The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) announces back-to-school discounts on publications and electronic resources for the fall 2021 semester to assist educators, students, and the wider geoscience community. The Geoscience Handbook is now discounted 40% off retail price. Learn more about this comprehensive resource, which is available in both a full-color spiral-bound print format or as a downloadable digital file. The definitive Glossary of Geology is 40% off its $99 retail price. [Read More]

The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) invites you to celebrate and help spread the word about Earth Science Week, an international celebration of the geosciences that promotes awareness of Earth and space science among students at all levels and members of the public. The Earth Science Week 2021 Toolkit is in stock now, and pre-orders have shipped to recipients. This year’s toolkit includes: Geologic time scale material provided by AGI Flyer on curricula and more from Nutrients for Life Foundation Water science education material from NESTA and NAGT Bureau of Land Management dinosaur coloring page National Science Foundation materials on water and careers GemKids poster from Gemological Institute of America Water Footprint Calculator information on water science USGS, NOAA, UNAVCO, CLEAN, NSS, AMS items and more AGI thanks the many AGI Member Societies and Earth Science Week Sponsors that contributed materials to this year’s toolkit. [Read More]

Alexandria, Va. — The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is pleased to introduce an important resource for teaching and learning about the geosciences: the Earth Science Week Online Toolkit. This rapidly growing, searchable compendium features classroom activities, posters, news articles, career information, teacher professional development resources, and more. Over a dozen highly visual resources dealing with the Earth Science Week 2021 theme of “Water Today and for the Future” have been recently added, including posters, infographics, and other items covering topics such as ocean acidification, coral reef restoration, groundwater, floods, hurricanes, and the hydrologic cycle. [Read More]

Alexandria, Va. — Place your order for an Earth Science Week 2021 Toolkit now. The toolkit contains everything you need to prepare for Earth Science Week (October 10-16, 2021), which celebrates the theme “Water Today and for the Future.” The toolkit includes: New Earth Science Week poster, including a learning activity NASA materials on water science on Earth and in space Geoscientists Without Borders® poster on water from SEG National Park Service resource on fossils at natural landmarks Flyer on resources from the Soil Science Society of America Geologic Map Day poster dealing with the geoscience of water Mineral Education Coalition material on aggregates IRIS flyer dealing with seismology and earthquakes AmericaView-NASA-USGS water board-game poster Flyer on curricula and more from Nutrients for Life Foundation Water science material from NESTA and NAGT Bureau of Land Management dinosaur coloring page National Science Foundation materials on water and careers GemKids poster from Gemological Institute of America Water Footprint Calculator information on water science USGS, NOAA, UNAVCO, CLEAN, NSS, AMS items and more are also available for advance order now. [Read More]

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Jonathan Arthur as its new Executive Director. He will be joining AGI on August 1, 2021. Dr. Arthur comes to AGI from the Florida Geological Survey, where he most recently served as Director and State Geologist. Dr. Arthur’s geoscience expertise is needed to address many societal issues, including climate change, the energy transition, infrastructure, water and mineral resources. [Read More]

The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is pleased to announce the release of the Directory of Geoscience Departments, 56th Edition. The Directory of Geoscience Departments is the most comprehensive source of information about geoscience departments and researchers available. The directory is invaluable for individuals working in the geosciences and all who identify or work with specialists on issues of Earth, environment, and related fields in science and engineering. This new edition provides a state- and country-sorted global listing of nearly 2,000 geoscience departments and institutes, as well as over 18,000 faculty and staff. [Read More]

Alexandria, Va. — The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) congratulates Laura Szymanski on her selection as the 2021-2022 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 Department of Geography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Szymanski studies the potential of carbon in buried soils to contribute to atmospheric carbon dioxide with land disturbance and changes in climate. [Read More]

Alexandria, Va. — The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) congratulates master’s student Hannah Field and doctoral student Mikaela Pulsipher as the 2021 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. Hannah Field is a first-year graduate student in the School of Earth Sciences at The Ohio State University. [Read More]

Alexandria, Va. — The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) congratulates master’s student Israel Jaramillo as the first-ever recipient of the AGI Scholarship for Advancing Diversity in the Geoscience Profession. This competitive scholarship provides $5,000 to support an underrepresented minority student in their transition into a geoscience graduate program. A recent recipient of a joint bachelor’s degree in geology from the University of Colorado at Boulder and the University of Wollongong in Australia, Jaramillo will begin his graduate work at the Colorado School of Mines in Fall 2021. [Read More]

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is pleased to announce that its Geoscience COVID-19 study has been extended into a second phase, thanks to continued support by the National Science Foundation (Award #2029570). The second phase of this study will focus on how the COVID-19 pandemic has permanently changed the way geoscientists work and study and how workplace and instructional environments transition into post-pandemic configurations. A key focus of the second phase of the study will be assessing pandemic-related impacts to the academic achievement and early-career trajectories of geoscience students, new graduates, and early-career geoscientists, including what strategies they are using to address these impacts. [Read More]