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GSA Member News
2012
February
- Congratulate your fellow GSA members who were nominated as AAAS and AGU Fellows in 2011.
2011
October
- 4 Oct.: President Obama Honors Quake-Catcher Network Inventor Elizabeth Cochran (GSA Fellow).
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September
- 15 Sept.: GSA Fellow Paul Hsieh, a research hydrologist for the U.S. Geological Survey, has earned the Federal Employee of the Year medal for providing critical scientific information during the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
[ learn more ] - 14 Sept.: GSA Member Joan Kleypas, a marine ecologist and geologist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado, USA, has been named the 2011 recipient of the Heinz Awards for her work studying the effects of climate change on coral reefs. The Heinz Award recognizes excellence in "individuals creating and implementing workable solutions to the problems the world faces through invention, research, and education, while inspiring the next generation of modern thinkers."
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August
- 31 Aug.: GSA Fellow Philip Christensen, principal investigator for numerous instruments of Mars exploration carried on NASA spacecraft, has been named the 2011 Eugene Shoemaker Memorial Award recipient by Arizona State University in honor of his life's work on "Unlocking the Mysteries of the Red Planet."
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June
- 30 June: GSA member Alfred McEwen, professor of planetary science at the University of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, has been awarded NASA's Distinguished Public Service Medal for his work as principal investigator on the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) for the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
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May
- GSA Fellow Naomi Oreskes has been named Climate Change Communicator of the Year (the “4C Award”) by the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication.
[ learn more ] - The American Geological Institute (AGI) has awarded GSA Fellow Robert H. Dott Jr., professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, its 2011 Marcus Milling Legendary Geoscientist Medal in recognition of his "long history of scientific achievement and exceptional service to the geoscience profession."
April
- 5 April: GSA Fellow and 1992 Penrose Medalist John Dewey has been honored by the Australian Academy of Science by being elected as a "Corresponding Member." Corresponding Members are "eminent scientists residing overseas who have developed links with scientific institutes in Australia and maintain strong ties with Australian scientists."
[ learn more ] - The Geochemical Society and The European Association of Geochemistry have bestowed the honorary title of Geochemistry Fellow to the following GSA Fellows, honoring them as outstanding scientists who have made major contributions to the field of geochemistry: GSA Fellow Samuel Bowring of MIT; GSA Fellow Katherine Freeman of Penn State; GSA Fellow Terry Plank of the Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory; and GSA Fellow John W. Valley of the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
February
- GSA Fellow and 2000 Day Medalist Stephen J. Sparks of Bristol University has been awarded the Geological Society's (London) highest honor: the Wollaston Medal, given to geologists who have had a significant influence by means of a substantial body of excellent research in "pure" and/or "applied" aspects of the science. Sparks will receive the award on the Society's on President's Day, 8 June 2011.
- GSA Fellow Christopher Paola of the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities has been awarded the Geological Society's (London) Murchison Medal, given to geoscientists who have made a significant contribution to the science by means of a substantial body of "hard rock" research. Paola will receive the award at the Society's President's Day celebrations, 8 June 2011.
- GSA Member Alexander Densmore of Durham University has been awarded the Geological Society's (London) Bigsby Medal, awarded to a geoscientist under 45 years of age who studies American geology. Densmore will receive the award at the Society's President's Day celebrations, 8 June 2011.
January
- GSA member Steven A.F. Smith has been awarded the Ramsay Medal for his paper "Interactions between low-angle normal faults and plutonism in the upper crust: Insights from the Island of Elba, Italy" (GSA Bulletin, v. 123 no. 1-2 p. 329-346, doi: 10.1130/B30200.1). The Ramsay Medal is awarded to the best paper published by a postgraduate based on his or her doctoral thesis work and is open to candidates worldwide. It is one of the premier postgraduate research awards in Europe.
- GSA Fellow Stan Totten has been honored with Hall of Fame award from the Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources for his many contributions toward understanding Ohio's geology.
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2010
December
- GSA Fellow David Walker has received the AGU's 2010 Harry H. Hess Medal for his "outstanding achievements in research of the constitution and evolution of Earth and other planets."
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November
- GSA Fellow Raymond Murray has been named as the first recipient of the prestigious Forensic Geoscience Group (FGG) Award. This was presented to Dr. Murray during a ceremony as part of the 3rd International Workshop on Criminal & Environmental Soil Forensics, held in California, 2-4 November 2010.
October
- GSA member Jean Morrison has been appointed Provost and Chief Academic Officer of Boston University. She has been a member of the faculty at the University of Southern California since 1988, where she currently serves as Executive Vice Provost for Academic Affairs.
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