Department News
This page is for announcements and other topical items related to the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of New Mexico. Newest items will be at the top (along with the date posted); scroll down to read older items. Outdated items will be removed.
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We need News for this page!! What shows up here is what gets submitted, so if you want to see it, send it in. Faculty, staff and students may Email announcements (preferably 75 words or less) to the Jim Connolly (connolly@unm.edu) so they can be added. Please indicate in your Email that you want to see it on the web site.
"401" Department Seminar Schedule Updated for Spring 2012
The partially complete new schedule for the Department Colloquium, has been posted on the department website at the link above. Come to the free talks every Friday at 2:00 PM to learn about the newest developments in the world of Earth, Planetary and Environmental Sciences.
(Posted 27-Jan-2012).
Photo Contest Results Online - See the Winners
Hi all EPS people,
The Spring 2011 E&PS Photo Contest (will it be the first annual?) is online! We had over 70 entries from faculty and students. The votes are in and the winners posted (as well as all of the entries). There are some great photos so check them out at the link above.
Thanks for your submissions and your votes!
Magdalena
(Posted 5-May-2011 for Magdalena Sandoval Donohue; updated 24-Aug-2011)
UNM Researchers Find No Water In Moon’s Mantle
August 5, 2010: Most "primitive" volcanic rocks (basalts) on earth contain small amounts of water dissolved in their magma. E&PS Professors Zach Sharp and Chip Shearer were lead authors on a recently published study of chlorine isotopes from magmatic glasses from the Moon that conclusively shows that the lunar magmas were essentially anhydrous. The link above will take you to the UNM Today with some details, and an Acrobat PDF of the full article is available here by clicking on this link.
(Posted 23-Aug-2010)
Course Listings are no longer maintained on this website
Because of significant changes in how UNM's Lobo Web and other systems maintain course information for the UNM campus, the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences will no longer maintain an independent listing of courses on this website. Since the registrar maintains the authoritative listing of courses and the UNM bookstore maintains the listing of required text, we have chose not to continue with a non-authoritative duplicate listing. Please connect to the link above for where you can go to get current course information.
(Updated 24-Aug-2011)
To Prospective Graduate Students:
Application deadline for the Fall Semester for students requesting financial aid is January 15. Applications for admission for the Fall semester without financial aid will be accepted until April 1, and the deadline for admissions for the Spring semester is November 1. Check here for more information.
(A Permanent Posting Revised April, 2010)
The "Virtual" Meteorite Museum Online
After lots of design and scientific work the online Metorite Museum is now available on our web site. The site has a lot to offer, including: a Virtual Tour of the World of Meteorites and Impacts; a gallery of meteorite images; information about the analytical equipment used to study meteorites; the Meteorites of New Mexico; how to identify a meteorite; and activities for teachers and students to learn about meteorites and impact events. There are even plans for proposed renovations to the on-campus Meteorite Museum that is visited by thousands of folks every year. Click on the link above to start learning about Meteorites.
Educational Resource Web Page under Development
Geology is very cool. We believe that the more people know about the planet they live on (and the solar system which contains it), the better off we will be as it's residents and stewards. As part of an effort to make this web site more of an educational resource for the general public, students with an interest in their earth and primary and secondary school (K-12) students and their teachers, we will be developing educational resource pages on our web site which will be indexed on a new Education page accessible from our main web page.
This page is growing slowly, but now includes links to our in-house museum web pages (including the new online Meteorite Museum), the Harding Mine field site web pages, and Educational links on the Internet.
If you are aware of educational resources available on the Internet, have field trip road logs or other resources you would like to contribute or have suggestions for what you would like to see here, please send Email to me, Jim Connolly -- connolly@unm.edu.
(Posted 5-Sep-2002; updated 7-May-2007)