Graduate Students
Prof. David Furbish and PhD student Kelsea Best follow up on Bernard K. Forscher’s 1963 essay, Chaos in the Brickyard
Jan. 5, 2021—The authors of The Brickyard in 2020 (David Furbish, Douglas Jerolmack and Rachel Glade) offer an updated view of the state of affairs in the brickyard described in B. K. Forscher’s popular 1963 allegorical letter to Science, “Chaos in the Brickyard.” It calls for a need to realign the research endeavor, institutions and incentives with...
EES has vanquished the GRE from our graduate application process!
Jan. 5, 2021—Students will no longer be required to take the GRE exam or report scores when applying to our graduate program! #GRExit We have also reduced the university’s graduate application fee from $95 to $20. Both steps are in support of equity and inclusion in geoscience graduate education!
Ph.D. candidate Jessica Raff wins GSA’S Student Research Award
Dec. 16, 2020—Congratulations to Ph.D. student Jessica Raff! She recently won the Geological Society of America’s Research Award in Sedimentary Geology for her project “Is variability in the Asian monsoon and Himalayan erosion recorded in the Ganges-Brahmaputra delta?” Read more about the award and Jessica’s work.