Tags: Alumni News

Tue, 04/25/2023 - 3:08pm

"Congratulations to Dr. Cheng (UGA) and co-winner Dr. Denton (Purdue) for this highly deserved honor and for leading these impressive studies!" Hui Ching Jupiter Cheng, who obtained a Ph.D. in 2023 from the University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA, is a co-winner of the 2023 Pellas-Ryder Award for the paper entitled “Structural relationships in and around the Rheasilvia basin on Vesta” published in the Journal of Structural Geology in 2022.…

Dr. Jupiter Cheng awarded the 2023 Pellas-Ryder Award

Fri, 03/31/2023 - 1:50pm

Brad Allgood graduated from UGA with degrees in Biology and Geology and is now a "documentary FILMMAKER focused on storytelling for impact". Allgood has just completed editing on a natural history documentary that is related to geology, that will air April 19th on PBS - Nature. As Allgood explains "The show looks at the geology and natural history of species along the Niagara Escarpment and some of the Great Lakes region. It is a very general…

Former UGA Geology Student turned Documentary Filmmaker has new episode to premiere on Nature.

Tue, 03/28/2023 - 11:18am

William "Skip" Simmons, a UGA 68' M.S. graduate who worked with Dr. Vernon Hurst on the "Mineralogy of south Georgia and North Carolina phosphorite", will be the feature speaker on Mineral Talks Live - the monthly LIVE interview series where we sit down with guests from all over the world and talk rocks presented by the Mineralogical Society of America. Event: Mineral Talks Live Speaker: William "Skip" Simmon When: 5 April 2023 1:…

William "Skip" Simmon to be featured guest on Mineral Talks LIVE

Tue, 02/28/2023 - 12:33pm

Paleontology and Evolutionary Science: "Is the middle Cambrian Brooksella a hexactinellid sponge, trace fossil or pseudofossil?" Authors: Morrison R. NolanDepartment of Geosciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, VA, USA Sally E. WalkerDepartment of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2501, USA Tara Selly and James SchiffbauerX-ray Microanalysis Core Facility,…

Morrison Nolan and Dr. Sally Walker new publication in Paleontology and Evolutionary Science.

Tue, 11/08/2022 - 9:48am

Geology: "Quantifying controls on the occurrence of nonmarine fossils" Authors: Anik K. Regan Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-2501, USA Department of Earth, Environment, and Society, University of St. Thomas, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55105-1096, USA Raymond R. Rogers Geology Department, Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55105-1899, USA Steven M. Holland Department of Geology,…