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ESS Pre-Colloquium Refreshments
Join us for pre-colloquium refreshments in the ESS Common Room (JHN 141)!
Drop by before the colloquium to enjoy light snacks, tea, and hot water for your favorite brew. It's a great chance to connect with colleagues and this week's speaker before heading over together for the talk.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Campus room: 141. Accessibility Contact: Disability Services Office, dso@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings.
Thursday, May 21, 2026, 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
ESS Colloquium: Nick Zentner (Central Washington University) "Westward Subduction and Alaska's Brooks Range"
Keywords: subduction, Brooks Range, Alaska Tectonics.
Abstract: Field mapping of Alaska's Brooks Range clearly demonstrates a collision of North America with an oceanic island arc that once dominated the northern Pacific Ocean. The geometry of the collisional suite in the Brooks Range strongly indicates westward subduction of an oceanic plate beneath the Koyukuk Arc. Why is westward subduction so difficult to imagine for younger collisions in Washington's tectonic history?
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Campus room: JHN 102. Accessibility Contact: Disability Services Office, dso@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, May 21, 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
For more info visit www.nickzentner.com. UW 3MT Competition featuring ESS PhD Candidates Tamara Aránguiz-Rago & Paul Morgan!
I’m excited to announce that Tamara Aránguiz-Rago will be presenting at this year’s UW Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition on May 21! Tamara’s talk is titled When Climate Turns Off, But Tectonics Do Not.
I cordially invite graduate students, staff, and faculty in support of Tamara. Her 3MT profile can be found here.
I’m excited to announce that Paul Morgan will be presenting at this year’s UW Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition on May 21! His talk is titled Damability Maps Can Help Prevent Landslide Dam Disasters.
I cordially invite graduate students, staff, and faculty in support of Paul. His 3MT profile can be found here.
, Register to attend, UW Three Minute Thesis (UW 3MT)
Thursday, May 21, 2026, 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Doors open at 3:30 p.m. | Event starts promptly at 4 p.m.
HUB Lyceum (Google map), UW Seattle
This event will not be livestreamed or recorded.
Send questions to uw3mt@uw.edu
In front of a general audience and a panel of esteemed judges, graduate student presenters will compete by doing…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Student Union Building (HUB). Online Meeting Link: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/DLwdpuiXfd. Campus room: HUB Lyceum. Accessibility Contact: Noell Bernard-Kingsley. Event Types: Academics.
Thursday, May 21, 2026, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM.
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!
The Liquefaction Committee is excited to announce that thanks to some very generous donations, we will be hosting Liquefaction every Thursday after our departmental colloquium for the Spring 2026 quarter! For this quarter, we will try to host outside in the Johnson Hall courtyard as often as possible, depending on the weather (JHN 141 will be our back up if the weather does not cooperate).
For those not aware, Liquefaction is entirely donation funded and costs ~$40-50 each time we have an event. If we are unable to sustain Liquefaction based on donations we receive, we may have to cancel events or host entirely non-alcoholic Liquefactions. If you’re feeling generous right now, donate here!
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Campus room: Courtyard (JHN 141 if poor weather). Accessibility Contact: Liquefaction Committee. Event Types: Special Events.
Thursday, May 21, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM.
General Exam: Luan Heywood
Committee:
Muth (Chair)
Walczak, OCEAN (GSR)
Bergantz
Teng.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Campus room: JHN 170. Accessibility Contact: Noell Bernard-Kingsley. Event Types: Academics.
Friday, May 22, 2026, 10:30 AM – 1:30 PM.
Final Exam: Madeleine Lucas
Geophysical and Geomorphological Signatures of Accretionary Wedge Faulting at the Cascadia Subduction Zone
Committee:
Tobin (Chair)
Schmidt
Wirth
Duvall
Solomon (GSR).
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Atmospheric Sciences-Geophysics Building (ATG). Campus room: ATG 210. Accessibility Contact: Noell Bernard-Kingsley. Event Types: Academics.
Friday, May 22, 2026, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM.
Weekly Department Lunch Break in JHN 141!
Drop-in and bring your lunch on Fridays (except holidays and quarter breaks!) in the department community room!
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Campus room: JHN 141. Accessibility Contact: Noell Bernard-Kingsley. Event Types: Meetings.
Friday, May 22, 2026, 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM.
ESS Main Office & Student Services Closing at NOON
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: 206-543-1190. Event Types: Not Specified.
Friday, May 22, 2026, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
ESS PetroLunch: Peng Ni (UCLA) "Origin of some of the world's finest diamonds: clues from Fe and Mg isotopes"
Please join us in-person in the QRC (JHN 377, preferred option), zoom link available by request. For recipients not already on the Petrolunch email list, you can subscribe using the following link:
http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/petrolunch.
