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Barbara L. Dutrow, Adolphe G. Gueymard Professor of Geology at the Louisiana State University (USA), was elected to the Board of Governors of the Gemological Institute of America (GIA). Frank C. Hawthorne, Distinguished Professor at the University of Manitoba (Canada) was appointed a Companion of the Order of Canada on 29 December 2017.
Read MoreBurns, Grew, and Hazen Elected as Foreign Honorary Members of the Russian Mineralogical Society
At its 200th Anniversary Meeting in St. Petersburg (Russia), held 10–13 October 2017, the Russian Mineralogical Society elected Peter C. Burns, Henry Massman Professor at the University of Notre Dame (Indiana, USA); Edward S. Grew, Research Professor at the University of Maine (USA); and Robert M. Hazen, Senior Staff Scientist of the Geophysical Laboratory (Washington D.C., USA) and Executive Director of the Deep Carbon Observatory, as Foreign Honorary Members of the society.
Read MoreIMA 2016 Mineral of the Year: Merelaniite
The International Mineralogical Association is pleased to announce that the Mineral of the Year award for 2016 goes to merelaniite. This mineral was discovered in collector specimens from the Merelani region in northeastern Tanzania, and investigated by John A. Jaszczak (Michigan Technological University, Houghton, USA), Michael S. Rumsey (Natural History Museum, London, UK), Luca Bindi (Università di Firenze, Florence, Italy), Stephen A. Hackney (Michigan Technological University), Michael A. Wise (National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC, USA), Chris J. Stanley (Natural History Museum, London), and John Spratt (Natural History Museum, London).
Read MoreDemouchy receives EMU Research Excellence Medal
The 2016 EMU Research Excellence Medal has been awarded to Sylvie Demouchy of CNRS, Geosciences Montpellier (France) for her scientific leadership in experimental geochemistry and mineral physics, her scientific breadth, and her extensive service to the academic community.
Read MoreDingwell Elected into Leopoldina
Prof. Donald Bruce Dingwell, Director of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences of the LMU Munich has been elected to membership in the Leopoldina.
Read MoreAGI awards Susan Kieffer the Marcus Milling Legendary Geoscientist Medal
The American Geosciences Institute recognized Dr. Susan W. Kieffer, Professor Emerita at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign with the 2017 Marcus Milling Legendary Geoscientist Medal. The medal was awarded to Dr. Kieffer at the American Association of Petroleum Geologists awards ceremony on 2 April 2017 in Houston (Texas, USA).
Read MoreRSC Names New Fellows; NAE Elects Rodney Ewing
Dominique Weis (Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, the University of British Columbia, Canada) and David Graham Pearson (Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta, Canada) were inducted as Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada.
The National Academy of Engineering (USA) announced that Rodney C. Ewing was elected as a member to the academy.
Read More2016 Day Medalist — Donald B. Dingwell
Donald B. Dingwell (Director of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Munich, Germany) is the 2016 Arthur Louis Day Medallist of the Geological Society of America (GSA).
Read MoreForeign Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada — David Vaughan
David Vaughan, Research Professor of Mineralogy at the University of Manchester (UK), has achieved the rare distinction of being elected a Foreign Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), that country’s national academy.
Read MoreAWG Outstanding Educator Award — Barbara Dutrow
Barbara (Barb) Dutrow, the Adolphe G. Gueymard Professor of Geology at Louisiana State University (USA), has received the 2016 Outstanding Educator Award from the American Women in Geosciences, this organization’s premier professional award. The award honors women who are well-established college or university teachers who have played a significant role in the education and support of geoscientists within and beyond the classroom, in advancing the persistence of females and underrepresented minorities in geoscience careers, and in raising the general profile of the geosciences. The award was presented to Barb at the September 2016 Geological Society of America meeting in Denver (Colorado, USA).
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