We are delighted to welcome the newest GeoHokie into the world: Alice Marie Caddick, who arrived at 6 lbs 12 oz on Friday, Dec. 29, 2023. Hurrah!

Professor Scott King was inducted as an AGU Fellow at the Honors Ceremony at the AGU annual meeting in San Francisco in December.

From Dr. Sarah Stamps: "On the last day of class for Volcanic Processes/Advanced Volcanic Processes, the students and I honored Bob Bodnar by wearing neckerchiefs (he often wears these)."

Natalia Varela defended her PhD thesis, "High-latitude sedimentation in response to climate variability during the Cenozoic," advised by Dr. Brian Romans.

Jess DePaolis defended her PhD thesis, "Diatom-based reconstructions of earthquake-induced paleoenvironmental change in coastal Alaska and Washington, USA," advised by Dr. Tina Dura.

Kayla McCabe defended her M.S. thesis, "Marine Deoxygenation Predates the End-Triassic Mass Extinction Within the Equatorial Panthalassa and its Influence on Marine Ecosystems Before the Biotic Crisis" advised by Dr. Ben Gill.