Professor's Research Featured on PetriDish.org
posted April 17, 2012
Professor's Research Featured on PetriDish.org The research of Dr. Kyle Larson is now featured on the new crowd-sourced funding website PetriDish.org. The website is a completely new model for...

Dr Robert Kerrich awarded the SEG Penrose Gold Medal
posted February 21, 2012
The Department of Geological Sciences would like to congratulate Dr Robert Kerrich for receiving the SEG Penrose Gold Medal awarded by the Society of Economic Geologists (SEG), the largest group of...

University of Saskatchewan Seismology Featured in the Smithsonian Museum
posted February 8, 2012
University of Saskatchewan Seismology Featured in the Smithsonian Museum. The television series The Re-Inventors examines many odd and unusual inventions and attempts to duplicate them. One of...

Geologist Wins Canada-Wide Thesis Award
posted January 19, 2012
Patricio Desjardins, a former PhD student in the Department of Geological Sciences, recently received the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologist’s (CSPG) Best PhD Thesis Award for 2011. The...

Patricio Desjardins wins CSPG best thesis award.
posted January 11, 2012
Patricio Desjardins, who defended his PhD in November 2010, has just won the   2011 Best PhD Thesis Award from the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists.   Patricio’s...

Alumna of the Department named VP of Kimber Resources Inc.
posted December 2, 2011
  Kimber Resources Inc. announced on November 28th the appointment of Renee Brickner (B.Sc. 1998) as Vice President, Investor Relations.   For more information see article...

Geological Scientists from U of S Helping Track Prehistoric Predator
posted November 9, 2011
Researchers from the University of Saskatchewan and Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) have followed fossilized footprints to a multi-legged predator that ruled the seas of the Cambrian period about half a...

Dr. Rui Feng recieves Alumni Association Achievement Award
posted October 25, 2011
   Dr. Feng has worked as a geologist and an executive in the mineral resource industry for over 17 years. He is an entrepreneur with an extensive track record in successfully acquiring...

Student unlocks secrets of mercury
posted October 14, 2011
Student Tracy McDonald's research on mercury toxicity in zebrafish is highlighted in the On Campus News. To learn more see the article...

The Dr. Rui Feng Donation
posted October 5, 2011
Dr. Rui Feng, a distinguished alumnus of the Department (Ph.D. 1992), has donated over one million dollars to the university to fund scholarships. One graduate award and two undergraduate awards are...