Intern Spotlight: Jamie O’Reilly (Geo-Launchpad)
Jamie O’Reilly will be starting her final year at Red Rocks Community College to earn her associate’s degree in engineering.
Intern Spotlight: Taryn Roby & Kyle Albrecht (Geo-Launchpad)
Taryn Roby is transferring from Red Rocks Community College to Metropolitan State University as a rising junior majoring in environmental science and obtaining a water studies certificate.
Intern Spotlight: Kristen Grayson (Geo-Launchpad)
Kristen Grayson is a biology major currently enrolled at Pikes Peak Community College, who is working on examining and drafting local government water conservation policies
Intern Spotlight: Addison Curtis (RESESS)
Addison Curtis is a rising senior at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where they are majoring in chemistry with minors in geology and secondary education.
Intern Spotlight: Benjamin Miller (RESESS)
Returning RESESS intern Ben Miller recently graduated from Tufts University, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in physics with a minor in mathematics.
IRIS Receives NSF Award to Support Planning of Subduction Zone Observatory
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded nearly $500,000 to IRIS to conduct activities focused on Subduction Zone in Four Dimensions (SZ4D). SZ4D is an initiative in the research community to study subduction zones – the places where tectonic plates converge and collide – through both space and time, with a focus on the fundamental processes underlying geologic hazards such as great earthquakes, tsunamis, landslides, and volcanic eruptions. UNAVCO is a subawardee on this award to IRIS.
Intern Spotlight: Samantha Motz (RESESS)
Returning RESESS intern Sam Motz will be completing her final semester at the Georgia Institute of Technology this fall, where she is studying Earth and atmospheric sciences.
Intern Spotlight: Kalley Collins (RESESS)
This summer we’re introducing interns in the RESESS, Geo-Launchpad, and USIP programs to shine a spotlight on the research projects they are completing throughout these 11-week internships and on their interests in geoscience. Kalley Collins is a rising senior at the University of Wyoming who originally began as an anthropology major. But Kalley was interested … Continued
Intern Spotlight: Keneni Godana (RESESS)
Keneni Godana recently graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago with a bachelor’s degree in environmental sciences and minors in public policy and biology. Although they initially entered college intending to pursue a medical career like their father, Keneni found a passion for environmental sciences.
Intern Spotlight: Michela Savignano (RESESS)
Michela Savignano will graduate with her bachelor’s degree in geochemistry from Brown University this December. She began college studying neuroscience and on the track to attend medical school. After her freshman year, Michela studied abroad at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, where she was unable to take the required pre-med courses.