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2022.September. Memorial University funding announcement for cutting-edge microwave digestion system. Funding source(s): Canada Foundation for Innovation and Government of Newfoundland & Labrador. Co-PIs: Drs. E. Thiessen and S. Ziegler.

2022.September. I. Coxon and J. Yun join the BRG as MSc and PhD student, respectively.

2022.May. B. Tilley presents research at the 2022 Geological Association of Canada-Mineralogical Association of Canada (GAC-MAC) meeting in Halifax, Canada.

2022.April. A. Balaji and B. Tilley receive Memorial University Faculty of Science Undergraduate Research Award. I. Coxon receives Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Undergraduate Student Research Award.

2022.April. B. Tilley and R. Revoy complete BSc(H) degree.

2022.April-May.
M.G. Babechuk and I. Coxon visit the isotope geochemistry group at University of Tuebingen (Tuebingen, Germany) to measure samples and help test a prototype microwave digestion system.

2022.February. K. Revoy and G. Ledesma present their research at the Geological Association of Canada-Newfoundland & Labrador 2022 Annual Technical Meeting. K. Revoy receives one of three awards for Outstanding Student Presentation.

2021.October. B. Tilley presents research at 2021 Atlantic Universities Geoscience Conference at St. Mary's University (Halifax, Canada; hybrid conference).

2021.August.
G. Sindol completes MSc degree.

2021.April.
B. Tilley receives Memorial University Faculty of Science Undergraduate Research Award.

2021.April.
D. Drover completes BSc(H) degree, wins H.R. Peters Award for Best BSc Thesis.

2020.November.
D. Drover presents research at 2020 Atlantic Universities Geoscience Conference at University of New Brunswick (New Brunswick, Canada; online conference).

2019.September.
A. Parkinson joins the BRG as MSc student.

2019.March.
Memorial University funding announcement for clean laboratory renovation and new ICP-MS. Funding source(s): Canada Foundation for Innovation and Government of Newfoundland & Labrador. Co-PIs: Drs. J. Hanchar and S. Piercey.
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2018.October. M.G. Babechuk gives invited talk on Proterozoic paleosols at University of Bern Colloquium Series in Bern, Switzerland.

2018.September. C. Mueller (co-supervised by S. Piercey) and G. Sindol join the BRG as MSc students. N. Shawwa (Carleton University, primary supervisors: R. Rainbird, J. Mungall) joins the BRG.

2018.July. M.G. Babechuk does field work with University of Bern collaborators (E.M. O'Sullivan and T.F. Nagler) in the Ottawa River basin.

2018.May. G. Sindol receives Memorial University Faculty of Science Undergraduate Research Award.

2018.April. G. Sindol completes BSc(H) degree.

2017.September. G. Sindol presents research at 2017 Atlantic Universities Geoscience Conference at Memorial University (St. John's, Canada).

2017.August. BRG attends the 27th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference in Paris, France.

2017.July. G. Sindol visits Trinity College, Dublin to collect data for BSc(H) thesis project.

2017.June. BRG attends 1st Geobiology Society Conference in Banff, Canada.

​2017.April. M.G Babechuk visits the isotope geochemistry group at University of Tuebingen for data collection and collaboration.
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