EKU Geosciences

Congratulations EKU Thoroughbreds for top ranking presentation awards at the Kentucky Academy of Sciences! EKU Geosciences Student, Andruw Stewart, won this award for his talk, “Nutrient and F***l Microbe Contamination in the Otter Creek Watershed, Madison County, Kentucky.” Great job!

Education Notebook: EKU students earn top rankings at Kentucky Academy of Science A group of students from Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) were among the highest ranked for presentations given at the Kentucky Academy of Science’s annual meeting in November.

EKU geographers may be interested in this Lexington based exhibit melding the arts with maps, data, and urban planning! Hannah is a geographer and artist in residence for the city of Lexington. Come check out her beautiful and informative quilts on city finance!

Tomorrow at 6:30p Haley will be chatting about her most recent sea-going research expedition to the Axial Seamount at the Woodford County Library, and we invite you to join! We hear her talk will be riddled with beautiful 4k video from the seafloor captured using the remotely operated vehicle, Jason!

Don't forget! Today is the day to show your support of our awesome students and their proposed bike trail in Richmond!

The students in Dr. Alice Jones' GEO-325S class, "Environmental Land Use Planning" have been working hard to plan a new bike trail in town, and are planning to present their proposed trail at City Hall next week! If you're interested in learning more about the project, stop by Richmond City Hall's Council Chambers on Tuesday, April 26th at 4:00p!

What a beautiful morning to have class outside! Dr. Cab's "Earthquakes & Volcanoes" class (GLY-108) took full advantage of the weather today with a trip to Taylor Fork Ecological Area where they played "strategy scavenger hunt bingo" to study sinkholes. Check out the bingo card to see some of the interesting things students were able to find at Taylor Fork today! If this sounds like a fun way to cross of one of your general education credits, consider registering for GLY-108 in the Fall 2022 semester!

Happy Earth Day, Geoscientists!

The students in Dr. Alice Jones' GEO-325S class, "Environmental Land Use Planning" have been working hard to plan a new bike trail in town, and are planning to present their proposed trail at City Hall next week! If you're interested in learning more about the project, stop by Richmond City Hall's Council Chambers on Tuesday, April 26th at 4:00p!

Here is a great opportunity for a summer GIS internship in Lexington for Kentucky American Water. Earn a paycheck and add to your resume.

Career Opportunities: GIS Intern (102249) Diversity of backgrounds, ideas, thoughts, and experiences is vital to our culture and the way we do business. Creating an environment where differences are embraced and where every person feels engaged and included makes us safer, stronger, and more successful.

Have you heard we're hiring? Apply today!

Check out this recent EOS article discussing the intersection between geoscience & public health! Did you know that your COIVD-19 PCR tests are connected to geoscience?

Deep-Sea Exploration Could Help Us Fight the Next Pandemic - Eos Deep-ocean-dwelling microbes may hold keys to improved medical diagnostics and new drugs for fighting diseases. But we must search Earth’s most extreme habitats to find them.

Be sure to attend the Outdoor Jobs Fair this year!

We are SO excited to learn that the Kentucky Geological Survey has just launched a new geology podcast! Be sure to check out the Big Blue Rock Pod at:

Introducing the KGS Big Blue Rock Pod Welcome to the Big Blue RockPod, sponsored by the Kentucky Geological Survey, at the University of Kentucky. This podcast is a fun, conversational approach to discussing all things geology and earth processes, primarily focused on Kentucky. We talk about the past, present, and exciting future of ear...