Fall 2021 Edition
In this Q&A, Byrne describes exploring alien worlds, Earth’s surprisingly cool next-door neighbor (no, not Mars), and how Twitter can be a productive platform for science.
In this Q&A, Jill Pasteris, now professor emerita, revisits some of her favorite memories and milestones from her impressive 41-year career.
Rachel Folkerts, BA 2012, realized her dream of serving in the Peace Corps immediately after graduating from WashU. As a sustainable agriculture extension agent in rural Senegal, Folkerts personally witnessed global issues she had studied, such as…
Gaby Garcia, BA 2016, started her career as a field geologist and has since found her passion in environmental data analytics. “There’s a good reason why data analytics is such a hot field to be in right now – there is so much existing environmental…
Views from the Past Year
Senior research scientist Elaine Flynn samples soil at Peace Park on the north side of St. Louis.
Graduate student Jed Dale (left) and Olivia Shaw, BA 2021, install a pressure transducer in an urban stream in Centreville, IL, to monitor urban flooding.
Phil Skemer (left) and research engineer Hélène Couvy Craigg working on a new large volume torsion apparatus (LVT) in the Rock Deformation Lab.
Phil Skemer (foreground) with collaborator Heather Savage from UC Santa Cruz scouting field locations in the eastern Sierra Nevada for a new REU program.
2020-2021
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