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  • Prof Jeff Taylor, Dir of the Space Grant program, takes some Aliamanu Middle School students on a "Field Trip To Mars" during Open House day. Note the huge map covering the whole hallway. Feb 15
    Event Earth Sciences Seminar
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    Event Earth Sciences Seminar
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  • An image of the asteroid Bennu taken by the Osiris-Rex spacecraft Nov. 16, 2018. Credit:NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona
    News NASA’s Osiris-Rex arrives at asteroid Bennu after a two-year journey
  • HIMB logo graphic Dec 05
    Event Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology Seminar
    3:00 p.m. , Large Pauley Classroom/CI
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  • Department of Earth Sciences Studying the composition and dynamics of Earth's interior and crust, and the processes that shape its surface.

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