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Geotimes
May 2004
Rossbacher & Rhodes |
The Department You Save May Be Your Own: Part II A past director of the Association of American Geographers (AAG), wrote an essay about how to destroy an academic department. Eight years later, a new article laments the fact that the advice is still needed.   |
Geotimes
May 2007
Carolyn Gramling |
Geology Department to Close at SUNY-Albany Long on the brink of extinction, geology at the State University of New York at Albany has taken one step closer to the edge. |
Geotimes
July 2004
Naomi Lubick |
Capitol Loss The only department offering graduate degrees in geology in the District of Columbia is closing its doors at the end of the academic year. |
Geotimes
September 2004
Naomi Lubick |
Broadening horizons for students Snee Hall is home to Cornell University's Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. Since broadening its subject base in 2002, the department has greatly increased its number of majors. |
Geotimes
March 2004
Naomi Lubick |
University losses at home and abroad Two universities announced the effective closure of their geology research departments in January. The University of Connecticut (UConn) and the University of Basel in Switzerland, cited budget problems among other concerns in announcing the changes. |
Chemistry World
June 19, 2013
Jaco Baas |
Earth materials: introduction to mineralogy and petrology This book by Cornelis Klein and Anthony Philpotts promises a comprehensive text on mineralogy and petrology for single-semester university courses in geology, earth science and environmental science. |
Geotimes
September 2004
Rossbacher & Rhodes |
Building Geology for the Future: Cui bono? Academic geology departments are under attack and have been for more than a decade. Now, Geology departments are facing increasing challenges to survive. |
Geotimes
February 2004
Edward C. Roy Jr. |
Assessing Earth Science in Texas In Texas, a group of geoscientists is fighting to restore earth science to the core curriculum of the state's high schools. |
Geotimes
November 2003
Naomi Lubick |
Ed Roy: Thinking and teaching in Texas Throughout his academic career as professor of geology at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, Edward C. Roy Jr. has championed geology for elementary and high school students, as well as for undergraduates. |
Geotimes
April 2004
Rossbacher & Rhodes |
The Department You Save May Be Your Own: Part I To stay away from the budget-cutting block, departments must be proactive. Geology faculty and students can do a lot to save themselves by never allowing administrators to think they are expendable. |
Geotimes
August 2003
Lisa A. Rossbacher |
Is there a doctor in the house? Geoscientists can help benefit public health. A lot. But if we wait to be asked, we could wait a very long time. |
Industrial Physicist
Feb/Mar 2003
Patrick Young |
Industry/Academia Training physicists for industry: For physicists, jobs in industry outnumber those in academia. As a consequence, and frequently as a preference, those with bachelor's degrees often seek an alternative to the physics Ph.D., some in a different discipline. |
Information Today
May 22, 2008 |
Engineering Village Mashes Up GeoRef and Google Maps Engineering Village, an Elsevier online search platform that provides database content and analysis for engineering researchers, announced the addition of the American Geological Institute's GeoRef database to its content offerings. |
Geotimes
September 2003
Jill Karsten |
A Unified Approach to Diversifying the Earth Sciences In the geosciences, a community-wide conversation is vital to recruiting and retaining a diverse population. |
Geotimes
January 2006
Naomi Lubick |
Gerald Friedman: Sediment Historian This leader in sedimentology and earth science history can now add to his own list of honors the Legendary Geoscientist Award, given by the American Geological Institute. |
T.H.E. Journal
January 1, 2000 |
Futureperspective - a Vision of Education for the 21st Century The creation and delivery of courses over the Web will be the driving force for educational change in the 21st century. |
Geotimes
October 2005
Jon L. Rau |
Teaching Urban Geology From the Bottom Up Middle- and High School-level textbooks do not contain sufficient geological data to illustrate interesting problems and natural hazards that are related to local geological urban settings, thus forcing teachers to do their own research. |
Industrial Physicist
Sina Kniseley |
Societies The American Association of Physics Teachers' mission is to enhance the appreciation and understanding of physics through teaching, and its members want to help others understand physics and the benefits that a physics background offers. |
Geotimes
March 2004 |
Boost for women geoscientists Numbers of women faculty in the geosciences, though increasing, have remained a concern. New awards hope to increase the numbers of women faculty in science and engineering. |
Geotimes
June 2006
Kathryn Hansen |
Geoscience Training in Full Force GeoFORCE, a new summer program designed to shape the next generation of earth scientists, allows students to apply classroom learning to the world around them. |
Geotimes
August 2005
Megan Sever |
Geology 101 in Prison An innovative program at San Quentin State Prison in California is offering college degrees to inmates, who can take courses in philosophy, sociology, government and geology. The program is run entirely on donations. |
Geotimes
September 2003
O'Connell et al. |
Connecting With the River In Hartford, Conn., an innovative program is teaching students from varied backgrounds about their local river ways. In the water and in the lab, they're getting excited about earth science. |
Geotimes
March 2007
Lisa Rossbacher |
Scouting for Geologists Helping young people learn about geology through earning scouting merit badges should be a much larger outreach effort. All the geoscience professional societies can play a role, as well as college and university geology departments. |
Geotimes
July 2003 |
Highlights: Discoveries in the Earth Sciences Every year as we compile the Highlights issue, we aim to collect summaries about as many of the earth science disciplines as possible. |
Geotimes
September 2004
Megan Sever |
Undergrad Forums: It's All About the Process Student Publishing Prospects... Spotlight on Keck... Spotlight on Argonne... Campus Events... Bigger Fish... |
D-Lib
May/Jun 2013
Sarah Ramdeen |
Developing Cyberinfrastructure for Earth Science: an Opportunity for Collaboration There is increasing interest and research in how to create the infrastructure necessary to support science data and its use, and the field of Earth Science is joining the conversation. |
Geotimes
March 2004
Naomi Lubick |
Julie Jackson: The quiet public geologist Last fall, the Geological Society of America awarded Julie Jackson their 2003 public service award for her work in communicating geoscience to the public. |
