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April 18, 2017
This is a three-year graduate fellowship awarded  “… to individuals who have demonstrated the ability and special aptitude for advanced training in science and...
April 10, 2017
This award recognizes graduate mentors for their “exceptional support of the professional, scholarly and personal development of their students.” The selection committee...
April 9, 2017
Scientific ocean drilling is a highly international and interdisciplinary endeavor that has contributed fundamental breakthroughs on topics as diverse as plate tectonics,...
March 23, 2017
Scientists at Yale and in England are honoring renowned naturalist and TV documentarian Sir David Attenborough with his own proto-shrimp. In this case, it is a 430-million-...
March 13, 2017
Scientists have found the seasonal “fingerprints” of Arctic sea ice, El Nino, and other climate phenomena in a new study that probes the global interactions between weather...
February 21, 2017
Pincelli Hull, assistant professor of geology and geophysics, is among 126 U.S. and Canadian researchers who were awarded a $60,000 Sloan Research Fellowship to advance their...
February 6, 2017
Reach back far enough in the family tree of a snail or a clam and you’ll find a spiny little slug with tiny teeth, wearing a helmet. Scientists have unearthed the 480-million...