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Geology hosts lectures to celebrate Earth Science Week

Grand Valley's Geology Department will host a series of lectures this week to celebrate Earth Science Week.

The lectures are free and open to students, faculty and staff members. For more information, call the department at x13728.

• Monday, October 12, 11 a.m.: "Hydrologic Impairment in Streams: When Water Becomes a Pollutant," by Richard Rediske, from the Annis Water Resources Institute. Kirkhof Center, rooms 2215/2216.

• Monday, October 12, noon: "Geology's Role in the Multidisciplinary Approach to Solving Today's Environmental Business Problems," by Eric Hanis, from Burns and McDonnell, Downers Grove, Illinois. Kirkhof Center, rooms 2215/2216.

• Monday, October 12, 4 p.m.: "Putting Michigan's Geologic Assets to Work," by staff from Kennecott Eagle Mineral Company. Loutit Lecture Hall, room 101.

• Tuesday, October 13, 2 p.m.: "Walking on Lava: A Volcanologist's Journey," by Tari Mattox, Grand Rapids Community College. Kirkhof Center, Pere Marquette Room.

• Wednesday, October 14, 1:30 p.m.: "Dinosaurs: More than Just Old Bones," by Christopher Noto, visiting professor of biomedical sciences, GVSU. Kirkhof Center, room 2263.


 

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