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HHMI Bulletin
Winter 2013
Nicole Kresge |
The Past, Present, and Future Earth What does the 4.6 billion year history of Earth tell us about our modern planet? About 150 Washington, D.C., area high school students and 15 teachers from around the United States learned the answers to these questions at the 2012 HHMI Holiday Lectures on Science.   |
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
October 2006
Stephen Godfrey |
Moving Past Creationist Roots All those who are called to scientific enterprise should pursue that calling without fear or doubt, but rather with joy and enthusiasm. In the end, religion and science do not represent universal opposites. |
Geotimes
December 2005 |
Geomedia Spinning Around the Globe Online... Books -- The Raging Sea: The Powerful Account of the Worst Tsunami in U.S. History, by Dennis M. Powers... Reef Madness: Charles Darwin, Alexander Agassiz and the Meaning of Coral, by David Dobbs... etc. |
Geotimes
May 2006 |
Geomedia Maps: Mapping the Seafloor for Everyone... Books: Monkey Town: The Summer of the Scopes Trial... Charles Darwin, Geologist... etc. |
Geotimes
November 2006 |
Geomedia Books: Evolving a Higher Understanding Between Religion and Science: A Look at the Evolution Dialogues... After the Earth Quakes: Elastic Rebound on an Urban Planet... |
Geotimes
February 2006
Naomi Lubick |
Geomedia Museums: Darwin's Life and Work on Exhibit... Books: Carving Grand Canyon: Evidence, Theories, and Mystery... Grand Canyon: Solving Earth's Grandest Puzzle... |
Geotimes
January 2005 |
Geomedia Forensic Geology on the Small Screen... "Evidence From the Earth," by Raymond C. Murray... "Earth Colors," by Sarah Andrews... South Dakota Mapping... |
Geotimes
May 2007 |
Geomedia Geo Families: How I Learned to Love the Rocks... TV: A twisted vision of geology: Saul of the Mole Men... |
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. |
Geotimes
June 2005 |
Geomedia Selling Extreme Life on the Extreme Screen... Books: Earth: An Intimate History... On the Shelf: Climate Change Picks from Kim Stanley Robinson... Maps: New View of North America... etc. |
Geotimes
December 2006 |
Geomedia Books: Hell Creek: 65 Million Years in the Past, the Journey Begins by L.M. Graziano and M.S.A. Graziano... Quarry by Susan Cummins Miller... etc. |
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
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
August 2006 |
Geomedia On exhibit: The Traveling Smithsonian... Books: Bedrock: Writers on the Wonders of Geology... The Winds of Change: Climate, Weather and the Destruction of Civilizations... |
BusinessWeek
October 10, 2005
Spencer E. Ante |
An Inferno Waiting To Happen A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906 is a solid account, but less successful than previous works by Simon Winchester. |
Science News
September 3, 2005 |
Changing Earth Developed by the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, this Web site focuses on Earth's history. |
Geotimes
March 2004 |
New language for geologic time The Stratigraphy Commission of the Geological Society of London (GSL) is calling for a drastic and controversial overhaul of the Stratigraphic Guide, the internationally agreed upon standards for the field of stratigraphy. |
Geotimes
December 2003 |
Geomedia On the Shelf for the Holidays... Books for the western traveler... |
Geotimes
March 2004
E-an Zen |
The Marriage of Geology and Philosophy This slim volume deals with the public role of earth science in contemporary society. What it has to say should concern not only public-minded earth scientists and those engaged in policy-making, but those who care about the relations between science and the humanities |
Geotimes
August 2004 |
Geomedia Geologic Wonders... Book Reviews: Geology and Health: Closing the Gap... Desert Heat -- Volcanic Fire... The Winelands of Britain: Past, Present, and Prospective... Terroir: The Role of Geology, Climate, and Culture in the Making of French Wines... etc. |
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
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. |
Geotimes
January 2004
Cynthia Martinez |
Earth Science Week in the Limelight The sixth annual Earth Science Week, held Oct. 12-18, promoted understanding and appreciation of the value of earth science research and its applications and relevance to our daily lives. |
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. |
Smithsonian
May 2005
Lawrence M. Small |
From the Secretary - Science Matters The Institution decides to focus on four basic scientific questions. |
Geotimes
October 2005 |
Geomedia Book Reviews: Never Piss Into the Wind by Jules R. DuBar... A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906 by Simon Winchester... |
Geotimes
September 2006
Lisa Rossbacher |
Big Lonesome Mountain What makes Gros Morne National Park so special is that its stories match the experience each visitor brings. The more geology you know, the more you will see and the richer the visit will be, but the geology meets all visitors at their own level. |
HHMI Bulletin
Fall 2012 |
2012 Holiday Lectures on Science -- Changing Planet: Past, Present, Future In HHMI's 2012 Holiday Lectures on Science, three leading scientists will explore the history of life on Earth and the forces that have shaped, and will continue to shape, our ever-changing planet. |
Geotimes
November 2003 |
Geomedia Book Review: The Fossils of Florissant... Areal mapping applications... |
Geotimes
October 2004 |
Pedaling D.C.'s monuments A bicycle tour of the Mall in Washington, D.C. highlights the geologic history of the region... Oct. 10 to Oct. 16 is Earth Science Week, organized by the American Geological Institute... |
Geotimes
December 2003
Hatheway et al. |
Applied Geology in Service of the Public Welfare Engineering geologists play a crucial role in providing geological information to the public. |
Geotimes
October 2003 |
Geomedia Book Review: Krakatoa... DVD: Revisiting The Core... Maps: Annotated list of references for geologic mapping in Iraq... etc. |
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. |
Geotimes
September 2004
Warren Huff |
Hit the Ground Running: Freshman Seminars The University of Cincinnati has instituted its Freshman Year Experience program to increase retention rates for first-year students. A keystone of the program is a geology seminar for new students with no geology background. |
Geotimes
June 2003
Peter Doyle |
The British Framework for Geoconservation Geoconservation, sometimes called Earth heritage conservation, is a relatively new concept. It means conserving Earth's geological and geomorphological features for the same reasons that habitats are conserved, namely that they have intrinsic value in their own right. |
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
November 2005
Naomi Lubick |
Seeing and Speaking in the Field Deaf students and their teachers traveled to the Utah desert to get their first taste of structural geology under the tutelage of Michele Cooke, a professor at the University of Massachusetts an Amherst. |
Geotimes
October 2005
Michael Roberts |
On Darwin's Trail Details from a three-day trip replicating where Darwin went on his geological trip around Wales with geologist Adam Sedgwick. |
