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ESS SeismoLunch: Fred Pollitz (USGS) "Rupture process of the Mw7.0 December 5, 2024 Offshore Cape Mendocino earthquake"

Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Atmospheric Sciences-Geophysics Building (ATG). Campus room: 210. Accessibility Contact: Summer Caton, sacaton@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, April 30, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.

ESS PetroLunch: Tshering Lama Sherpa (UW ESS) "In-situ monazite geochronology and geochemistry reveals links between metamorphism and regional structure and kinematics: Insights from the Nepal Himalaya"

Meeting ID: 947 4241 4930 Sign up for future Petrolunch emails here. Abstract: Monazite is a widely used petrochronometer that can constrain the timing and duration of regional metamorphic processes in orogenic systems, as its T/REE geochemistry provides a geochemical ‘fingerprint’ of garnet stability, which can be linked to the evolution of P–T conditions during different stages of orogenesis. In this study, we advance beyond conventional applications of monazite geochronology and geochemistry by directly integrating the results with sample-specific structural and kinematic history derived from balanced cross sections. To do so, we conduct an orogen-scale study of monazite-bearing amphibolite facies Greater Himalayan Sequence (GHS) paragneiss, mica-schist and Lesser Himalayan Sequence (LHS) phyllite from four structural domains in eastern Nepal Himalaya: 1) ‘Southern GHS’: Main Central thrust (MCT) hanging wall rocks in the southern Mahabharat klippe 2) ‘Northern GHS’: MCT hanging wall rocks in the… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/94742414930. Campus room: 377, QRC. Accessibility Contact: sacaton@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings. Friday, May 2, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.

ESS Faculty Meeting

Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/97649562581. Campus room: 170. Accessibility Contact: Summer Caton, sacaton@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings. Friday, May 2, 2025, 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM.

GeoClub (UW RSO) Meeting

Once a week come socialize and learn about rocks! GeoClub is a University of Washington Registered Student Organization.  Geo Club meets every Tuesday from 5-6 pm in JHN 127​ ​ Upcoming meetings: talk from ESS undergraduate researcher, Winter Party planning, and more!​ ​ You don’t need to do anything to join, just show up! Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Campus room: JHN 127. Accessibility Contact: GeoClub officers. Event Types: Student Activities. Monday, May 5, 2025, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM.

Department of Earth and Space Sciences Awards & Honors Ceremony with Reception

The Department of Earth and Space Sciences has existed, in one form or another, for over 130 years. In that time, we are fortunate to have number of alumni and friends who helped create various scholarship funds for the students in our department. The department has a long tradition of holding a ceremony in May of each year to give out these awards and honors. https://ess.uw.edu/news-and-events/ess-awards-page/. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Campus room: JHN 102. Accessibility Contact: Summer Caton. Event Types: Special Events. Thursday, May 8, 2025, 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM.

ESS PetroLunch: Annie Bauer (U Wisconsin Madison, UW Nelson Lab Alum) "Coeval stagnant- and mobile-lid tectonic regimes in the Eoarchean"

Meeting ID: 947 4241 4930 Sign up for future Petrolunch emails here. Abstract: On Earth, the details of early tectonic settings have been obscured by billions of years of crustal destruction, burial, and recycling. When integrated with bulk-rock geochemistry and zircon U-Pb, Hf, and O isotopes, zircon trace-element chemistry from crystalline crustal rocks of the ~4.0-3.3 Ga Acasta Gneiss Complex and the ~3.9-2.7 Ga Saglek-Hebron Complex, Canada, reveal that melting of hydrated basalt was operative through the duration of magmatism in these two localities. This includes the reworking of Hadean protocrust as well as the generation of juvenile crust, potentially requiring the simultaneous operation of stagnant- and mobile-lid regimes. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/94742414930. Campus room: 377, QRC. Accessibility Contact: sacaton@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings. Friday, May 9, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.

ESS Departmental Curriculum Committee Meeting

Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Campus room: JHN 070 Conference Room. Accessibility Contact: Noell Bernard-Kingsley. Event Types: Academics. Friday, May 9, 2025, 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM.

GeoClub (UW RSO) Meeting

Once a week come socialize and learn about rocks! GeoClub is a University of Washington Registered Student Organization.  Geo Club meets every Tuesday from 5-6 pm in JHN 127​ ​ Upcoming meetings: talk from ESS undergraduate researcher, Winter Party planning, and more!​ ​ You don’t need to do anything to join, just show up! Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Campus room: JHN 127. Accessibility Contact: GeoClub officers. Event Types: Student Activities. Monday, May 12, 2025, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM.

Mindlin Public Lecture: Meenakshi Wadhwa (Arizona State University) "Bringing Mars Samples to Earth

Keywords: Planetary science, sample return missions, cosmochemistry Abstract: The planet Mars has fascinated humans for centuries. But it is only in the last few decades that robotic orbiters, landers, and rovers have allowed us to explore Mars in ever increasing detail. Nevertheless, some of our biggest questions relating to the formation and planetary-scale evolution of Mars, including its geologic and climate evolution, the history of water and volatiles, as well as the potential for the development of life in its ancient past can only be addressed by detailed analyses of carefully selected martian samples in state-of-the-art Earth-based laboratories. The campaign to return Mars samples to Earth is underway with the currently on-going collection of well-documented samples by the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. The Mars Sample Return (MSR) program represents the next phase of this campaign. I will talk about the samples that have been collected so far and those that are expected to be collected in the near… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Campus room: 102. Accessibility Contact: sacaton@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM.

