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Geology Prof. Robert Gaines to Help Team Explore Earliest Animal Communities in Australia
Wednesday, June 15, 2022

Robert Gaines, geology professor and dean of Pomona College, will work with a team in Australia's Outback this summer to study Earth's oldest animals and the environment in which they lived.

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Geology Prof. Eric Grosfils Awarded NASA Grant to Study Volcanoes on Mars
Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Eric Grosfils, Minnie B. Cairns Memorial Professor of Geology, recently received a $398,000 grant from NASA to model volcanic activity on Mars.
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Geology Prof. Jade Star Lackey Awarded More Than $100,000 from the National Science Foundation
Monday, September 13, 2021
Geology Professor Jade Star Lackey is the recipient of a National Science Foundation grant of more than $100,000 for his collaborative research with Caltech.
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New Species of Fossil Named After Geology Professor Robert Gaines
Wednesday, September 8, 2021
A recently discovered extinct animal species was named after Geology Professor Robert Gaines for his work uncovering fossils of the earliest animals from half-a-billion-year-old Cambrian rocks in the Canadian Rockies.
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Solar Cells, Warbler Birds and Medieval Manuscripts: 14 Thesis Projects to Cap (and Gown) Senior Year
Thursday, May 6, 2021
Pomona College seniors share their thesis projects that range in topics from physics to anthropology, theatre and molecular biology.
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Phoebe Thompson ’20 Excavates the Earth to Understand the Ancient
Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Combining a classics major and geology minor took Phoebe Thompson ’20 down some ancient paths.

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Geology Professor Maria Prokopenko Receives $126,000 Research Grant from National Science Foundation
Monday, April 27, 2020

Geology Professor Maria Prokopenko has received a $126,000 grant from the National Science Foundation’s program on chemical oceanography to study the distribution of a nitrogen isotope of cold-water corals.

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Geologist Robert Gaines Named Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College
Thursday, January 23, 2020

Pomona College Geology Professor Robert Gaines, with his record of extensive service on campus and research around the globe, has been named vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college.

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Professor Robert Gaines Helps Make Historic Discovery of 500 Million-Year-Old Fossil Site in South China
Thursday, March 21, 2019

Professor of Geology Robert Gaines is part of an international team that unearthed a 518 million-year-old fossil site in South China -- one of the most important Cambrian fossil sites discovered in modern history.

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Science Magazine Cover Story Features Professor Robert Gaines’ Geology Discovery
Monday, November 26, 2018

The alien-looking fossils unearthed by a team of scientists co-led by Pomona College Professor of Geology Robert Gaines, are the subject of a new cover story in the latest issue of Science.

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