26 Dec:Penguin evolution revisited (ODT article).
18 Nov:Volcanologist Mick May believes it is highly unlikely that the Pink and White Terraces survived the 1886 eruption that engulfed them (ODT article).
22 Oct: In the annual teaching excellence poll organised by OUSA, students voted Professor Alan Cooper as Top Ten Teacher for 2010
6 Sept:Find out more about the magnitude 7.0-7.1 "Darfield Earthquake"(Near Christchurch)(updated 8-9-2010: 10:45 am)
2 Sept: Geology Department seeks Scientific Officer for one-year fixed term position (update: position filled)
9 Aug: Geology Department seeks two new lecturers (update: applications closed 1 November)
29 July: Scientists plan to drill deep into Alpine Fault
29 June: Nathalie Lefebvre has been awarded the Eloise Gerry Fellowship, from the Graduate Women in Science for her study of eruptive processes at maar-diatreme volcanoes in Arizona, USA.
16 June: Carolyn Gorny has been awarded a Postgraduate Research Grant by the International Association of Sedimentologists for her study of subglacial volcaniclastic deposits in Iceland.
16 June: Nathalie Lefebvre has been awarded a Student Research Grant by the Society of Economic Geologists for her study of eruptive processes at maar-diatreme volcanoes in Arizona, USA.
2 June: 2010 Wollaston Medal of the Geological Society of London awarded to Prof. Rick Sibson
28 May: New "home" of the Geology Department's seismology and marine geology groups
21 May: Short course by Prof Robert Bodnar on "Fluids in Magmatic-Hydrothermal Systems