Mindlin Lecture: Scott Parazynski (OnwardAir; NASA) "Innovation in the Extreme"

Keywords: Human spaceflight, aviation, eVTOL, teamwork, Everest Abstract: Dr. Parazynski will present lessons learned from his career as an explorer and innovator, where extreme environments (space, undersea, polar and Himalayan expeditions) were catalysts for innovative solutions. Bio: Scott Parazynski is a highly decorated physician, astronaut, best-selling author and tech CEO. A graduate of Stanford University and Medical School, he trained for a career in emergency medicine and trauma. In 1992 he joined NASA's Astronaut Corps and eventually flew 5 Space Shuttle missions and conducted 7 spacewalks. Inducted into the US Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2016, he is the first astronaut to have also summited Mount Everest. A prolific inventor, he is Founder and CEO of OnwardAir, focused on the development of revolutionary electric aircraft augmented with advanced control systems. Additionally, he serves on the Boards of several innovative tech companies. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Campus room: JHN 102. Accessibility Contact: Summer Caton, sacaton@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Thursday, May 15, 2025, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.

ESS Coffee and Games Drop-In Event

Join the ESS Community Committee for our monthly Coffee and Games Event! There will be free coffee, tea, snacks, and games/puzzles from 11 am - 2 pm in JHN 141. You can drop-in for a few minutes, or commit to a round of Uno! Anyone in ESS— undergrads, grads, postdocs, staff, faculty, admin, etc.— is welcome to attend. See you there! Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Campus room: 141. Accessibility Contact: Alysa Fintel (afintel@uw.edu). Event Types: Not Specified. Friday, May 16, 2025, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM.

ESS PetroLunch: Meenakshi Wadhwa (Arizona State University) "Exploration of the Solar System via Sample Return Missions"

Meeting ID: 947 4241 4930 Sign up for future Petrolunch emails here. Abstract: Over the last few decades, our understanding of how the Solar System and planets formed has been transformed by spacecraft missions that have returned samples of the Moon, solar wind, asteroids, and a comet to Earth. Detailed chemical, isotopic, and mineral analyses of these samples by state-of-the-art analytical techniques in Earth-based laboratories are contributing immensely to addressing fundamental questions about conditions and dynamics in the solar protoplanetary disk, how the rocky planets formed and evolved in the early Solar System, and how life may have originated on at least one planet (i.e. Earth). In this talk, I will discuss the results and implications of isotopic analyses in my laboratory of samples from the carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu returned by JAXA’s Hayabusa2 mission. I will additionally touch on plans to return carefully selected and documented samples from the planet Mars. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/94742414930. Campus room: 377, QRC. Accessibility Contact: sacaton@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings. Friday, May 16, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.

GeoClub (UW RSO) Meeting

Once a week come socialize and learn about rocks! GeoClub is a University of Washington Registered Student Organization.  Geo Club meets every Tuesday from 5-6 pm in JHN 127​ ​ Upcoming meetings: talk from ESS undergraduate researcher, Winter Party planning, and more!​ ​ You don’t need to do anything to join, just show up! Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Campus room: JHN 127. Accessibility Contact: GeoClub officers. Event Types: Student Activities. Monday, May 19, 2025, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM.

ESS Colloquium: Swapan Sahoo (Equinor, Principal Geologist) "Shaping a career in the energy industry – black shale to batteries"

Keywords: sedimentology, trace metals, ocean anoxia, mass extinction, energy mineral exploration Abstract: In the world of transitioning to clean energy and the rising demand for base metals (Cu, Ni, Co, Li, Nb), are we ready to meet this demand and, more importantly, do so safely and sustainably? This growing demand for base metals, which significantly exceeds the discovery rate of new deposits, necessitates enormous technological advancements in exploration. With our core competencies, the important question is—how ready are we as geoscientists? As geoscientists, we are always interested in finding minerals, but the climate emergency urges us to completely shift our approach. The global need to move away from fossil fuels is thought-provoking, but for that to happen, we must secure alternative energy sources. We need solar, wind, and, notably, electric vehicles (EVs)—collectively driving the energy transition. However, all these technologies require magnets and batteries that rely on Nb, Co, Cu, and Li as… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Campus room: JHN 102. Accessibility Contact: Summer Caton, sacaton@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Thursday, May 22, 2025, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM. For more info visit swapansahoo.com.

ESS Community Liquefaction Social

Come and enjoy beer and non-alcoholic beverages while you chat with your friends and colleagues in an informal setting! Hope to see you there! Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Campus room: JHN 141. Accessibility Contact: Liquefaction Committee. Event Types: Special Events. Thursday, May 22, 2025, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM.

