Colorado Senator John Hickenlooper will be among the featured speakers at “The American Geosciences Institute at 75: Implementing a Vision of Sustainability as a Unifying Geoscience Framework”, a Special Session of the Geological Society of America’s GSA Connects 2022 National Conference, 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m. MDT, Monday, October 10, 2022, in the Mile High Ballroom 2C, Colorado Convention Center, Denver, Colorado. Conference attendees are invited to join past and present leaders of the American Geosciences Institute (AGI) and prominent geoscientists from across the geoscience community in recognizing the 75th Anniversary of the Institute. [Read More]

In collaboration with Earth Science Week program partners, the American Geosciences Institute (AGI) invites students, educators, geoscience professionals, and others to participate in the “Earth Science for a Sustainable World” Webinar Series during Earth Science Week (October 9-15, 2022) and/or view recordings after the event. This webinar series will cover an array of thought-provoking, timely topics relating to the Earth Science Week 2022 theme of “Earth Science for a Sustainable World. [Read More]

Alexandria, Va. — The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) congratulates Ph.D. student Selena Martinez as the 2022 recipient of the AGI Scholarship for Advancing Diversity in the Geoscience Profession. This competitive scholarship provides $5,000 to support an underrepresented minority student for their transition into a geoscience graduate program. A recent recipient of a bachelor’s degree in Earth and Planetary Sciences from Yale University, Martinez began her graduate studies at the University of Chicago in Fall 2022. [Read More]

The American Geosciences Institute (AGI) is pleased to announce the launch of its new Geoscience Event Calendar, featuring events sponsored by AGI Federation organizations. The calendar is available for free and features events posted by AGI Member Societies, International Associates, Regional Associates, Trade Associates, Academic Associates, and Liaison Organizations. Now geoscience professionals can go to one place to see many major events taking place in the coming months and years, and society leaders can plan future events with the help of a resource that provides a clear view of the timing of upcoming events. [Read More]

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]