UW American Indian Science and Engineering Society takes first place in NASA-sponsored First Nations Launch competition
The nine students of UW’s American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) took first place in this year’s NASA-sponsored First Nations Launch competition in Kenosha, Wisconsin, winning the $3000 grand prize and an all-expense-paid tour of Kennedy Space Center to be conducted in August.
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Remembering Dave Johnston and the Mount St Helens Eruption
Yesterday we marked 43 years since the eruption of Mount St Helens on May 18th, 1980 at 8:32 AM. This is an important day in Washington State history, and for the ESS Community.
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Six New Faculty Join ESS
We are pleased to announce that six (6!) new faculty have recently accepted offers to join the department, in fields including igenous petrology, planetary sciences, geobiology, sedimentology, and geodesy. Together with other recently-hired faculty (Cailey Condit, Brad Lipovsky, and Marine Denolle), who joined us in 2020 and 2021, they bring fresh teaching ideas and innovative research to our department.
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ESS Undergraduate Student Adviser Awarded 2023 PSO DEIB Outstanding Impact Award
Announced at the 2023 Professional Staff Organization Spring Celebration on Wednesday, May 17
“ESS Undergraduate Adviser Melissa Pritchard was one of the three awardees of the inaugural, 2023 PSO Staff Award for Outstanding Impact in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB).
Read moreUW petrologist George Bergantz honored with AGU Bowen Award and Lecture
George Bergantz received the Norman L. Bowen Award and Lecture from the American Geophysical Union, a named lectureship which the organization presents annually to one or more mid-career or senior scientists in recognition of outstanding contributions to the fields of volcanology, geochemistry and petrology.
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