ESS PetroLunch: Dr. Brennan Van Alderwerelt (Washington Geological Survey) "Accreted Terranes, Metamorphic Core Complexes, and Eocene Magmas: The Structures and Bedrock of Northeastern Washington"

Meeting ID: 947 4241 4930 Sign up for future Petrolunch emails here. Abstract: The bedrock of northeastern Washington preserves a dynamic record of crustal evolution, where Mesozoic accreted terranes are overprinted by regional Eocene extension and magmatism. In the ‘Orient’ quad of the Okanogan Highlands, a dense concentration of historic mine sites and mineralized systems are spatially associated with the Eocene intrusions, suggesting much of the mineralization in the region formed in response to crustal extension during or shortly after the accretion of the Siletzia terrane. This talk will highlight ongoing Earth MRI-supported work by the Washington Geological Survey aimed at unraveling the structural and petrologic complexity of the region. Through detailed mapping, petrography, geochemistry, geochronology, and geothermobarometry, the project seeks to constrain the timing of deformation, the emplacement conditions of Eocene plutons, and the structural and geochemical controls on mineralization in the… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/94742414930. Campus room: 377, QRC. Accessibility Contact: sacaton@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings. Friday, May 23, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.

Community E.S.S. (Engaging Social Stitching) and crafts!

Note! There's been a request to change this event to Fridays! So we will now meet on the Third Friday of the month at 2pm! Psychologists at Angila Ruskin University in Cambridge published a study in August 2024 which provides strong support for the positive wellbeing benefits of engaging in arts and crafting!  https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1417997/full All ESS community members (staff, grad & undergrad students, faculty, postdocs) please join us for an arts and craft hour on the third Friday of the month! Bring your preferred craft and come hang out! Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Campus room: JHN 141. Accessibility Contact: Noell Bernard-Kingsley. Event Types: Student Activities. Friday, May 23, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM.

GeoClub (UW RSO) Meeting

Once a week come socialize and learn about rocks! GeoClub is a University of Washington Registered Student Organization.  Geo Club meets every Tuesday from 5-6 pm in JHN 127​ ​ Upcoming meetings: talk from ESS undergraduate researcher, Winter Party planning, and more!​ ​ You don’t need to do anything to join, just show up! Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Campus room: JHN 127. Accessibility Contact: GeoClub officers. Event Types: Student Activities. Monday, May 26, 2025, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM.

ESS SeismoLunch: Steve Angster (USGS) "Kittitas Valley paleoseismology"

Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Atmospheric Sciences-Geophysics Building (ATG). Campus room: 210. Accessibility Contact: Summer Caton, sacaton@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Wednesday, May 28, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.

GeoProm 2025

Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: GeoProm Committee. Event Types: Not Specified. Friday, May 30, 2025, 8:00 PM – 11:00 PM.

GeoClub (UW RSO) Meeting

Once a week come socialize and learn about rocks! GeoClub is a University of Washington Registered Student Organization.  Geo Club meets every Tuesday from 5-6 pm in JHN 127​ ​ Upcoming meetings: talk from ESS undergraduate researcher, Winter Party planning, and more!​ ​ You don’t need to do anything to join, just show up! Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Campus room: JHN 127. Accessibility Contact: GeoClub officers. Event Types: Student Activities. Monday, June 2, 2025, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM.

ESS PetroLunch: Dr. Haiyang Liu (Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences) "TBD"

Meeting ID: 947 4241 4930 Sign up for future Petrolunch emails here. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/94742414930. Campus room: 377, QRC. Accessibility Contact: sacaton@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings. Friday, June 6, 2025, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.

ESS Faculty Meeting

Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/97649562581. Campus room: 170. Accessibility Contact: Summer Caton, sacaton@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings. Friday, June 6, 2025, 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM.

GeoClub (UW RSO) Meeting

Once a week come socialize and learn about rocks! GeoClub is a University of Washington Registered Student Organization.  Geo Club meets every Tuesday from 5-6 pm in JHN 127​ ​ Upcoming meetings: talk from ESS undergraduate researcher, Winter Party planning, and more!​ ​ You don’t need to do anything to join, just show up! Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Campus room: JHN 127. Accessibility Contact: GeoClub officers. Event Types: Student Activities. Monday, June 9, 2025, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM.

ESS Departmental Curriculum Committee Meeting

Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Campus room: JHN 070 Conference Room. Accessibility Contact: Noell Bernard-Kingsley. Event Types: Academics. Friday, June 13, 2025, 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM.

2025 ESS Graduation Celebration!

We are so excited to celebrate our graduating ESSers! The ESS Graduation celebration is a ticketed event, a RSVP request will be sent early in Spring Quarter. Our program will begin at 5:00pm, with refreshments starting at 4:15pm in the HUB Lyceum Foyer. Watch your email for more information! Event interval: Single day event. Campus room: HUB Lyceum. Accessibility Contact: Noell Bernard-Kingsley. Event Types: Ceremonies. Friday, June 13, 2025, 4:15 PM – 6:30 PM.