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!
| Date | Location | Speaker | Presentation |
| April 7 | ES 100 | Dr. Carson MacPherson-Krutsky (Natural Hazards Center, University of Colorado Boulder) | The Human Dimensions of Geohazards: Reducing Risk Through Communication |
| April 21 | ES 100 | Dr. Maureen Walczak (University of Washington) | The Role of the Pacific Ocean and Adjacent Cryosphere in Past Abrupt Climate Oscillations |
| May 5 | ES 100 | Katie Stelling (PhD Candidate, University of Washington) | Understanding How the Greenland Ice Sheet Grows and Fails: Perspectives From Sedimentary Records Offshore the Central West Greenland Margin Over the Past ~50 kyr |
| May 12 | ES 100 | Dr. Ning Zeng (University of Maryland) | Wood Vault: Burying Woody Biomass to Fight Climate Change - A Simple Idea That Actually Works |
| May 26 | ES 100 | Dr. Katharine Huntington (University of Washington) | Floodscapes of the Eastern Himalaya: The Legacy of Megaflood Erosion & Deposition |
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!
| Date | Location | Speaker | Presentation |
| April 3 | ES 100 | Dr. Sue DeBari (Geology Department, Western Washington University) | Marine Tephra Records Tell Big Stories - Highly Explosive Volcanism and Rifting in Paradise (The Hellenic Arc, Greece) |
| April 10 | ES 100 | Brett Carp and Dr. Kim Wooten (Department of Ecology, State of Washington) | Working for Ecology's Toxic Cleanup Program |
| May 8 | ES 100 | Dr. Sean Regan (University of Alaska Fairbanks) | Exploring Tectonomagmatic Interactions Along the Denali Fault |
| June 5 | ES 100 | Olivia Petralia and Noah Giese (B.S. Geology pending, Geology Department, Western Washington University) | Undergraduate Senior Thesis Presentations |