Alexandria, Va. — The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is saddened to share the news that colleague and friend Dr. Jan van Sant passed away on October 26, 2023, at the age of 91. Dr. van Sant served as Executive Director of the AGI Foundation for many years, raising more than $20 million and overseeing support for numerous AGI education programs and initiatives benefiting the geoscience community. Prior to that, his career spanned decades with ExxonMobil and Penzoil. [Read More]

The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) welcomes new members to the AGI Board of Directors and congratulates Keri A. Nutter as she takes office as AGI President. New and outgoing members of the Board of Directors are being recognized during the Friends of AGI Reception on October 17 at the Geological Society of America’s GSA Connects 2023. The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) welcomes the following members to their roles on the Board of Directors: [Read More]

Alexandria, Va. — The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is excited to announce the availability of The Geoscience Handbook in print, as well as additional resources to assist educators, students, and the wider geoscience community. Reprinted by popular demand, The Geoscience Handbook is now available exclusively through the AGI Online Store and is discounted 10% off retail price through October 31, 2023. Learn more about this comprehensive resource, available in both a full-color spiral-bound print format and a digital edition. [Read More]

Alexandria, Va. — The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) and Earth Science Week program partners invite students, educators, geoscience professionals, and others to participate in the “Geoscience Innovating for Earth and People” Webinar Series during Earth Science Week (October 8-14, 2023). This webinar series will cover an array of thought-provoking, timely topics relating to the theme and will feature: Partnerships Provide Safe Drinking Water to Rural Communities, 1 p.m. EDT, Monday, October 9. [Read More]

The American Geoscience Institute (AGI) recently concluded a multi-year research project, funded by the National Science Foundation (Award #2029570), that examined the short- and long-term effects of the pandemic on the geoscience workforce and academic programs. The study, which commenced in May 2020, mapped the journey from pre-pandemic to post-pandemic environments for geoscience employers, non-academic geoscientists, academic faculty, geoscience college and university students, and recent geoscience graduates from 2014 through 2022. [Read More]

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is pleased to announce the publication of Vision and Change in the Geosciences: Shaping the Future of Graduate Geoscience Education. Building on the landmark 2018 Vision and Change, this new report articulates a vision for the future of geoscience graduate education — encompassing Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences — and identifies strategies for transformative change in graduate geoscience education. Since 2018, more than 300 geoscientists in the academic and employer communities have collectively developed a vision for the future of geoscience graduate education. [Read More]

Alexandria, Va. — The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is pleased to announce its new Early Career Professionals in Mapping webinar series, generously supported by the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program. The webinar series features early-career geoscience professionals sharing their work related to mapping, especially geologic mapping, as well as their experiences beginning as geoscience professionals. This webinar series is geared towards high school students and the general public. [Read More]

Alexandria, Va. — The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is pleased to recognize Dr. Rodney C. Ewing, professor in the Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, Stanford Doerr School for Sustainability, as the 2023 recipient of the William B. Heroy Jr. Award for Distinguished Service to AGI. This award is given in recognition of exceptional and beneficial long-term service to the Institute. A well-known and respected scientist with expertise in mineralogy, geochemistry, materials science, and nuclear materials, Dr. [Read More]

Alexandria, Va. — Order your 2023 Earth Science Week Toolkit today. The toolkit contains everything you need to prepare for Earth Science Week (October 8-14, 2023), which celebrates the theme “Geoscience Innovating for Earth and People.” The 2023 Earth Science Week toolkit includes: A 12-month school-year activity calendar, suitable for hanging The 2023 Earth Science Week poster, including instructional ideas An Explore the Globe game poster using satellite images (NASA) A Geologic Map Day poster on the use of lidar in geoscience Climate literacy and climate resiliency booklets (NOAA) Jobs of Tomorrow (Mineral Education Coalition) Discovering Caves (National Speleological Society) Geoscience in the news (American Geophysical Union) Earthquakes and plate tectonics infosheet (EarthScope Consortium) A geologic timescale and more (American Institute of Professional Geologists) Innovations in geoscience (Association for Women Geoscientists) Fossils of federal lands (U. [Read More]

Alexandria, Va. — The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is pleased to announce the release of its annual report, Building a Sustainable Geoscience Future. The report highlights many of the impactful activities of AGI from October 2021 through September 2022 and provides audited financial statements covering the past three fiscal years. “As this report shows, AGI is collaborating in many ways with partners throughout the geoscience community to ensure the sustainability of our federation, our profession, and our planet,” says AGI Executive Director Jonathan Arthur. [Read More]