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Seismology News from Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
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IRIS Board of Directors Appoints a Nominations Committee for 2016 Elections
Member Representatives are encouraged to contact the Nominations Committee to provide suggestions for candidates for the open positions (one Chair and two Director positions, each with a term of three years).
2016-09-06T19:01:00+00:00
Report on the 2016 IRIS Workshop is Now Available
Whether you were able to participate in person or not, download a summary of the 2016 IRIS Workshop prepared by the Science Planning Committee and the leaders of the plenary sessions and the Special Interest Groups.
2016-07-19T17:21:00+00:00
IRIS Staff Answers Questions on AskScience’s “Ask Me Anything”
IRIS staff members Wendy Bohon and Danielle Sumy responded to dozens of interesting questions about earthquakes and seismology during a "Ask Me Anything" session on Reddit's AskScience.
2016-06-03T14:56:00+00:00
Update from IRIS President Bob Detrick – Spring 2016
Bob Detrick provides an overview of important Consortium activities, both recent and upcoming.
2016-05-20T18:32:00+00:00
IRIS to Conduct Wavefields Demonstration Community Experiment
This community experiment will take place in northern Oklahoma this summer and will make use of cutting-edge three-component nodal-type sensors.
2016-05-14T20:17:00+00:00
New Video on the Himalaya and the 2015 Nepal Earthquake
IRIS has created a short video that discusses the evolution of the Himalaya and the Nepal earthquake that occurred on April 25, 2015.
2016-04-22T16:54:00+00:00
Remembering Adam Dziewonski
IRIS and the seismological community mourn the loss of geophysicist Adam Dziewonski who passed away on March 1 at age 79.
2016-03-07T16:02:00+00:00
Results Explain Mystery of the Bighorn Mountains
Data from the EarthScope-funded Bighorn Arch Seismic Experiment, which was acquired by several hundred sensors across Wyoming and Montana in 2010, sheds light on the formation of this puzzling feature.
2016-02-26T17:23:00+00:00
Check Out the Special Event Web Page on the N. Korean Nuclear Test
More information will be added to the web page as it becomes available.
2016-01-06T15:03:00+00:00
EarthScope Magnetotelluric Transportable Array Reaches the Atlantic Ocean
The EarthScope USArray Magnetotelluric Transportable Array (MT-TA) reached a major milestone when it installed a station in Jekyll Island, Georgia. This is the first MT-TA station to reach the Atlantic coast.
2015-09-25T15:39:00+00:00
IRIS Issues Strategic Plan
The IRIS Board of Directors along with IRIS Senior Management, Program/Project Managers, and Standing Committee Chairs have developed a Strategic Plan that summarizes the vision, mission, and goals which will guide the organization to 2020 and into the future.
2015-07-16T15:44:00+00:00
Donate to the David Simpson Fund for Innovation
The intention of the Fund is to provide the Consortium with a source of un-restricted funds that the Board can designate to stimulate new initiatives and develop new ventures.
2014-08-25T11:02:00+00:00
USArray Short Course Was a Huge Success
Twenty-eight students from 26 institutions participated in this year’s IRIS-organized short course on USArray data processing that was hosted by Indiana University in Bloomington.
2015-09-24T18:16:00+00:00
