Advancing earthquake science worldwide
Two student members will participate in the 2025 Environmental Seismology Conference with the aid of travel grants made possible by generous donations from the community to the General Fund. Congratulations to: Taylor Kenyon, University of Waterloo, US National Park Service Samara Omar, Colorado School of Mines We congratulate these … Continue Reading »
16 May 2025—In an ongoing effort to support and promote the outstanding work of SSA student members, the Society is pleased to present 12 students with a 2025 Student Presentation Award. The SSA awards program seeks to highlight excellent student presentations (poster or oral) at the SSA Annual Meeting. Each … Continue Reading »
12 May 2025—In Guilherme de Melo’s small hometown in northeastern Brazil, he remembers constant droughts that plagued the town’s twin livelihoods of agriculture and livestock and led to shortages of potable water. To remedy this, a large dam was built in the early 2000s on the river that flows through … Continue Reading »
5 May 2025—One of the reasons that Samantha Hansen serves as a reviewer for The Seismic Record is “to get a first look at projects being completed by our peers and colleagues,” she said. “This is not only very interesting, but it can also give you a better understanding of … Continue Reading »
25 April 2025–The newest recipients of an SSA Community Grant will work together to create a workshop focused on rising seismic activity across Nigeria and surrounding regions. Community Grants Following the February application cycle, two members were selected to receive SSA Community Grants. Umar Afegbua Kadiri of the Centre for … Continue Reading »
11 April 2025—Rebecca Colquhoun liked math and science in school but wasn’t sure what kind of career that might launch. Should they go into physics? Chemistry? Computer science? “I was looking for something that was sort of a mixture, so I could put off deciding for a while longer,” Colquhoun … Continue Reading »