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Environmental Seismology Travel Grantees Announced

Published on 27 May 2025 | Community, Early Career, Grants, Member, News, Students
infographic: Environmental Seismology: Earth’s Surface and Subsurface Hazards, Dynamics and Resources 14–18 October 2025, Denver, CO

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 »

2025 Annual Meeting Student Presentation Awards Announced

Published on 16 May 20253 June 2025 | Annual Meeting, Awards, Community, News, Students

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 »

At Work: Guilherme de Melo

Published on 12 May 202512 May 2025 | At Work, Community, Early Career, Member, News, Students
de Melo at the St. Peter and St. Paul islets. He traveled with the Brazilian navy to collect data from the area's seismic station in 2019.

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 »

Study of Türkiye Gold Mine Landslide Highlights Need for Future Monitoring

Published on 8 May 2025 | Journals, News, TSR

8 May 2025—A new analysis of a fatal landslide that occurred on 13 February 2024 at the Çöpler Gold Mine in Türkiye reveals that the site of the landslide had been slowly moving for at least four years prior to the failure. “Additionally, our analyses detected deformation anomalies in other … Continue Reading »

SSA Recognizes Trio of Top Reviewers

Published on 5 May 2025 | Awards, BSSA, Community, Journals, News, SRL, TSR
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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 »

SSA Community Grant Recipients Announced

Published on 25 April 2025 | Community, Early Career, Grants, Member, News, Students

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 »

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