NEWS Chemistry researchers receive $750k grant from Defense Threat Reduction Agency Denver AFCOM chapter sponsors first-of-a-kind data center scholarship ANNOUNCEMENTS Jonathan White, Colorado Geological Survey senior engineering geologist, recently received an award for the “Best Paper of the Year” from the Colorado Scientific Society. He received the award for his presentation on the West Salt Creek Landslide. A paper co-authored by Assistant Professor Brian Trewyn (CH), Professor Andy Herring (CBE) and T. Brent Gunnoe (University of Virginia) was chosen for the cover of the prestigious Journal of the American Chemical Society. EVENTS JAN 19: Physics colloquium: "Fun with Interdisciplinary Nanoscience,” by Matthew Johnson, University of Oklahoma, 4 p.m., CTLM 102 JAN 19: 2016 Executive-in-Residence Series: “Basics of Being an Entrepreneur,” by Joe Eazor, 4 p.m., Hill 202 JAN 20: Faculty & staff screening of “The Hunting Ground,” a documentary about sexual assault and rape culture on American college campuses, 3:30 p.m., Ballrooms D & E JAN 20: WE2ST Speaker: The Road to Sustainability: Regulations in a Difficult Oil and Gas Economy by former Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, 4 p.m., Green Center, Petroleum Hall JAN 21: Van Tuyl Lecture: " The Interaction of Hydraulic Stimulation Fractures with Natural Fractures, “ by John Lorenz, FractureStudies LLC, 4 p.m., Berthoud 241 JAN 22: AMS Colloquium: "Optimal low-rank approximations of (goal oriented) Bayesian linear inverse problems,” by Alessio Spantini, MIT, 3 p.m., Chauvenet 143 See more events on the inside.mines calendar. Connect with Mines: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Flickr | YouTube | Pinterest | LinkedIn Have a story idea? Send it to us. Mines Newsroom | PR Resources