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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.

Spring Celebration and Awards Ceremony 2025

Please join us for Spring Celebration, our College of the Environment community's end-of-the-year gathering and awards ceremony! This year's celebration will be simpler, but just as sweet — we will have plenty of desserts and refreshing non-alcoholic beverages on hand in lieu of a buffet for everyone to enjoy as we honor this year's awardees. All faculty, staff, students, postdocs and their guests are welcome to attend. First come, first served. No registration or photo ID required. Alcohol will not be served. Tuesday, May 27, 2025, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM. Fishery Sciences Building, Lobby. For more info visit events.uw.edu.

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

The 2025 GeoProm Committee is excited to announce that we will be hosting this year's annual prom at the College Inn Pub on Friday May 30th 2025 from 8pm-12am! For those that have never attended, GeoProm is an annual event that sounds exactly like the name - a prom style event with a 'geo' and 'space' theme, complete with formal wear, music, themed food and drinks, dancing, and earth-and-space festivities (ESS Kahoot this year!). This is a 21+ event intended for graduate students, postdocs, and their friends and family. Tickets will be $40, which includes drinks (alcoholic and non-alcoholic), small bites provided by the pub (including vegetarian, vegan, and gluten free options), and the ambiance that the committee will create with our intense decorating skills.  All we need now is YOU and your loved ones, family, friends, etc to join us in the event of the season! Please fill out this registration form as soon as possible to secure your spot!  Cheers, GeoProm Committee 2025 (Jensen, Anna-Grace, Pete, & Ul… 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) "Across-arc variations of potassium isotope compositions in a fluid-dominated subduction zone and implications for global potassium recycling"

Meeting ID: 947 4241 4930 Sign up for future Petrolunch emails here. Abstract: To reveal the fluid variations in the mantle sources of arc lavas from a fluid-dominated subduction zone and to further constrain its implications for global potassium (K) recycling, we present the K isotope compositions of thirty-two arc lavas from a 220 km arc-front to back arc transect across the Kamchatka Peninsula. Our results show that arc lavas from Eastern Volcanic Front (EVF, −0.48 ± 0.02‰ to −0.19 ± 0.03‰ average at −0.37 ± 0.08‰ n=15) and Central Kamchatka Depression (CKD, −0.39 ± 0.03‰ to −0.25 ± 0.05‰ average at −0.32 ± 0.05‰ n=9) display slightly higher δ41K than those from Sredinny Range (SR, −0.44 ± 0.03‰ to −0.37 ± 0.02‰ average at −0.41 ± 0.03‰ n=5) and the mantle value (−0.42 ± 0.08‰), which indicate the incorporation of slab-derived fluids within their mantle sources. Notably, the δ41K values of CKD arc lavas show positive correlations with δ18O, and fluid indices (e.g. K/Nb, Sb/Ce, Pb/Ce and As/Ce… 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.

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. Monday, June 16, 2025, 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM.