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- From the Field: UTD Fulbright Geoscientist Studies 100-Year-Old Coal Fires
- UTD Geosciences in Review 2019
- Antarctica adventurer, former geoscientist and president Robert Rutford remembered for charting the frozen continent (Dallas Morning News)
- Professor, Students Win Honors from Society of Exploration Geophysicists
- We are sorry to report that Emeritus Prof. James L. Carter passed away on Sept. 21, 2019. A memorial service will be held at 2pm Friday Oct. 11 in the UTD Davison-Grundy Alumni Center. All are invited to attend, pay their respects and share their memories. The family requests that instead of flowers, donations in James’ memory to the James L. Carter Scholarship Fund would be greatly appreciated.
- Dr. Robert Stern awarded the 2019 International Prize of the Geological Society of Japan
- Dr. Matthew Brzostowski has given $25,000 to set up the Dr. Matthew Brzostowski Scholarship/Fellowship Fund to support undergraduate and graduate geosciences students. Brzostowski wants to share his passion for the geosciences, and hopes the fund will help someone pursue a similar career.
- Dr. Bob Finkelman was the first person to write a thesis on the returned lunar samples; the youngest principal investigator of the returned lunar samples; and one of the few people who worked on samples from Apollo 11, 12 (Surveyor 3), 14, 15, 16, 17, and Luna 16.
- Congratulations to Jonathan Michael Stine, recipient of the highly competitive 2019 American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation Grant!