We hold semi-weekly talks on mineralogy, geochemistry, igneous petrology and metamorphic petrology that are open to all.
Short abstract:
Most natural diamonds form at depths of 120 to 200 km in Earth’s lithospheric mantle. A small fraction, however, originates much deeper. This group of diamonds, known as sublithospheric diamonds, includes some of the largest and finest diamonds in the world. These diamonds can contain tiny mineral inclusions that represent some of the deepest samples of Earth’s interior and provide clues to how the diamonds formed. In this talk, I will show how Fe and Mg isotope analyses of these mineral inclusions illuminate the journey these deep diamonds have experienced and their implications for Earth’s deep geochemical cycles.…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Campus room: 377, QRC. Accessibility Contact: sacaton@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings.
Friday, May 22, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM.
Department Closed for Holiday
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: 206-543-1190. Event Types: Not Specified.
Monday, May 25, 2026.
UW Environment Spring Celebration & College Awards Ceremony
Celebrate the end of the year with us at Spring Celebration & College Awards 2026! Enjoy desserts, non‑alcoholic drinks and time for relaxed socializing as we honor this year's awardees. This year games are back, so bring your competitive spirit.
All faculty, staff, students, postdocs and their guests are welcome. No RSVP needed. .
Tuesday, May 26, 2026, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Fishery Sciences Building
First Floor, Lobby.
For more info visit events.uw.edu. General Exam: Andrea Nodal
Committee:
Gorman-Lewis (Chair)
Bundy (GSR), OCEAN
Morris, OCEAN
Nuun, Genome Sciences.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Accessibility Contact: Noell Bernard-Kingsley. Event Types: Academics.
Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM.
General Exam: Anna Grace Ulses
Planetary Context for Exoplanet Biosignatures and Implications for the Search for Life
Committee:
Krissansen-Totton (Chair)
Gray, OCEAN (GSR)
Catling
Journaux
Meadows.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Campus room: JHN 170. Accessibility Contact: Noell Bernard-Kingsley. Event Types: Academics.
Thursday, May 28, 2026, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM.
General Exam: Sabrina Kainz
Committee:
Cantine (Chair)
Ogston, OCEAN (GSR)
Bundy, OCEAN
Teng
Trower, Boulder.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Campus room: JHN 127. Accessibility Contact: Noell Bernard-Kingsley. Event Types: Academics.
Thursday, May 28, 2026, 11:30 AM – 2:30 PM.
ESS Pre-Colloquium Refreshments
Join us for pre-colloquium refreshments in the ESS Common Room (JHN 141)!
Drop by before the colloquium to enjoy light snacks, tea, and hot water for your favorite brew. It's a great chance to connect with colleagues and this week's speaker before heading over together for the talk.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Campus room: 141. Accessibility Contact: Disability Services Office, dso@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings.
Thursday, May 28, 2026, 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
ESS Colloquium: Philipp Ruprecht (University of Nevada, Reno) "A unique magmatic system and its evolving landscape during volcanic unrest – Cordon Caulle, Chile"
Keywords:
Volcanic and surface hazards, multi-disciplinary data integration, rhyolitic eruptions
Abstract: Few volcanic centers are affected by linked hazards and are as volcanically active as the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle volcanic complex: Three large rhyolitic eruptions in the last 100 years, past volcanic activity that was trigger by a megathrust earthquake, an active magmatic system that extends over more than 100 km2 with inflation rates on the order of centimeter to decimeter year, and an over-steepened and out of equilibrium landscape because of a recent shallow magma intrusion and voluminous tephra deposition are goalposts of this volcanic system. In this seminar, I will focus primarily on 2011-12 rhyolitic explosive and effusive eruption that was recorded in unprecedented detail. During the transition from explosive to effusive volcanism a shallow intrusion formed. It displaced the thick pumice fall deposits that are now faulted and folded and that provide numerous pathways for meteoric water to…
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Campus room: JHN 075. Accessibility Contact: Disability Services Office, dso@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, May 28, 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
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!
The Liquefaction Committee is excited to announce that thanks to some very generous donations, we will be hosting Liquefaction every Thursday after our departmental colloquium for the Spring 2026 quarter! For this quarter, we will try to host outside in the Johnson Hall courtyard as often as possible, depending on the weather (JHN 141 will be our back up if the weather does not cooperate).
For those not aware, Liquefaction is entirely donation funded and costs ~$40-50 each time we have an event. If we are unable to sustain Liquefaction based on donations we receive, we may have to cancel events or host entirely non-alcoholic Liquefactions. If you’re feeling generous right now, donate here!
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Campus room: Courtyard (JHN 141 if poor weather). Accessibility Contact: Liquefaction Committee. Event Types: Special Events.
Thursday, May 28, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM.
