Do you have a question about life in the UB Geology Department? Just started as a teaching assistant? Need help finding funding? Want to know how to pack for a field trip? This page will help you with all these questions and more. Look through the resources below for information to help you survive graduate school or even explain your career choice to your non-rock enthusiast family members.
We’ve compiled a quick reference for new (or potential) graduate students that you can download here. It’s updated regularly to reflect new policies and procedures and useful information about UB and the Buffalo area. If you want to watch a short video about the City of Buffalo and its history, click here.
Are we missing something? Let us know! Contact our webmaster, Kevin Griswold (kggriswo@buffalo.edu), with suggestions for additional resources.
FUNDING
- UB Geology Department Awards Page
- Pegrum Travel Award Application (UB Geology)
- Mark Diamond Research Fund (UB Graduate Student Association)
- Conference Funding (UB Graduate Student Association)
- UB Office of Fellowships and Scholarships for Graduate Students
WRITING & RESEARCH
- Graduate Student Handbook (UB Geology) – Guidelines and degree requirements for graduate students in the Geology Department.
- Graduate Writing Center (UB Graduate Student Association) – Help for students preparing term papers, theses, dissertations, articles, CVs, and other writing projects
- Geology Library Resources (UB Libraries) – includes links to GeoRef, Web of Science, ScienceDirect, and other databases
TEACHING
- Academic Policies and Procedures (UB) Pay particular attention to the Course Expectations, Grading and Student Conduct sections!
- On the Cutting Edge (SERC, Carleton College) The ultimate resource for lesson plans, activities, and other teaching resources in the geosciences. Also check out the main SERC website.
- How I Grade: The Triage Theory of Grading– a guide to coming up with a grading scheme
- Teaching resources (National Association of Geoscience Teachers, NAGT) – another collection of materials and links to help with teaching geoscience classes
POST-DOC & JOB INFORMATION
- AGI Geoscience Workforce Program – tracks the supply and demand of geoscientists by collecting original data and by analyzing existing data from federal, industry, and other sources (American Geological Institute)
- GSA Today Job Listings – Professional and student opportunities listed through the Geological Society of America
- AGU Job Listings – Professional and student opportunities listed through the American Geophysical Union
FIELDWORK, SUPPLIES
- Fisher Scientific
- Thomas Scientific
- Berkshire Corporation
- Forestry Suppliers
- Ben Meadows
- Grainger Industrial Supply – a local supply company that stocks many of the same items as the mail-order folks. Located near the Walden Galleria
- Rite in the Rain
- Geology.com
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
SOFTWARE
- The Generic Mapping Tools (GMT) – open-source command lines tools for making plots and maps
- ParaView – open-source 3D visulaization software
- 3D Visualizer – open-source 3D visualization software
- Geodynamic Modeling Software list from CIG
- Open Stereo – Stereographic projection and structural analysis
- PHREEQC – Low-temperature aqueous geochemical calculations
- GCDkit – Handling and recalculation of igneous whole-rock analyses
- Tri-plot – Ternary diagrams for Excel
- JMicroVision – Image analysis toolbox similar to ImageJ; good for thin sections
- Adobe Illustrator Geologic Map Patterns
- Erupt 3 – Volcanic eruption simulator
- SedLog 3.0 – Graphic sediment log drawing