American Geosciences Institute (AGI) has launched a new Diversity, Equity & Inclusion website, providing the geoscience community with various resources addressing issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Through this website, users are linked directly to information on and ways to engage with: DEI initiatives and statements from dozens of AGI Federation affiliates A framework that geoscience societies can use to cultivate inclusion, increase equity, and address intersectionality across race, class, disability status, and gender A scholarship supporting geoscience graduate studies for a U. [Read More]

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is pleased to recognize Dr. Donald I. Siegel, Professor Emeritus at the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences of Syracuse University, with the 2022 Marcus Milling Legendary Geoscientist Medal. Dr. Siegel is acclaimed for his decades of pioneering work on wetland geochemistry and hydrogeology, his education and mentoring of students and early-career scientists, and his leadership in multiple geoscience professional societies. His wetland research evolved to examine the ways that groundwater flow and water quality influence greenhouse gas emissions in the vast peatlands of northern Canada, Siberia, and northern Minnesota. [Read More]

Alexandria, Va. — Place your advance order for the 2022 Earth Science Week Toolkit today. The toolkit contains everything you need to prepare for Earth Science Week (October 9-15, 2022), which celebrates the theme “Earth Science for a Sustainable World.” What You’ll Get in the Toolkit: Activity Calendar, Suitable for hanging New Earth Science Week poster, including a learning activity NASA materials on climate change and agriculture science Geoscientists Without Borders(c) activity sheets from SEG National Park Service resource on fossils and paleontology Flyer on resources from the Soil Science Society of America Geologic Map Day poster on the geoscience of sustainable soils NOAA community resilience education activity booklet Mineral Education Coalition material on metals and sustainability Clean material on climate, energy, and citizen science AmericaView-NASA-USGS Landsat Sustainability poster CUAHSI poster on the critical zone and a Secchi disk activity Association for Women Geoscientists geoscience flyer Forest Service material on groundwater-dependent ecosystems Flyer on curricula and more from Nutrients for Life Foundation Earth science material for educators from NESTA and NAGT Bureau of Land Management dinosaur coloring page Caves and karst education material from NCKRI National Science Foundation soil science activity sheet GemKids poster from Gemological Institute of America Water Footprint Calculator information on water science AIPG, UNAVCO, AMS, CMB-S4, Forest Service items and more Order the Earth Science Week 2022 Toolkit Today: [Read More]

The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) congratulates master’s student Cissy Ming and doctoral student Behnaz Hosseini for being named as the 2022 recipients of the Harriet Evelyn Wallace Scholarship. This highly competitive scholarship, which is awarded to women pursuing graduate degrees in geoscience, provides each recipient with a $5,000 award for one academic year. Cissy Ming is a second-year graduate student in the Department of Geosciences at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. [Read More]

Alexandria, VA — The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is pleased to announce the release of the Directory of Geoscience Departments, 57th Edition. The Directory of Geoscience Departments is the comprehensive source of information about geoscience departments and geoscience researchers available. The directory is invaluable for individuals working in the geosciences and all who identify with working with specialists on the issues of Earth, environment, and related fields in science and engineering. [Read More]

Alexandria, VA — The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is pleased to announce that its Geoscience COVID-19 Study has been extended into a third and final phase thanks to continued support by the National Science Foundation (Award #2029570). This final phase of the study will track the transition of instructional and work intervention strategies used during the pandemic into their adoption as permanent approaches used within academia and the workforce.** Throughout 2022, project participants will be given the opportunity to provide feedback once a month about their work or learning environment in the study’s ongoing longitudinal survey. [Read More]

Alexandria, Va. — The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) has released its annual report for the fiscal year 2021, titled “Working Together.” The report highlights AGI’s impactful activities from October 2020 through September 2021 and provides a detailed statement of financial position covering the past three fiscal years. AGI Executive Director Jonathan Arthur emphasized the importance of collaboration in achieving AGI’s greatest achievements. “AGI’s greatest achievements arise from the vital collaborations and partnerships continually forged among leading organizations and professionals in our community,” he said. [Read More]

AGI releases a report detailing the demographics, activities, experiences, employment, plans, and skills development of geoscience degree recipients in the United States during the 2020-21 academic year. Alexandria, Va. — The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is pleased to announce the release of Status of Recent Geoscience Graduates 2021. This report provides a glimpse into the experiences of graduates most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and offers insights into the breadth and depth of their educational experience and ongoing trajectory in the geoscience profession. [Read More]

Alexandria, Va. — The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is sponsoring four contests focusing on the theme of this year’s Earth Science Week celebration, “Earth Science for a Sustainable World.” The 2022 competitions will feature video, photography, visual arts, and essay contests: Photography Contest: Open to all ages, participants are asked to show “Sustainability in Action” in their communities. Visual Arts Contest: Open to students in grades K-5, the contest encourages children to depict “Our Sustainable World. [Read More]

Alexandria, Va. — The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) congratulates Oliver Stephenson on his selection as the 2022-2023 William L. Fisher Congressional Geoscience Fellow. The Fisher Fellowship offers geoscientists the unique opportunity to spend a year in Washington, D.C., working as a staff member in the office of a member of Congress or with a congressional committee. Currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Seismological Laboratory of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Stephenson uses satellite data, deep learning, and computer simulations to understand earthquakes, how they break faults and deform the Earth, and the damage they do to buildings. [Read More]