Weekly Department Lunch Break in JHN 141!
Drop-in and bring your lunch on Fridays (except holidays and quarter breaks!) in the department community room!
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Campus room: JHN 141. Accessibility Contact: Noell Bernard-Kingsley. Event Types: Meetings.
Friday, May 29, 2026, 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM.
ESS Community Silent Book Club
Come read with us just for the joy of it! While not an official chapter, we join fellow book-lovers in a global community of Silent Book Club Members!
Unlike traditional book clubs, there's no assigned reading, deadlines, pre-selected materials, or pressure!
We meet once a month on the first Tuesday (except holidays and quarter breaks!) in JHN 141.
The meeting structure is:
15 mins of optional socialization and settling in (make yourself a cup of tea!)
1 hour of silent reading
15 mins of optional chatting
Students, staff, faculty, postdocs, and community members are all welcome! Bring a drink, a book, and a friend!
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Campus room: JHN 141. Accessibility Contact: Noell Bernard-Kingsley. Event Types: Not Specified.
Tuesday, June 2, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM.
ESS Pre-Colloquium Refreshments
Join us for pre-colloquium refreshments in the ESS Common Room (JHN 141)!
Drop by before the colloquium to enjoy light snacks, tea, and hot water for your favorite brew. It's a great chance to connect with colleagues and this week's speaker before heading over together for the talk.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Campus room: 141. Accessibility Contact: Disability Services Office, dso@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings.
Thursday, June 4, 2026, 3:00 PM – 3:30 PM.
ESS Colloquium: Scott Montgomery (UW Jackson School of International Studies) "TBD"
Keywords: TBD
Abstract: TBD.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Campus room: JHN 075. Accessibility Contact: Disability Services Office, dso@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars.
Thursday, June 4, 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
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!
The Liquefaction Committee is excited to announce that thanks to some very generous donations, we will be hosting Liquefaction every Thursday after our departmental colloquium for the Spring 2026 quarter! For this quarter, we will try to host outside in the Johnson Hall courtyard as often as possible, depending on the weather (JHN 141 will be our back up if the weather does not cooperate).
For those not aware, Liquefaction is entirely donation funded and costs ~$40-50 each time we have an event. If we are unable to sustain Liquefaction based on donations we receive, we may have to cancel events or host entirely non-alcoholic Liquefactions. If you’re feeling generous right now, donate here!
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Campus room: Courtyard (JHN 141 if poor weather). Accessibility Contact: Liquefaction Committee. Event Types: Special Events.
Thursday, June 4, 2026, 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM.
Weekly Department Lunch Break in JHN 141!
Drop-in and bring your lunch on Fridays (except holidays and quarter breaks!) in the department community room!
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Campus room: JHN 141. Accessibility Contact: Noell Bernard-Kingsley. Event Types: Meetings.
Friday, June 5, 2026, 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM.
ESS Faculty Meeting
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/99910227880. Campus room: 170. Accessibility Contact: Disability Services Office, dso@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings.
Friday, June 5, 2026, 2:30 PM – 5:00 PM.
ESS & Geoclub Spring BBQ
Come join GeoClub and the ESS Department for our annual Spring BBQ & Potluck on Friday, June 5th as we wrap up the 2025-2026 academic year as a community. Please let us know if you are bringing anything / have any food allergies!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UKzlHkHuwiZdH9SLYRj88sMcdxvZQbcEjmaOz0KNfq0/edit?usp=sharing.
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Campus room: Courtyard (JHN 141 if poor weather). Accessibility Contact: sacaton@uw.edu. Event Types: Special Events.
Friday, June 5, 2026, 4:30 PM – 7:30 PM.
Weekly Department Lunch Break in JHN 141!
Drop-in and bring your lunch on Fridays (except holidays and quarter breaks!) in the department community room!
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Johnson Hall (JHN). Campus room: JHN 141. Accessibility Contact: Noell Bernard-Kingsley. Event Types: Meetings.
Friday, June 12, 2026, 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM.
2026 ESS Graduation Celebration!
Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Student Union Building (HUB). Campus room: HUB Lyceum. Accessibility Contact: Noell Bernard-Kingsley. Event Types: Ceremonies.
Friday, June 12, 2026, 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM.
ESS Main Office & Student Services Closing at NOON
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: 206-543-1190. Event Types: Not Specified.
Thursday, June 18, 2026, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Department Closed for Holiday
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: 206-543-1190. Event Types: Not Specified.
Friday, June 19, 2026.
ESS Main Office & Student Services Closing at NOON
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: 206-543-1190. Event Types: Not Specified.
Thursday, July 2, 2026, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
Department Closed for Holiday
Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: 206-543-1190. Event Types: Not Specified.
Friday, July 3, 2026.