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JULY, 2010
GSO GOLF OUTING: Faculty, Staff, and Students. Planned date is Friday, August 27th tentative tee-time at 2 p.m. If you are interested in attending this event please email GSO President Melissa Phillips by July 31st. Please spread the word!
MARCH, 2010
The Hall-Bonner Program for Minority Doctoral Scholars in Ocean Sciences at Hampton University, ODU, and VIMS will sponsor a science policy workshop lead by Skip Stiles of Wetlands Watch for graduate students enrolled in the OEAS department and the Virginia Institute of Marine Science on Saturday, 20 March 2010.
JANUARY, 2010
Dr, David Burdige, professor and eminent scholar in the department, was co-author of a paper in the journal Geology that was ranked the #12 discovery of the year in Discovery magazine. See the link at http://discover.coverleaf.com/discovermagazine/20100102?pg=36#pg36. This paper provided evidence for the existence of animal life 850 million years ago, almost 200 million years before previous evidence in the fossil record for animal life. The other authors of this paper are Fritz Neuweiler (Laval University, Quebec, Canada) and Elizabeth Turner (Laurentian University, Ontario, Canada).
NOVEMBER, 2008
OEAS 320 Sedimentology & Stratigraphy Field Trip
View pictures from the field trip to western Virginia taken by students of OEAS 320 here.
OCTOBER, 2007
OEAS Undergraduate Ice Cream Social/Advising Workshop
The Ice Cream Social will provide an opportunity for undergraduate students to meet and get to know their advisors. It will be held on Tuesday, October 30th from 12:30-1:30 pm in the Zaneveld Conference Room.
Fall 2007 Comprehensive Exam
The Fall 2007 Comprehensive Exam will be given on Friday, October 19th, 2007. Please contact Dr. Fred Dobbs prior to September 21, 2007 if you intend to participate.
SEPTEMBER, 2007
Fall 2007 Seminar Series Schedule Is Announced
Click here for details.
College of Sciences Thesis and Dissertation Workshop
Tuesday, September 11, 2007 in OCNPS Room 200 from 12:30 to 1:20 p.m.
AUGUST, 2007
Dr. Dennis Darby Participates in Lomonosov Ridge Off Greenland (LOMROG) Expedition
Due to his experience and expertise in matters of the Arctic, Dr. Darby was invited to participate in this scientific expedition to map the seafloor in the region north of Greenland. This sea floor mapping will hopefully show areas of grounded ice from past ice ages and other features leading to a better understanding of geologic processes in the Arctic. Sediment cores will be collected from several sites to help better understand past climate changes in this area and to show ice drift patterns off Greenland in the past. Dr. Darby will also be in charge of collecting dirty sea ice samples from the drifting pack ice. These samples can be analyzed for small grains that, like a fingerprint, can be traced back to their source and thus determine where the ice originated. Related to the scientific goals of this expedition is the hotly contested matter of mapping the Arctic for future drilling rights among Russia, Canada, Denmark and the United States as outlined in this article.
Dr. Darby is also keeping a daily log of events as they unfold on this important expedition.
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