSpeakerPresentation
Apr 8ES 100Dr. Jesse Hahm (Simon Fraser University)Physical controls on wetted channel extents in headwater catchments
Apr 22ES 100Dr. Michelle Muth (University of Washington)Experimental insights into sulfur behavior during mantle melting
May 6ES 100Dr. Sean LaHusen (USGS)Geologic Controls on Deep-Seated Landslides
May 13ES 100/ZoomMattie Horne (M.S. Geology pending)Master's Thesis Defense: Making Earth Science Accessible: Using Exploration-Based Activities and 3D-Modeled Fossils as Tools to Introduce Geoscience Concepts in the Classroom
May 20ZoomTaylor McCombs (M.S. Geology pending)Master's Thesis Defense: Experimental Investigation of Calcium and Magnesium Sulfides: Implications for Mercury’s Unusual Sulfide Mineralogy

Geology Lunch Talks (GLT)

Fridays @ 12pm

Please join us for research and informational presentations delivered by Geology students (undergraduate and graduate), staff and faculty!

Enjoy your lunch while listening to all the fascinating endeavors the Geology Department is involved with!

After the talks, there will be time for questions. All are welcome!

DateLocationSpeakerPresentation
Apr 4ES 100WWU URGE PodSpring Quarter URGE Meeting
Apr 11ES 100WWU URGE PodGeology Department Scholarships
Apr 18ZoomDr. Ragupratim Rakshit (Jagannath Barooah College)From Discourses to Systems - Adaptive Management in the Brahmaputra River Basin, India
Apr 25ES 100Ellen Nelson (University of Wisconsin-Madison)Oblique Convergence along the Cretaceous margin of western North America
May 2ES 100Megan Wilson, Ceci Howes, Baylee McDade, & Kelly Johnson (WWU MS Geology)Justice and Equity in Geosciences: What has been done and how we can move forward (Report and musings from GEOL 597E)
May 9ES 100/ZoomMadelyn Cook (M.S. Geology pending)Master's Thesis Defense: Using mineral records to unveil the magmatic history of the rhyolite of Separation Creek, Three Sisters, Oregon
May 16ES 100/ZoomSpencer Moore (B.S. Geology pending)Senior Thesis: Where there’s smoke there’s sulfur: Reaction networks and stable isotopes in hydrothermal vents
May 23ES 100Hannah Zeien (B.S. Geology pending)Senior Thesis: Fault Kinematics of Lopez and Darrington-Devil Mountain Fault Zone, Cascadia
May 23ES 100Carson Rader (B.S. Geology pending)Senior Thesis: The Last Blast: Age and timeline of Mount Baker’s most recent magmatic eruption
Jun 6ES 100Preston Gowan (B.S. Geology pending)Senior Thesis: The Role of Silica on the Melting Properties of Enstatite Chondrites, and Implications for Mercury's Mantle-Crust Differentiation

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