91ÌÒÉ« Home Earth Science Department News Department News 1 July, 2021 Alumni Support Keeps Geology Students in the Field Last year the COVID-19-related restrictions almost caused Summer Field Geology, a capstone experience focused on developing field skills, to be canceled entirely. Thankfully, through a crowd-funding effort, dozens of Geology alumni contributed to save it. 22 June, 2021 Megan Mortimer-Lamb awarded H. Victor Church Memorial Award Megan Mortimer-Lamb was awarded the H. Victor Church Memorial Award in recognition of the best poster presented at the Pacific Section of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. 21 June, 2021 Dr. Behl Awarded the Distinguished Service Award by PSAAPG Dr. Behl has been awarded the Distinguished Service Award by the Pacific Section of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (PSAAPG). Congratulations on this well deserved award! 10 April, 2021 Dr. Becker Selected for Fulbright Award to Australia Dr. Becker will be in residence at Curtin University, Perth Australia, working on applications of fiber optic sensing for water resources and enhanced geothermal energy in Spring 2022. 10 April, 2021 Former Masters Students Publish Manuscripts Two former 91ÌÒÉ« Masters students, Yannick Wirtz and Leo Giannetta, have just had manuscripts derived from their theses accepted for publication in a Special Publication of the Geological Society of America. 5 February, 2021 Archived Department News Read the news stories released by the department from 2016-2020.