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A father and son crouch in front of an interactive science exhibit that includes a plasma globe
Posted inOpinions

Perspectives on Parenting While Researching (During a Pandemic)

by D. G. Ortiz-Suslow, T. Furman, A. Clement, H. Potter and N. Sun-Suslow 23 September 202022 November 2021

Four Earth scientists and a psychologist reflect on balancing parenthood and professional careers in academia amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mesa Arch, Canyonlands National Park, Utah
Posted inAGU News

AGU’s Bridge Program Creates Opportunities for Underrepresented Students

by Chris McEntee 5 December 201928 September 2021

In its first year, 20% of the 250 active Earth and space science graduate programs in the United States applied for partnership with the program.

College students sit on the rim of a soil pit on a grassy hill.
Posted inNews

Making the Grade: A Week at the National Soil Judging Contest

by Aaron Sidder 30 April 2019

Students from around the country recently convened for the National Collegiate Soils Contest and promptly crawled into backhoe-scraped pits to dig into soil science.

Student at Manchester School of Art looking in a microscope
Posted inScience Updates

SciArt: Teaching Across the Interface

by S. Illingworth and D. Griffiths 29 January 201929 January 2019

A new program brings undergraduates together to collaborate across disciplines and to see their respective fields with new eyes.

Cassandra Korte and Erika Doctor work on a collaborative project.
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Helping Geoscience Students Thrive in Graduate School

by A. L. Lecher 11 September 201829 September 2021

Ten factors that help liberal arts undergraduate students succeed could also increase the odds for student success in geoscience graduate programs.

Two-career chaos
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Two-Career Chaos: A Look in the Rearview Mirror

by L. Tauxe 29 March 201829 September 2021

Can we really have it all? A scientist reflects on the gut-wrenching choices of juggling marriage, kids, and careers.

Hand gestures are one means of illustrating geological concepts, like the orientation of these rock fractures.
Posted inFeatures

Learning to Form Accurate Mental Models

by A. Davatzes, K. Gagnier, I. Resnick and T. F. Shipley 7 February 2018

A cycle of prediction, comparison, and feedback supports spatial learning in geoscience.

MOOC participants all over the world learn about natural disasters.
Posted inScience Updates

A New Massive Open Online Course on Natural Disasters

by J. Stix, J. Gyakum, K. Caissy, A. Guadagno, A. Steeves-Fuentes, W. W. Yan, F. Roop, P.-A. Vungoc, C. Walker, A. Finkelstein and L. Winer 1 February 2018

Two professors put their college course online. Enrollment jumped more than 20-fold, and a forum for exchanging ideas with a multigenerational international community was born.

Busy college campus on a fall afternoon.
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Gearing Up for Fall Semester

by Kimberly M. S. Cartier 14 August 2017

Geoscience professors explain how they use their summertime to get ready for teaching, researching, and mentoring when the school year begins again.

Posted inScience Updates

Learning About Teaching: Geoscience Educators Share Insights

by C. A. Manduca, R. H. Macdonald and L. Goodell 1 April 201612 April 2016

Earth Educators' Rendezvous; Boulder, Colorado, 13–17 July 2015

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