Matt Pritchard
@mattepritchard.bsky.social
Professor of Earth Science at Cornell University: I study volcanoes, tectonics, glaciers and other planets. All views are my own. he/him
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A hs student who voluteers at the Museum of the Earth has also been tmraising money to help out PRI. Donations have been coming in with the press push, I think they'll make it but keep sharing and donate what you can:
www.weny.com/news/local/h...
www.weny.com/news/local/h...
Horseheads student hoping to save Museum of the Earth from closure
ITHACA, N.Y. (WENY) — The Museum of the Earth in Tompkins County is facing potential closure due to lapses in funding from several sources. A student from Horseheads High School
www.weny.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
A hs student who voluteers at the Museum of the Earth has also been tmraising money to help out PRI. Donations have been coming in with the press push, I think they'll make it but keep sharing and donate what you can:
www.weny.com/news/local/h...
www.weny.com/news/local/h...
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News story from Syracuse local news about saving the Museum of the Earth. (They dont explain that the Museum footage is from a Halloween event so enjoy a lot of unexplained costumed folks)
Any help is greatly appreciated!
#savePRI #science #givingtuesday #fossils
mms.tveyes.com/PlaybackPort...
Any help is greatly appreciated!
#savePRI #science #givingtuesday #fossils
mms.tveyes.com/PlaybackPort...
TVEyes Media Monitoring Suite - [Transcript]
mms.tveyes.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:58 PM
News story from Syracuse local news about saving the Museum of the Earth. (They dont explain that the Museum footage is from a Halloween event so enjoy a lot of unexplained costumed folks)
Any help is greatly appreciated!
#savePRI #science #givingtuesday #fossils
mms.tveyes.com/PlaybackPort...
Any help is greatly appreciated!
#savePRI #science #givingtuesday #fossils
mms.tveyes.com/PlaybackPort...
Beautiful November day for Field Geophysics looking for a buried gorge. Thanks to Geoff Abers for the photos.
November 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Beautiful November day for Field Geophysics looking for a buried gorge. Thanks to Geoff Abers for the photos.
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On Sunday the 30th PRI's Museum of the Earth will celebrate Antarctica Day, including a talk by Dr. Alejandra Gandolfo,"When Antarctica Was Green: Fossil Plants Reveal Its Crucial Role in the Evolution of Southern Hemisphere Floras" come check it out #Ithaca #Antarctica
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Antarctica Day Celebration
Sun 30 Nov, 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM [EST]: Discover the secrets of the South Pole—because penguins don’t hang with Santa! Experience the wonders of Antarctica at the Museum of the Earth’s Antarctica Day ev...
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November 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
On Sunday the 30th PRI's Museum of the Earth will celebrate Antarctica Day, including a talk by Dr. Alejandra Gandolfo,"When Antarctica Was Green: Fossil Plants Reveal Its Crucial Role in the Evolution of Southern Hemisphere Floras" come check it out #Ithaca #Antarctica
tockify.com/paleontologi...
tockify.com/paleontologi...
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Some infographics about the Paleontological Research Institution, its continuing impact on research and education, and what is needed to keep this place around into the future after a major donor was unable to keep a pledge.
Keep them in mind! #FossilFriday #givingTuesday ⚒️🧪🦑
www.priweb.org/donate
Keep them in mind! #FossilFriday #givingTuesday ⚒️🧪🦑
www.priweb.org/donate
November 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Some infographics about the Paleontological Research Institution, its continuing impact on research and education, and what is needed to keep this place around into the future after a major donor was unable to keep a pledge.
Keep them in mind! #FossilFriday #givingTuesday ⚒️🧪🦑
www.priweb.org/donate
Keep them in mind! #FossilFriday #givingTuesday ⚒️🧪🦑
www.priweb.org/donate
Support is growing to #SavethemuseumoftheEarth
You can listen to Director Warren Allmon talk about the Museum and PRI on the Capitol Press Room from Albany
capitolpressroom.org/2025/10/31/u...
You can listen to Director Warren Allmon talk about the Museum and PRI on the Capitol Press Room from Albany
capitolpressroom.org/2025/10/31/u...
November 1, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Support is growing to #SavethemuseumoftheEarth
You can listen to Director Warren Allmon talk about the Museum and PRI on the Capitol Press Room from Albany
capitolpressroom.org/2025/10/31/u...
You can listen to Director Warren Allmon talk about the Museum and PRI on the Capitol Press Room from Albany
capitolpressroom.org/2025/10/31/u...
