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U. Connecticut geology curriculum modernized
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Emily Butterfield
University Wire
12-03-2004
(The Daily Campus) (U-WIRE) STORRS, Conn. -- Geology students will soon have an updated center for study after the disintegration of the department last year, according to Ron Growney, associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS).
The new Center for Integrated Geosciences will have a modernized feel with both undergraduate and graduate programs, Growney said. Unlike the former department, the center will keep up with the modern changes in geology, he said.
"It is better not to think that we are bringing back or resurrecting the ...
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