Geology at Leicester news

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2020

• First Dennis Field Award Triple Win
• Alumnus Robert Kaemba appointed Zambia Exploration Manager for First Quantum Minerals Ltd
• Analysis of coral reveals long-term climate impact in Southeast Asia
• Students on the LafargeHolcim PGCert Quarry Management course visit the School of Geography, Geology and the Environment
• Jurassic calamari: amazing fossil proves that flying reptiles preyed on squid

2019

• Emeritus Professor wins Humming Bird Gold Medal
• Leicester Geologists play prominent part SGA 2019 Glasgow
• Academics celebrate winning Prospect Think Tank Award
• The University of Leicester receives MOVE software worth £1,334,160.00 donated by Petroleum Experts Limited
• The world of business on an Anthropocene Earth

2018

• Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship Professor Jens Zinke
• Jane Turns 10 - a Celebration of Jane the T. rex at the University of Leicester
• 59th Annual Bennett Lecture 
• Leicester PhD students win awards at major palaeontology conference

2017

• Leicester to host Progressive Palaeontology 2017
• Dr Anthony (Tony) Evans (Obituary)
• Leicester Geology PhD students receive funding for outreach activities for the 2017 Yorkshire Fossil Festival
• Thomas Hearing wins 2017 P C Sylvester-Bradley Award
• Dr Nina Jordan wins Geological Society Joint Regional Group Photo Competition
• Postgraduate research day showcases excellent work by our PhD students
• Funded PhD Studentships for October 2017 entry
• "A Plastic Ocean" screening 20 March 5.30pm, Lecture Theatre 1, Bennett Building
• Dr Trevor Ford OBE (Obituary)
• 58th Annual Bennett Lecture
• Departmental Research Seminars 2016-17

2016

• Dr Colin Waters granted Honorary Professor at University of Leicester
• Department hosts Petrophysics Summer School
• Leicester geologists will be travelling to Mexico to learn more about the ancient Chicxulub impact crater
• Integrated Imaging of the Earth
• 57th Annual Bennett Lecture

2015

• Geology postgraduate takes to the stage at prestigious conference
• Core blimey!
• Professor Jan Zalasiewicz in upcoming public events
• Catastrophic Events in Bradford
• Robots, Rocks and Research Drilling
• Sample, Log, Repeat: the quest for dating the retreat of the British Irish Ice Sheet
• Excellent results in the 2015 National Student Survey for Geology at Leicester
• Fenland researcher attends Norfolk Biodiversity Partnership Awards in Norwich
• 56th Annual Bennett Lecture
• ECORD Distinguished Lecturer Programme "Reconstructing palaeo-circulation: Reading sediment drifts with the aid of IODP information"
• From Hooke to Helioseismology – the UK’s contribution to seismology – past, present and future
• Postgraduate Research Day showcases variety of PhD projects in the Department of Geology
• Geology Society Charity Events