From Jersey to Alaska: A Student's Epic Trek Inspires a Calling in Glacier Science

Written by John Chadwick | SAS Senior Writer Journey Berry hopes to make the field more diverse  Journey Berry grew up immersed in the performing arts, playing bass and mulling a career as a jazz musician. She never dreamed she would find her calling amid the glaciers and icy fjords of Alaska. But...

Vadim Levin Installed Seismograph That Registered a 7.6 Earthquake.

Vadim Levin, along with colleague Professor Sara Mana, installed a continuously recording three-component broadband digital seismograph. Mere months later, this seismic station ended up recording the ground shaking from a 7.6 magnitude earthquake in southwestern Mexico.  

Lessons From the Cores!

Professor Jim Wright and members of his research group went to a core repository in Oregon to split, scan, and describe the cores that they collected along the Patagonian margin, offshore Argentina. This project is a continuation of their successful expedition to the southern Argentine margin in...

Science on the Seas brings Lessons to K-12 Classrooms

 Rutgers climate scientists bring school teachers aboard research vessel Written by John Chadwick | SAS Senior Writer When the research vessel Atlantis steamed out of Woods Hole, Mass. on June 2, scientists from Rutgers University and the University of Washington were on board for a 14-day deep-sea...

Exploring a Unique Landscape of the Past, Present, and Future in Costa Rica

An Undergraduate's Experience in the Field Written by Jason Kawalec, Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences Class of 2023, Planetary Science Major Date- July 12, 2022 Location- San Pedro, Costa Rica Today marks my twelfth day living in Costa Rica! I’ve had a wonderful time, full of memorable...

Donation from Sparks Family Supports Undergraduate Research

Written by John Chadwick, SAS Senior Writer Bill Sparks was a kid growing up in New Jersey when he came across a magazine photo that showed two geologists doing fieldwork on a mountain in Turkey. “I thought that looked like a lot of fun,” says Sparks, RC’65. “I could see myself doing something like...