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CSE student applying Earth sciences in international alpine luge competitions
Undergraduate student, Elise Palecek, is competing with the Alpine Luge Team, while pursuing a degree in earth sciences.
ESCI Faculty Receive Collegiate Honors
Professors Donna Whitney and David Fox received two prestigious awards from the College of Science an Engineering.
Polar Geospatial Center: Opening Doors to the Most Inaccessible Places on Earth
NSF committed to funding PGC to support the polar research community for the next 5 years.
Welcoming Julia Wilcots
Assistant Professor Julia Wilcots joins our faculty, and has an interest in solving the mysteries of deep time.
Heavier rains due to climate change causing more landslides and rockfalls in Minnesota
Heavier rainfall because of a warming climate is accelerating erosion in many parts of Minnesota, leading to more frequent landslides, mudslides and rockfalls.
Lakeside Sandstones Hold Key to Ancient Continent’s Movement
A new study illuminates the movement of a billion-year-old paleocontinent.
Celebrating 150 years of Geosciences
2022 is a special year! It marks 150 years since the first geoscience course was taught at the University of Minnesota! In 1872, professor Edward H. Twining M.A. taught the first courses in geology and mineralogy. 1872 also marks the establishment of the Minnesota Geological and Natural History Survey by the Minnesota State Government. We are celebrating 150 years of Geosciences with our colleagues at the Bell Museum and the Minnesota Geological Survey who are also decedents of the first Geoscientists of the University of Minnesota.
See how we're celebrating 150 years of Geosciences