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Recent news from the Mackay School

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University revives National Geothermal Academy to meet growing workforce demand

A course this summer will focus on geothermal drilling techniques and safety

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Center for Land Surface Hazards receives Track II NSF funding

$15 million will employ interdisciplinary science to study dangerous natural hazards

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New endowment gives economic geology program a boost

Proceeds from a land sale will support the Ralph J. Roberts Center for Research in Economic Geology

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