Congratulations to alumni Colleen Kurcinka, MSc '14, and Duncan MacKay, PhD '14 on receiving best theses awards from the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (CSPG). Each year the CSPG gives awards to the best MSc and PhD theses in fields relevant to the petroleum industry. This marks the first time that one university (and one supervisor) has had students win both awards. Both were supervised by Dr. Robert Dalrymple.
The award winning theses...
Date: Tuesday, January 26th
Time: 4:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Location: The Head-frame Room at TECK Resources Ltd.
Suite 3300, 550 Burrard Street
Vancouver, BC
On Friday, January 22nd Dr. S. George Pemberton Professor and C. R. Stelck Chair in Petroleum Geology, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, will be giving a talk in the Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering.
Dr Pemberton will be presenting on "Assessing Permeability/Porosity Trends in Bioturbated Media".
Dr. Pemberton is the CSPG 2016 Distinguished Lecturer.
When: Friday, January 22, 2016
Time: 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Where: Miller Hall, Room 105
On Friday, January 15th Bradford Cooke, CEO and Director, Endeavour Silver Corp., Vancouver, BC, will be giving a talk in the Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering.
Mr Cooke will be presenting on "Corporate Social Integrity, The Endeavour Way, or Why “Who You Are” Determines the Strength of Your Community Relationships"
When: Friday, January 15, 2016
Time: 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Where: Miller Hall, Room 105
January 15 - 17, 2016
Instructor: Dr. Heather Jamieson
To register, please contact: geolcourses@queensu.ca
On Thursday, January 7thDr. Karen Hudson-Edwards, Professor of Environmental Geochemistry and Mineralogy, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London, will be giving a talk in the Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering.
Dr. Hudson-Edwards will be presenting on “Biogeochemical Cycling from the Nano to the Global Scale: Pathways, Products and Practicalities”
When: Thursday, January 7, 2016
Time: 11:30 am
Where: Miller Hall, Room 105
It is with great sadness that the family of Ross Friedrich Burns announces his sudden passing on November 30, 2015. Ross was born February 23, 1944 ...
Congratulations to all Named TAship award recipients for fall term, 2015. Named TAship awards acknowledge a TA who has gone above and beyond to assist students in the classroom.
Dr. T. Alexander Dececchi, William White Post-Doctoral Fellow, will be instructing a new course on Vertebrate Paleontology.
GEOL 342 Vertebrate Paleontology
Description: An introduction to the study of vertebrates from their origins to...
The department's annual newsletter, GeoNews 2015 has just been released. Find out what's been happening in the department in 2015, including awards, announcements, alumni news and more.
