COVID-19 Notice:
At this time, the Keck Geology Consortium is planning an in-person program of Gateway and Advanced REU projects during summer 2023.
Welcome to the Keck Geology Consortium
The Keck Geology Consortium consists of thirteen liberal arts colleges focused on enriching undergraduate education through the development of high-quality research experiences. Each summer, with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Consortium offers a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program to engage undergraduate students in four- to five-week field and laboratory research projects in the earth sciences. Advanced students continue their summer research projects during the following academic year using cutting-edge laboratory techniques. All students are encouraged to participate in a professional conference. The Keck Geology Consortium is currently administered through Macalester College.
Funding for this REU site is provided by the National Science Foundation’s Division of Earth Sciences, located in Alexandria, VA, to the Keck Geology Consortium (NSF-REU Award No. 1659322 and 2050697).
Important Info
2023 Keck Projects Flyer
Application for 2023 Program
15 Feb: Applications due
15 Mar: Acceptance letters sent
Keck Program Blog
The goals of this blog are (1) to raise the visibility of Keck Geology Consortium programs, (2) to provide Keck research projects with a venue for communicating the process and results of science, and (3) to foster student learning about communicating science to the general public. We invite contributions to the blog from project students, faculty and staff. Submissions will undergo brief review before posting.
Geologizing in the time of COVID
What a summer! As the summer research season ends and the new school year begins, I thought I’d catch everyone up on the exciting (but not-so-smooth) arc of our Keck Geology Consortium Advanced Project.
A Whole New World
For someone who’s deathly afraid of drowning, scuba diving was NOT on my bucket list of things to do. But I always had a fascination for the ocean sciences
Can’t Blow Us Out!
Storms come up fast on you in Ambergris Caye. One moment you can be engulfed by sun, surrounded by crystal clear, turquoise waters, and the next you can be thrown into a violent thunderstorm that beats the water unmercifully with torrents of rain.
Spotted: A Wild Near Peer Mentor
Would they listen to me? NOPE. Would they respect my “authority”? NOPE. Would they snark at me and think of me as a huge dork? YUP.
UTAH PROJECT VIDEO
NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Presentations by Keck Researchers at GSA
Presentations by Keck researchers at the Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America in Denver, CO (09-12 October, 2022)
Keck at AGU Fall 2021 Meeting
Presentations by Keck Geology Consortium researchers at AGU Fall 2021 Meeting
Keck at GSA 2021
Presentations by Keck Geology Consortium Participants at
Geological Society of America 2021 Annual Meeting
#KeckGeology
Updates from the Consortium
Classes start on Wednesday and students are coming back to Wheaton, but we have another summer science feature first! Wheaton geology major April Phinney (‘20) spent her summer working on a Keck Geology Consortium research project focused on rivers and geomorphology in Yellowstone. Swipe through to see April pebble counting with a gravelometer in the East Fork of Blacktail Creek, her research team, and some beautiful Yellowstone scenery. #wheatongeology #yellowstonenationalpark #mammothhotsprings #summerresearch #keckgeology
