AWG Mid-Career Excellence Award Nomination Information The AWG Mid-Career Excellence Award is given annually in recognition of significant contributions to Earth and space sciences by an outstanding mid-career woman scientist. Recognizing that evaluation is somewhat different for different career paths, we invite nominations in one of three categories: academic, industry, and government. Up to three…
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AWG Requests Women Geoscientists Photos for GSA 2023 Annual Meeting Pardee Session
Photos needed: for the Pardee Session Spotlight on Positive, Diverse Female Role Models GSA and AWG are looking for photos of women working in the field as part of their Pardee Keynote Symposia “P2. Spotlight on Positive and Diverse Female Role Models” which will be held at the GSA Connects 2023 Meeting in Pittsburgh,…
New AWG Distinguished Lecturer Speaker Series to Launch on April 5, 2023
The Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG) is starting a new Distinguished Lecturer series on April 5, 5 pm Mountain time. The first lecturer is Dr. Kathrin Schilling from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. AWG recommends that anyone interested for Dr. Schilling’s talk to register for it using either the QR code or the…
Association for Women Geoscientists and Brunton Sponsor Two Student Awards
The Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG) Brunton Award and Brunton Field Project Award promote the future of field mapping and data acquisition for the upcoming generation of people whose gender identity has been historically underrepresented in the geosciences. Applicants should have a passion for and exceptional experience with field work, including internships, field camp, coursework…
Association For Women Geoscientists – New Website!
The Association For Women Geoscientists (AWG) has migrated over to a new website! There are lots of new website features that will be rolling out over the next few months. Plus – we still have the standard AWG offerings listed on the new website such as awards/scholarships opportunities, job listings, resume review services, and mentoring…
Association for Women Geoscientists’ Annual Institution & Corporate Membership Drive
The Association for Women Geoscientists is gearing up for our annual institution and corporate membership drive. We believe that having these types of members makes our organization more diverse and as such, it strengthens our efforts in enhancing the quality and level of participation of women in geosciences. We encourage you to talk with your…
Cuban Geology – An Updated Resource List
Within the last few weeks I’ve had several requests for available resources on Cuban geology. The requests, of course, have come from individuals outside of the U.S.A. Guess that they sense opportunities for working with and understanding Cuba’s geology that we are backing away from. In any case, I’ve sent the requests on to Manuel…
Central California Tectonics Field Trip
I took part in a central California tectonics field trip a few weeks ago that the Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG) sponsored. Tanya Atwater and Art Sylvester, professors emeriti at the University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Earth Sciences, led the field trip. During the field trip, we made numerous stops between Los Angeles…
Canadian Rockies – Alberta Badlands Geology Guidebook
The Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG) published their first geology field trip guidebook in late 2016 and it is now available for sale to the general public. This guideboook is a collection of geology road logs, associated geological information, and local cultural history of areas within the Canadian Rockies and the Alberta Badlands. The following…
Geological Travels In Cuba
If you’ve ever thought about Cuban geology, now may be the time to get serious about actually going to Cuba and looking at it. As a U.S. citizen, it’s been extremely difficult to legally go to Cuba. I went there in March of 2013 as part of an Association for Women Geoscientists’s geological field trip…
Canadian Rockies AWG Field Trip – A Summary
The AWG 2014 Canadian Rockies Field Trip took place from August 28 to September 7, 2014, with a Calgary-area geology pre-trip for early arrivals on August 27. The main part of the field trip commenced with a mid-morning departure on the 28th from Calgary, and we all headed west along Canada Highway 1 to Lake…
Notes From the Field – The Rest of the 2014 AWG Geology Field Trip
The 2014 AWG Canadian Rockies Geology Field Trip did actually end last Sunday (9/7) and we did indeed make it back to Calgary largely unscathed. As many of you probably know, when lodging amenities state that WiFi is included, it most likely means that one can check email – not post blogs with photos of…
Notes From The Field – Revelstoke to the Okanagan
Finally we had a mostly sunny day! We began the day with a tour of the Revelstoke Dam. This dam was one of the last Canadian dams built within the Columbia River watershed. The dam area is really interesting because just across the highway from the dam is the Columbia River Fault zone – a…
Notes From The Field – Lake Louise and Moraine Lake
I’m backtracking somewhat here by posting on our trips to both Lake Louise and Moraine Lake. Both are so gorgeous that I didn’t want to exclude them from the postings, but my SD card with their photos was not accessible when I did the initial postings. Suffice it to say that hikes and canoeing in…
Notes From The Field – Field, B.C. to Revelstoke, B.C.
The AWG field trip continued along the Trans-Canadian Highway 1 from Field, B.C. to Revelstoke, B.C. – again in the rain. But at least the rain stopped several times for us to have fun at our trip stops. We followed the Kicking Horse River to its junction with the mighty Columbia River at Golden, B.C…..