Department News

We are a very active teaching, research, and service department. Click links below to read more about what we have been doing lately.

Recent News Articles and Press Releases

• Graduate Student Josiane Pafeng Tchuindjang Receives Scholarship from Society of Exploration Geophysicists Foundation

• Professor Art Snoke Honored at GSA Section Meeting

• Special Quaternary-Themed Issue of Rocky Mountain Geology Published

• UW Research: Bacteria Show Promise in Restoring Aquifers Used in Uranium Mining

• Assistant Professor Dario Grana Receives International Eni Award

• Graduate Student Robert Mahon Awarded Wyoming Geological Association Scholarship

• Graduate Student Mat Dunlop Receives Research Grant from Society of Economic Geologists

• Professor Sims Receives UW Faculty Senate Speaker Series Award

• Senior Lecturer Erin Campbell-Stone Receives Going the Extra Mile Award for Disability Support

• Three Faculty Receive Promotions

• Department Holds Annual Spring Picnic and Awards Ceremony

• Four Graduate Students Receive Geological Society Research Grants

• Eleven Geology Students Present Posters and Talks at UW 2014 Undergraduate Research Day

• UW Professor Contributes to Rock Physics Handbook

• UW Researcher Discovers Smaller Salmon Spawn Better in Riverbeds Than Larger Counterparts

• Graduate Student Erin Phillips Writer Wins Best Student Presentation at Australian Research Symposium

• UW Study: Bedrock Influences Forests More Than Previously Believed

• Professor Carol Frost Completes Term as Science Editor of Geosphere