Last week, Jackson School of Geosciences graduate students Ethan Conrad and Edward Clennett claimed victory for The University of Texas at Austin at the 2022 Gulf Coast SEG Challenge Bowl – a quiz competition hosted by the Geophysical Society of Houston. Both students are also graduate research assistants at the Jackson School’s Institute for Geophysics… Continue Reading Graduate Students Win SEG Challenge Bowl
Chris Lowery Earns Top Early Career Scientist Award for Sedimentary Geology
Chris Lowery, a research associate at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, has received the James Lee Wilson Award from the Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM). The award recognizes significant research accomplishments by an early career scientist. Lowery’s work has led to advancements in understanding the environment of Earth’s ancient oceans and its marine… Continue Reading Chris Lowery Earns Top Early Career Scientist Award for Sedimentary Geology
Graduate Students at UTIG Awarded Presidential Scholarship
UTIG graduate research assistants are among Jackson School students to have been awarded The University of Texas at Austin’s Unrestricted Endowed Presidential Scholarship. The award recognizes outstanding academic achievement. Each student will receive at least $2,500 in unrestricted funds. The 2021 UTIG recipients were: Abby Varona A 2nd year M.S. student studying deepwater stratigraphy. Catherine… Continue Reading Graduate Students at UTIG Awarded Presidential Scholarship
Gulf Coast Geology Award Goes to UTIG’s John Snedden for Superbasin Research
John Snedden, a senior research scientist at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG), has been awarded the Doris Malkin Curtis Medal by the Gulf Coast Section of the Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM). The award recognizes Snedden’s numerous contributions to the study of the Gulf of Mexico and the geology that sets it… Continue Reading Gulf Coast Geology Award Goes to UTIG’s John Snedden for Superbasin Research
Top Geology Award Goes to Ian Dalziel of the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics
Ian W.D. Dalziel, a research professor at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG), has been awarded the Geological Society of America’s Penrose Medal for pioneering discoveries about Earth’s ancient geography and its past supercontinents. Established in 1927, the Penrose Medal is widely considered to be geology’s most prestigious career award. In a letter,… Continue Reading Top Geology Award Goes to Ian Dalziel of the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics