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Bob Ginsburg

Further Investigation Yields 2 Extinct Coral Species

What began as an homage to achievement in the field of coral reef geology has evolved into the discovery of an unexpected link between corals of the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Drs. Ann Budd (University of Iowa) and Donald McNeill (University of Miami) named a species of fossil coral found on the Island of Curaçao — some six million years old — after UM Rosenstiel School’s Dr. Robert N. Ginsburg in 1995. The coral, originally thought to be an elkhorn coral was now been positively identified as a Pacific acroporid genus named Isopora, with the help of Dr. Carden C. Wallace of the Museum of Tropical Queensland, Australia. Read more…

Five Students Receive Rosenstiel’s First Undergrad Degrees

Commencement ceremonies on December 18, 2008 marked the first time in the Rosenstiel School’s rich 65-year history that undergraduate degrees were conferred by the Rosenstiel School’s administration. Students in UM Rosenstiel School’s inaugural undergraduate class are: George Kaminis who received his B.A. in Marine Affairs, and Megan James, Graham Kolodziej, Elizabeth Restrepo and Jordan Ross who received their B.S. in Marine and Atmospheric Science. Read more…