Earth Sciences News Archive
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Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Winnipeg Free Press: U of M researchers, exploration firms team up for lithium hunt
June 20, 2024 —
U of M researchers, exploration firms team up for lithium hunt
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Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Fascinating Manitobans: U of M professor recognized for breakthrough research
January 26, 2024 —
Dr. Kirstin Brink from the department of Earth Sciences in the Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources has been named one of Manitoba’s top 100 ‘most fascinating individuals’ in 2023
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Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Celebrating excellence in teaching – 2023 Riddell Teaching Awards
November 23, 2023 —
The Clayton H. Riddell Faculty celebrates the accomplishments of its teaching staff from 2023.
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Congratulations to three new UM Distinguished Professors
July 14, 2021 —
Dr. Mostafa Fayek, Dr. Thomas Hack, and Dr. Sandra Kouritzin are 2021 recipients, effective May 19
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Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Re-introducing the Department of Earth Sciences
June 29, 2021 —
The University of Manitoba's Board of Governors has approved a name change for the Department of Geological Sciences to the Department of Earth Sciences
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Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
2021 Riddell Undergraduate Thesis Prize
June 18, 2021 —
2021 Undergraduate Thesis Prize Winner
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Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Meet the 2021 Riddell Faculty Medal Recipients
June 17, 2021 —
2021 Riddell Faculty Medal Recipients
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Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
Trifecta of research awards for Riddell Faculty graduate students
June 9, 2021 —
Six graduate students from the Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources have won the trifecta of Tri-Council awards this year, with one CIHR, three SSHRC, and two NSERC awards for their personal research projects.
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Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
UM researcher part of team that finds surprising connection between dinosaurs and mammals
December 23, 2020 —
Kirstin Brink is part of a team that discovered that gorgonopsians, early ancestors to mammals and not related to dinosaurs, have very similar tooth structure to carnivorous dinosaurs.
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Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
The story of rocks
October 19, 2017 —
New exhibit at the Cretaceous Menagerie in the Wallace Building uniquely pairs Inuit carvings with the rock types from which they are made