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Visiting PRI was a highlight of the NAGT Eastern Section meeting in 2023. It's such a treasure.⚒️
October 30, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Visiting PRI was a highlight of the NAGT Eastern Section meeting in 2023. It's such a treasure.⚒️
Thanks for sharing -- we are very excited that Tingan will be our colleague next year
If you are interested in grain size variation across landscapes, please check out this paper by my wonderful collaborator Dr. Tingan Li.
The talk I gave a few weeks ago also highlights his work, if you prefer listening rather than reading 😉
The talk I gave a few weeks ago also highlights his work, if you prefer listening rather than reading 😉
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Thanks for sharing -- we are very excited that Tingan will be our colleague next year
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Local news story on why MotE/ PRI is special:
$̳1̳ ̳m̳i̳l̳l̳i̳o̳n̳ left to raise before the end of 2025 to save the Museum of the Earth at the Paleontological Research Institution in Ithaca, NY.
#SavePRI 🧪⚒️ #museums #dinosaurs #Mastodon #Ithaca
#fingerlakes
www.wbng.com/2025/10/27/m...
$̳1̳ ̳m̳i̳l̳l̳i̳o̳n̳ left to raise before the end of 2025 to save the Museum of the Earth at the Paleontological Research Institution in Ithaca, NY.
#SavePRI 🧪⚒️ #museums #dinosaurs #Mastodon #Ithaca
#fingerlakes
www.wbng.com/2025/10/27/m...
Museum of Earth could be met with possible foreclosure
The PRI has until Dec. 31, 2025 to raise $1 million or the only collections based national history museum between New York City and Buffalo will be forced into foreclosure.
www.wbng.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Local news story on why MotE/ PRI is special:
$̳1̳ ̳m̳i̳l̳l̳i̳o̳n̳ left to raise before the end of 2025 to save the Museum of the Earth at the Paleontological Research Institution in Ithaca, NY.
#SavePRI 🧪⚒️ #museums #dinosaurs #Mastodon #Ithaca
#fingerlakes
www.wbng.com/2025/10/27/m...
$̳1̳ ̳m̳i̳l̳l̳i̳o̳n̳ left to raise before the end of 2025 to save the Museum of the Earth at the Paleontological Research Institution in Ithaca, NY.
#SavePRI 🧪⚒️ #museums #dinosaurs #Mastodon #Ithaca
#fingerlakes
www.wbng.com/2025/10/27/m...
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Update on the Paleontological Research Institution and their remaining need for donations to pay off their mortgage and avoid foreclosure
#savePRI please share; tag anyone you think might help🧪⚒️🦑
@lastweektonight.com @colbertlateshow.bsky.social @pbseons.bsky.social
www.ithaca.com/news/regiona...
#savePRI please share; tag anyone you think might help🧪⚒️🦑
@lastweektonight.com @colbertlateshow.bsky.social @pbseons.bsky.social
www.ithaca.com/news/regiona...
Saving the Museum
After years of financial troubles and millions of funds raised in support, the Museum of the Earth is still struggling to bridge its multi-million dollar budgetary gap. It needs to
www.ithaca.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Update on the Paleontological Research Institution and their remaining need for donations to pay off their mortgage and avoid foreclosure
#savePRI please share; tag anyone you think might help🧪⚒️🦑
@lastweektonight.com @colbertlateshow.bsky.social @pbseons.bsky.social
www.ithaca.com/news/regiona...
#savePRI please share; tag anyone you think might help🧪⚒️🦑
@lastweektonight.com @colbertlateshow.bsky.social @pbseons.bsky.social
www.ithaca.com/news/regiona...
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Are you considering graduate school?
Register now to participate in the Cornell University Graduate School Virtual Fair on Friday, October 24, 2025 (11 am-1:00 pm EST)!
cornellgraduateschoolfair.vfairs.com
#CornellGradFair #FuturePhD #GradEducation #GradSchool
Register now to participate in the Cornell University Graduate School Virtual Fair on Friday, October 24, 2025 (11 am-1:00 pm EST)!
cornellgraduateschoolfair.vfairs.com
#CornellGradFair #FuturePhD #GradEducation #GradSchool
October 17, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Are you considering graduate school?
Register now to participate in the Cornell University Graduate School Virtual Fair on Friday, October 24, 2025 (11 am-1:00 pm EST)!
cornellgraduateschoolfair.vfairs.com
#CornellGradFair #FuturePhD #GradEducation #GradSchool
Register now to participate in the Cornell University Graduate School Virtual Fair on Friday, October 24, 2025 (11 am-1:00 pm EST)!
cornellgraduateschoolfair.vfairs.com
#CornellGradFair #FuturePhD #GradEducation #GradSchool
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This is making me unreasonably happy.
On-orbit image of NISAR in full bloom shared by Vantor
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From the ISRO community on Reddit: On-orbit image of NISAR in full bloom shared by Vantor
Explore this post and more from the ISRO community
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October 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This is making me unreasonably happy.
