News

November 1, 2021

MSA Members who have contributed significantly to the advancement of mineralogy, crystallography, geochemistry, petrology, or allied sciences and whose scientific contribution utilized mineralogical studies or data, may be designated as Fellows

September 30, 2021

Professor Emeritus Art Sylvester’s 1988 paper “Strike-slip faults” was selected in June 2021 as one of 48 “Must-Read” papers by the Tectonics and Structural Geology Division of the European Geosciences Union. 

September 17, 2021

Emeritus Jim Boles was recently featured in The Santa Barbara Independent

September 15, 2021

Kristin Morell has been awarded the National Science Foundation's most prestigious award for early-career faculty

July 15, 2021

Brac Hacker has been given the Structural Geology and Tectonics Career Contribution Award

July 9, 2021

William S Wise died Tuesday, June 29 after a long bout with cancer.

May 28, 2021

Yann Ricard is the recipient of the Staff Citation of Excellence Award, an honor given to only 10 staff members on campus! 

May 3, 2021

PhD student Chris Everett was a winner of the UCSB Graduate Student Association 2020-2021 Excellence in Teaching Award.

April 30, 2021

A discovery by Professor David Valentine and his research team picked up interest this week 

April 13, 2021

Dave Valentine has been featured on CBS Saturday Morning National News