UTIG Ph.D. student Sophie Goliber jumped right into UTIG and the the UT Jackson School of Geosciences by volunteering to help plan Brown Bag Seminars and the Student Research Symposium. She is currently in her first year here at UT and we caught up with her to learn more about what it’s like to be a… Continue Reading Meet the UTIG Student: Sophie Goliber
Teachers Arrive For NSF DIG Texas Instructional Blueprint Project
The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics recently welcomed three minority-serving public school district science teachers as “education interns” to take in a geoscience education project this summer. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation Geoscience Education Program, the DIG Texas (Diversity and Innovation for Geosciences in Texas) Instructional Blueprint project is creating five example online… Continue Reading Teachers Arrive For NSF DIG Texas Instructional Blueprint Project
UTIG Geologist Quoted in Several Articles on Gulf of Mexico Crude Oil Drilling
John Snedden, director of the Gulf Basin Depositional Synthesis Project and Senior Research Scientist at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG), recently contributed comments for several articles, including a front-page newspaper article regarding crude oil exploration operations in the Gulf of Mexico.Dr. Snedden spoke to the Houston Chronicle about the ongoing allure of… Continue Reading UTIG Geologist Quoted in Several Articles on Gulf of Mexico Crude Oil Drilling