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2020-2021 News
June
2021 Undergraduate Lauren Simitz Joins SpaceX after Graduation
June 9, 2021 – from Northwestern Now, by Amanda Morris, "Grad set to launch with SpaceX"
April
Assistant Professor Magdalena Osburn Receives Prestigious NSF CAREER Award
April 9, 2021 – from Northwestern Now, by Amanda Morris, "Magdalena Osburn receives prestigious NSF CAREER Award"
PhD Candidate Caitlin Casar Studies Intraterrestrial Life on Earth to Explore the Possibility of Extraterrestrial Life on Mars
April 9, 2021 – from Frontiers, by Lucie Sammicheli: "Earth’s crust mineralogy drives hotspots for intraterrestrial life"
March
Ph.D. Candidate Gabriella Kitch and Professor Andrew Jacobson's study uses microscopic fossilized shells to help reconstruct Earth’s climate
March 8, 2021 – from Northwestern Now, by Amanda Morris: "Oceans were stressed preceding abrupt, prehistoric global warming"
December
Ph.D. Candidate Howard Chen and Assistant Professor Daniel Horton's study finds that stellar flares might facilitate the detection of life on exoplanets
December 21, 2020 – from Northwestern Now, by Amanda Morris: "The upside of volatile space weather"
Ph.D. Candidate Jiuyuan Wang and Professors Andrew Jacobson, Bradley Sageman, and Matthew Hurtgen write the first study that applies stable strontium isotope measurements to the study of ancient ocean anoxic events
December 21, 2020 – from Northwestern Now, By Amanda Morris: "Volcanic eruptions directly triggered ocean acidification during Early Cretaceous"
October
Associate Professor Patricia Beddows Welcomed to the Women Divers Hall of Fame
October 20, 2020
from Women Divers Hall of Fame, "The Women Divers Hall of Fame to Welcome Six New Members in 2021"
September
Assistant Professor Daniel Horton "joins forces with artists to prompt climate change action"
September 10, 2020 – from Northwestern Now, By Stephanie Kulke: "Northwestern scientists join forces with artists to prompt climate change action"