Taiwanese Middle-School Students Visit ESS

Students from the Taipei Municipal Lanya Junior High School ended an international learning experience at the Department of Earth and Space Sciences with a tour of the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network. 

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How geoscientists are making their field more welcoming

Nature spoke to five researchers spearheading programs that they hope will make geosciences a more welcoming space. ESS professor Juliet Crider‘s work to make more inclusive field experiences is highlighted. 

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Phosphate, a key building block of life, found on Saturn's moon Enceladus

An international team including a University of Washington scientist has found that the water on one of Saturn’s moons harbors phosphates, a key building block of life. The team led by the Freie Universität Berlin used data from NASA’s Cassini space mission to detect evidence of phosphates in particles ejected from the ice-covered global ocean of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. 

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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). 

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UW 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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