NEWS

  • Seymour lands NSF fellowship for geosciences research

     

    “Nikki Seymour, who received a doctoral degree in geosciences from Colorado State University earlier this year, has received a postdoctoral fellowship from the National Science Foundation. She’ll begin her earth sciences research soon, studying a formation known as the Orocopia Schist in west-central Arizona with scientists at Stanford University and the University of California Santa Cruz.”

    WCNR Source

    Seymour takes notes during a field season in Chile

  • Creating a Guidebook for Safe Fieldwork

    “Rick Aster, the Department Head of Geosciences at Colorado State University, and Ph.D Candidate Nikki Seymour, put in tremendous effort to help create a guidebook for participants of the geosciences field course. This annual, 5-week course, includes up to 30 students and five professors. The guidebook stands as an excellent example of how to make extraordinary experiences like this course as safe as possible with thorough planning.”

    CSU OVPR Research Safety Culture

  • Science Advocacy on Capitol Hill

    “As we headed for the office of Colorado Senator Cory Gardner, Nikki geared up to deliver her pitch. She led the meeting with a staffer from Senator Gardner’s office, explaining how her Ph.D. work in structural geology at Colorado State University studying ancient Chilean faults can help us to better understand modern fault systems.”

    Speaking of Geoscience blog

    Geo-CVD participants pose in front of the Capitol building. From left to right: Fransiska Dannemann, Lindsay Davis, Sylvia Nicovich, Nikki Seymour. Photo credit: Jack Hess

  • Local Meetings with Rep. Neguse

    Colorado State University Geosciences Ph.D. students hold a roundtable with U.S. Representative Joe Neguse, April 14, 2019.

    “While attending a December 2018 meeting of the American Geophysical Union in Washington, D.C., Heath and fellow graduate students visited Capitol Hill and spoke with lawmakers, including staff from Sen. Michael Bennet’s team. When they returned to Fort Collins, they wondered: Why not do the same thing in our district?”

    WNCR Source

  • VPR Fellowship

    “Graduate students gave snappy pitches on their research to judges from across the university. The quick pitches were scored on criteria associated with the content, comprehension, effective engagement and communication skills. Nikki’s presentation, entitled: “Sharing the Strain: Slip History of the Atacama Fault System, northern Chile” was a winner.”

    WCNR Source