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X-WR-CALNAME:2025 Thomas Condon Lecture by Nick Zentner
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DESCRIPTION:REGISTER NOW.\n\nTitle: Where did the lava flow and how do we k
 now? A geological mystery and treasure hunt.\n\nSpeaker: Nick Zentner teac
 hes geology as the science outreach and education coordinator at Central W
 ashington University.\n\nTalk summary: How have geological forces in the P
 acific Northwest operated over the course of millions of years to create t
 he landscapes we see today? And how do we know what happened to form our m
 ountains\, coastlines and other features? Nick Zentner\, lecturer in geolo
 gy at Central Washington University and star of the PBS show\, “Nick on 
 the Rocks\,” loves to explore this kind of mystery. In this lecture\, he
  will ask the seemingly simple question\, did the lava that erupted from t
 he Yellowstone hotspot 16 million years ago\, known to geologists as flood
  basalt\, make its way across the Cascade Range and to the Washington and 
 Oregon coasts? Could that lava cross a mountain range? Zentner will presen
 t his perspective on the question\, and take the audience on a scientific 
 treasure hunt to find evidence for his answer.\n\nSpeaker bio: During the 
 pandemic in 2020\, Nick Zentner\, senior geology lecturer at Central Washi
 ngton University\, taped his iPhone to a wooden step ladder and started fi
 lming videos about local geology and posted them on YouTube in order to co
 nnect with people and to try something new. Little did he know that his fo
 llowing would grow to be international in scope\, and those initial YouTub
 e videos would morph into his very own PBS-TV show on Washington geology\,
  “Nick on the Rocks\,” broadcast regularly throughout the Pacific Nort
 hwest. In 2021\, the show won two Emmy awards from the Northwest Chapter o
 f the National Association of Television Arts and Sciences.\n\nZentner has
  been awarded the 2023 Geological Society of America Public Service Award\
 , the 2024 Neale Medal from the Geological Association of Canada\, and the
  2024 Outstanding Achievement Award from the American Institute of Profess
 ional Geologists\, among other accolades. He earned his B.S. in geology in
  1986 from the University of Wisconsin – Madison and his M.S. in geology
  in 1989 from Idaho State University.\n\nReception begins at 5 p.m.
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LOCATION:LaSells Stewart Center\, Construction & Engineering Hall
SUMMARY:2025 Thomas Condon Lecture by Nick Zentner
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