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What Current Students Are Doing

Our students are doing fantastic work! From assessing live coral cover and carbonate production in the waters off Belize to interpreting seismic in Arctic Alaska, W&L Geology students are learning and applying geoscience theories, methods, and skills to research questions relevant today.

2012 Theses: Defenses were the week of March 26, 2012.

Everyone did a phenomenal job with their presentations. Congratulations to you all.

Matt Benson:"Assessment of Live Coral Cover and Carbonate Production Across Time, Depth, and Space in the Caribbean." Advisor: Lisa Greer.

Elizabeth George: "Reconstructing environmental changes in the lower Connecticut River using diatoms." Advisor: Dave Harbor.

Elizabeth Mann: "Bioturbation of forested shale soils by tree throw in the Appalachian Mountains." Advisor: Elizabeth Knapp.

Maria Reimi: "An Experimental Investigation into Incorporation of Trace Metals in Carbonate Material." Advisor: Paul Low.

Natalie Stier:Advisor: "Influence of the Kingak Formation Ultimate Shelf Margin on Frontal Structures of the Brooks Range in National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska." Advisor: Chris Connors.

2012 Awards:

Frank G. Young Award: Natalie Stier
Lena T. Stevens Scholarship: Matt Benson and Maria Reimi
Marcellus H. Stow Award: Lauren Schultz
R. Preston Hawkins IV Geology Award: James Biemiller, Stewart Cory, Dylan Norvell, Rose Pettiette, Karen Roth, Candice Stefanic
Geology Department Award: James Biemiller, Stewart Cory, Robert Riley, Candice Stefanic, Kendall Wnuk

To find out more about the awards, visit the Awards and Scholarships page.

Research programs and funding members of the class of 2012 were involved with and were awarded:

Keck Geology Consortium Projects
R. E. Lee Summer Scholars Grants
R. Preston Hawkins IV Geology Award
Samuel J. Kozak-Odell S. McGuire-Edgar W. Spencer-Frederick L. Schwab Award

Conferences members of the class of 2012 attended:

GSA, October 2011
AGU, December 2011 Four W&L students presented at the meeting
AAPG, April 2012

Internships:

If you are interested in offering a summer internship experience for a W&L Geology undergraduate, please contact Chris Connors at 540-458-8817 or email him.

W&L graduates:

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