TU Geosciences Photo of the month:
-photo courtesy of Amy Rosenberg, '02

Dr. David Vanko joins Geosciences Faculty
Dr. Vanko, most recently chair of the Geology Department at Georgia State University, joined us in August. He will serve as chair of the Department of Physics, Astronomy and Geosciences at Towson. His research interests include the petrology and geochemistry of ocean crust and applications of fluid inclusion studies to hydrothermal activity. Dr. Vanko will teach mineralogy this fall.

New Geochemistry Laboratory Up and Running
Dr. Steven Lev has completed installation of a Geochemistry Lab in Room 475. Facilities include space and equipment for sample preparation, analyses, as well as a clean lab space. Several students have had the opportunity to take advantage of these new facilities. To learn more, follow the link below:

http://www.towson.edu/~slev/Facilities/TLTGL.html

Upper Level Geosciences Laboratory Added
Smith 469, to the left of the infamous Geociences 473 lab, has been added as a new space for upper level Geosciences labs. The petrographic microscopes have been moved in, and there's much additional space for instruction, labwork, and student research.

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