The 2024-2025 Academic Year
Gateway Projects
Déjà Vu
From learning 30 types of corals to tracing algae on Adobe Illustrator, my first research experience included fieldwork, gathering samples, traveling abroad, analysis, and invaluable friendships. If you’d told me that my first research experience would include all of that, I wouldn’t have believed you! This experience wasn’t just about learning skills—it was about becoming part of something bigger.
Climate Change and Sand Production in Colorado
Investigating linkages between geologic histories, eolian dust production, and climate changeWhat: Increased drought frequency and severity combined with vegetation change is increasing dust emissions, which in turn affects snowmelt, groundwater, and nutrient...
Environmental change in Glacier National Park
Anthropocene environmental change in Glacier National Park, MontanaWhat: This Gateway project utilizes the remote and relatively pristine landscape of Glacier National Park (GNP), Montana as a natural laboratory for understanding the impacts of climate change, both...
Springs in the Driftless Area of Minnesota
A synoptic survey of springs in the Driftless Area of Minnesota to identify spatial patterns in groundwater qualityWhat: This Gateway Project will introduce students to karst geology and hydrogeology in the Paleozoic bedrock landscape of the Driftless Area in...
Coral Reefs in Belize
Nature vs. Nurture at Coral Gardens Reef: A Rapid Response Investigation of Endangered Acropora sp. Corals in BelizeWhat: This project seeks enthusiastic and diverse undergraduate researchers to join our investigation of how global environmental changes are impacting...
Advanced Projects
Structural evolution of the Sevier fault
Testing models of fault propagation and damage zone development across the central Sevier fault zone, southern UtahWhat: This five-student Advanced project focuses on the evolution of the Sevier normal fault zone in southern Utah, near Zion National Park. The Sevier...
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