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Join fellow alumni, faculty, and friends for an evening of celebration and connection at the UK Geology Alumni Celebration.
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Join fellow alumni, faculty, and friends for an evening of celebration and connection at the UK Geology Alumni Celebration.
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Join the UK Geology Graduate Group (G3) “On the Hill” at the final Keeneland weekend race meet for Fall 2025. Contact Abby Portwood (G3 President) for location, ticket information, and other details: 859-213-8383.
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Join fellow alumni, faculty, and friends for an evening of celebration and connection at the UK Geology Alumni Celebration.
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Campus Tours (as requested)
Contact Dave Moecher 859-492-6749 or email moker@uky.edu
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Join fellow alumni, faculty, and friends for an evening of celebration and connection at the UK Geology Alumni Celebration.
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Refreshments served.
Hear about the research and teaching initiatives EES faculty are working on, with a special emphasis on new and junior faculty.
The Zoom link to join the symposium is HERE
Faculty Symposium Schedule
| Time | Speaker | Title |
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| 9:00 a.m. | Dave Moecher (moderator) | Opening remarks |
| 9:05 a.m. | Noah Randolph-Flagg, Assistant Professor | Hot Water! Hydrothermal Hazards and Critical Minerals |
| 9:25 a.m. | Caleb Walcott-George, Assistant Professor | Tracking Quaternary glacier change with electrons: the new Luminescence at University of Kentucky (LUKY) Lab |
| 9:45 a.m. | Ryan Thigpen, Associate Professor | Geologic and Human Impacts of Recent Extreme Climate Events in the Appalachians |
| 10:05 a.m. | Sarah Johnson, Research Assistant Professor; Summer Brown, Senior Lecturer | Visualizing Earth’s Changes: Using lidar to understand landslides and the evolution of landscapes |
| 10:25 a.m. | Mike McGlue, Professor and Director of KGS | Geology to Build Resilience in Kentucky and Abroad in the Pioneer Lab |
| 10:45 a.m. | — | Break |
| 11:00 a.m. | Trisha Spanbauer, Assistant Professor | Ancient Environmental DNA: A new tool for reconstructing the history of ecosystems |
| 11:20 a.m. | Professor Summer Brown, Senior Lecturer and Director of Undergraduate Studies | Demystifying Natural Hazards in Appalachia: Field Experiences and Outreach Efforts |
| 11:40 a.m. | Andrea Erhardt, Associate Professor and DGS | Nitrate Isotopes and Flood Waters in Kentucky |
| 12:00 p.m. | Rebecca Freeman, Associate Professor | Physical Geology is Not Like You Remember: Interactive H5P e-books and Python Data Visualizations for Today’s Students |
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Join fellow alumni, faculty, and friends for an evening of celebration and connection at the UK Geology Alumni Celebration.
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Join fellow alumni, faculty, and friends for an evening of celebration and connection at the UK Geology Alumni Celebration.
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Join us on the UK campus this fall to reunite with fellow alumni, faculty and students of the Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences.
Rast-Holbrook Seminar lecture by Prof. Jack Pashin (UK M.S. ’85, Ph.D. ’90) and 2025 Distinguished Geology Alumnus presentation ceremony.
Room 102 Mining and Mineral Resources Bldg.: [physical address = 310 Columbia Ave; also accessible from Rose Street, now called “Alumni Commons”]
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Join fellow alumni, faculty, and friends for an evening of celebration and connection at the UK Geology Alumni Celebration.
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