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If you are at Cornell or in #Ithaca next week PRI’s director Warren Allmon will be giving the Phi Beta Kappa lecture Oct 22 at 4:30 on the scientific importance of Natural History Museums, and how their collections are used to address modern problems
October 16, 2025 at 9:39 PM
If you are at Cornell or in #Ithaca next week PRI’s director Warren Allmon will be giving the Phi Beta Kappa lecture Oct 22 at 4:30 on the scientific importance of Natural History Museums, and how their collections are used to address modern problems
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We're hiring! The Polar Geospatial Center (PGC) at the University of Minnesota is seeking a Geospatial and Remote Sensing Data Specialist to join our team.
💼 Hybrid position (based in Minneapolis, MN)
💰 Salary range: $83K–$98K
📅 Apply now through the UMN job portal.
www.pgc.umn.edu/careers/posi...
💼 Hybrid position (based in Minneapolis, MN)
💰 Salary range: $83K–$98K
📅 Apply now through the UMN job portal.
www.pgc.umn.edu/careers/posi...
October 16, 2025 at 2:52 PM
We're hiring! The Polar Geospatial Center (PGC) at the University of Minnesota is seeking a Geospatial and Remote Sensing Data Specialist to join our team.
💼 Hybrid position (based in Minneapolis, MN)
💰 Salary range: $83K–$98K
📅 Apply now through the UMN job portal.
www.pgc.umn.edu/careers/posi...
💼 Hybrid position (based in Minneapolis, MN)
💰 Salary range: $83K–$98K
📅 Apply now through the UMN job portal.
www.pgc.umn.edu/careers/posi...
"Good things don't end with eum, they end with mania..."
-Homer
How about both? Today is Fossilmania at the Museum of the Earth where they are giving away decommissioned specimens today: www.museumoftheearth.org/visit/events
-Homer
How about both? Today is Fossilmania at the Museum of the Earth where they are giving away decommissioned specimens today: www.museumoftheearth.org/visit/events
Events — Museum of the Earth
www.museumoftheearth.org
October 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
"Good things don't end with eum, they end with mania..."
-Homer
How about both? Today is Fossilmania at the Museum of the Earth where they are giving away decommissioned specimens today: www.museumoftheearth.org/visit/events
-Homer
How about both? Today is Fossilmania at the Museum of the Earth where they are giving away decommissioned specimens today: www.museumoftheearth.org/visit/events
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Hey planetary science PhD graduaters: I know thinking about applying to postdocs this year seems daunting, so I am here to remind you that we have some REALLY GOOD prize fellowship at Caltech. Come work with me. Or Katherine. Or Heather. Or Konstantin. Or someone. Seriously. These are good. 🔭🪐
Postdoctoral Positions
From the Caltech Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences
www.gps.caltech.edu
September 29, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Hey planetary science PhD graduaters: I know thinking about applying to postdocs this year seems daunting, so I am here to remind you that we have some REALLY GOOD prize fellowship at Caltech. Come work with me. Or Katherine. Or Heather. Or Konstantin. Or someone. Seriously. These are good. 🔭🪐
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The Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys is hiring a volcanologist who would work with the Alaska Volcano Observatory. A fantastic opportunity to work with great people and study very active volcanoes. Details in link below. Applications close on Oct. 1. ⚒️🌋🧪 bit.ly/3IkqN9n
Job Bulletin
www.governmentjobs.com
September 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys is hiring a volcanologist who would work with the Alaska Volcano Observatory. A fantastic opportunity to work with great people and study very active volcanoes. Details in link below. Applications close on Oct. 1. ⚒️🌋🧪 bit.ly/3IkqN9n
Go Savannah! Love to see it.
My first lead-author paper, “Explaining South Asian Monsoon Rainfall Seasonality Using a Metric of Plume Buoyancy,” has been published in Geophysical Research Letters! 🌧️
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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Explaining South Asian Monsoon Rainfall Seasonality Using a Metric of Plume Buoyancy
A buoyancy-based process-oriented diagnostic (POD) describes South Asian monsoon rainfall at monthly and subregional (500–1,000 km) scales The POD predicts the sign of monsoon rainfall changes in...
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September 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Go Savannah! Love to see it.
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TT Assistant Prof. position with focus on structural geology/geophysics open at my alma mater, Whitman College. Whitman is a small liberal arts school with a strong tradition of undergraduate research and lots of great geology nearby. Review starts Sept. 19. ⚒️ 🧪 apply.interfolio.com/171758
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September 7, 2025 at 12:22 PM
TT Assistant Prof. position with focus on structural geology/geophysics open at my alma mater, Whitman College. Whitman is a small liberal arts school with a strong tradition of undergraduate research and lots of great geology nearby. Review starts Sept. 19. ⚒️ 🧪 apply.interfolio.com/171758
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Just reupping this.
