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Dept of Geological Sciences
geology@uidaho.edu
phone: (208) 885-6192
fax: (208) 885-5724
825 West 7th Street
322 Mines Bldg
PO Box 443022
Moscow, ID 83844-3022

  • Sisters Share Top Honors

    Sisters, Brittani McNamee (PhD, Geology) and Courtney Thompson (MS, Geography), share the Diane Haynes Memorial Award.

    Brittani McNamee (PhD, Geology) and Courtney Thompson (MS, Geography), both receiving the Haynes Award.
  • Heating up Education

    Dennis Geist, recently named President of the Charles Darwin Foundation, brings Galapagos research home to Moscow.

    volcano erupting
  • An Ocean Deep and Wide

    Graduate student Alex Patthoff and Professor Simon Kattenhorn find evidence that an ocean may flow below the surface of one of Enceladus.

    Alex Patthoff and Simon Kattenhorn working in their lab.
  • Playing with fire and ice – and potatoes

    Karen Harpp's geoscience education and outreach methods class shows fifth-grade students the fun of science.

    Visiting an elementary school, College of Science students demonstrate musical fire.
  • U-Idaho Professor Takes on Role to Preserve Biodiversity

    Dennis Geist, professor of geology, was named President of the Charles Darwin Foundation, which is dedicated to research in support of conservation in the Galápagos Islands.

    Dennis Geist infront of a volcano.
  • Gunterite

    Dr. Mickey Gunter has been honored by the International Mineralogical Association, which voted to name the newly discovered mineral after him.

    Gunterite: Mineral named after Mickey Gunter

Department of Geological Sciences

Where will Geology take you?

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Today's geoscientists embrace a variety of tools and disciplines in their quest to understand scientific issues about the Earth and beyond.

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Undergraduate Experience

Professors in our department are excited about what they do and engage our students in a variety of classroom, laboratory and field activities. More

Graduate Experience

Considering graduate school at U-Idaho? Faculty are recruiting new students to work on a variety of funded research programs. More