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On June 4, 2020, the Geosciences Department sent the following letter to our students, friends and colleagues:   Dear Williams Geosciences community, We hope this email finds you all safe, healthy, and well in these challenging times. There have been so many intersecting challenges in recent months, including new and… Continue reading »

Congratulations to our 2020 graduating seniors!  We usually share our annual senior slideshow in Clark Hall during Commencement Week, but since we can’t be together on campus, we are sharing it here instead. Continue reading »

Wishing everyone safe travels and good self care while the College transitions to online operations in response to COVID-19. We’re still hoping for a proper commencement and summer activities, but in the meantime we’re happy to share this (only slightly photoshop-ed) picture of the Geos Class of ’20. Thanks, everyone,… Continue reading »

Before our seniors left for the semester, the Geosciences department was able to present our Mineralogical Society of America award to Kate Pippenger ’20 and Christian Lockwood ’20. The MSA award is for the senior(s) with the best record in courses in Mineralogy and Petrology, who often –… Continue reading »

Tim Nagle-McNaughton ’18, a PhD student in the Earth and Planetary Science program at the University of New Mexico, was selected for the 2019 NASA MUREP Doctoral Fellowship Program for his proposal: Automated Recognition and Classification of Martian Transverse Aeolian Ridges. NASA’s MUREP fellowship “is designed to support independently… Continue reading »