Idk if we are way behind on positions compared to normal because of *waves hands at everything* or bc I’m not on twitter anymore. I’ve shared it all the same places I normally do.
Idk if we are way behind on positions compared to normal because of *waves hands at everything* or bc I’m not on twitter anymore. I’ve shared it all the same places I normally do.
I am community sourcing a list of people who are actively in search of MS/PhD students in planetary science/astrobiology/exoplanets for Fall 2026. If you are such a person, please fill out the following google form:
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Planetary Science MS/PhD Positions for Fall 2026
Crowd sourced list of people who are looking for MS/PhD students to help connect prospective students with advisors so we can do even more fabulous planetary science! (Submitting a response indicates ...
docs.google.com
September 3, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Just reupping this.
Idk if we are way behind on positions compared to normal because of *waves hands at everything* or bc I’m not on twitter anymore. I’ve shared it all the same places I normally do.
Idk if we are way behind on positions compared to normal because of *waves hands at everything* or bc I’m not on twitter anymore. I’ve shared it all the same places I normally do.
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Postdoctoral Fellowship in Geosciences – Princeton University, USA
Harry Hess Fellows Program 2026–27
Eligibility: PhD
Deadline: 1 October 2025
Details: higherjobz.com/princeton-po...
#Postdoc #AcademicJobs #USAJobs #ScienceCareer #PostdoctoralFellowship #EarthSciences
@princetonupress.bsky.social
Harry Hess Fellows Program 2026–27
Eligibility: PhD
Deadline: 1 October 2025
Details: higherjobz.com/princeton-po...
#Postdoc #AcademicJobs #USAJobs #ScienceCareer #PostdoctoralFellowship #EarthSciences
@princetonupress.bsky.social
Princeton Postdoctoral Fellowship in Geosciences 2026–27 |HigherJobz
Apply now for the Princeton University Postdoctoral Fellowship in Geosciences 2026–2027, USA. Competitive salary - Deadline: Oct 1, 2025.
higherjobz.com
August 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Honored to be part of the AGU Distinguished Lecture Series for 2025–2026.
These lectures are open to all institutions ! If you'd like to host one, you can submit a request.
Looking forward to connecting with students and scholars across the globe 🌍🛰️💧
@agu.org
connect.agu.org/collegeoffel...
These lectures are open to all institutions ! If you'd like to host one, you can submit a request.
Looking forward to connecting with students and scholars across the globe 🌍🛰️💧
@agu.org
connect.agu.org/collegeoffel...
AGU COF
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August 27, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Honored to be part of the AGU Distinguished Lecture Series for 2025–2026.
These lectures are open to all institutions ! If you'd like to host one, you can submit a request.
Looking forward to connecting with students and scholars across the globe 🌍🛰️💧
@agu.org
connect.agu.org/collegeoffel...
These lectures are open to all institutions ! If you'd like to host one, you can submit a request.
Looking forward to connecting with students and scholars across the globe 🌍🛰️💧
@agu.org
connect.agu.org/collegeoffel...
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A new #AGUPubs article reflects on the history and impact that UNAVCO and its community members made on the field of #geodesy.
🔗Check it out: buff.ly/WZmJ2VN
#UNAVCO #STEM #EarthScience
🔗Check it out: buff.ly/WZmJ2VN
#UNAVCO #STEM #EarthScience
August 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
A new #AGUPubs article reflects on the history and impact that UNAVCO and its community members made on the field of #geodesy.
🔗Check it out: buff.ly/WZmJ2VN
#UNAVCO #STEM #EarthScience
🔗Check it out: buff.ly/WZmJ2VN
#UNAVCO #STEM #EarthScience
Had a wonderful visit to the Lizzadro Museum in Oak Brook. Former Cornell EAS postdoc Kyle Brill is the Director!
If you are in the Chicago area and love rocks and art, check out this "hidden gem" lizzadromuseum.org?srsltid=AfmB...
If you are in the Chicago area and love rocks and art, check out this "hidden gem" lizzadromuseum.org?srsltid=AfmB...
August 9, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Had a wonderful visit to the Lizzadro Museum in Oak Brook. Former Cornell EAS postdoc Kyle Brill is the Director!
If you are in the Chicago area and love rocks and art, check out this "hidden gem" lizzadromuseum.org?srsltid=AfmB...
If you are in the Chicago area and love rocks and art, check out this "hidden gem" lizzadromuseum.org?srsltid=AfmB...