2026
- April 24, 2026: Dr. Taylor Eighmy inaugurated the new Thermo Electron Delta Q Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer in the CHMS lab
2025
- September 2025: See why grad students are testing water quality at Cibolo Creek —UT San Antonio Today
- August 2025: San Antonio College student Cesar Ernesto Segovia Gonzalez, mentored by Dr. Indra Mondal, tied for best poster award at the 2025 Undergraduate Research Summer Showcase
- July 2025: Floodwaters' hidden threats: Expert warns of long-term health impacts —KENS5
- June 2025: San Antonio’s drinking water at risk if Guajolote Ranch development is built, expert says —KSAT
- May 2025: MS student Cassidy Lane received UTSA Outstanding Graduate Student University Life Award
- April 2025: Tom Varner received UTSA Graduate School's Outstanding PhD Dissertation Award
2024
- September 2024: Interview from GSA Connects: Saugata Datta (chair for 2025 GSA Connects) and Nathan Niemi (incoming GSA President) —YouTube video
- June 2024: MS student Ronny Saunders received a Geological Society of America scholarship
- May 2024: Membership in USRA highlights UTSA's capabilities in space sciences —UTSA Today
- April 2024: The lab's first PhD! Tom Varner defended his dissertation "Biogeochemical Controls on Arsenic Mobility Within Sediments"
(Dissertation Committee Members: Saugata Datta, Heather Shipley, Steven Goodbred (external: Vanderbilt), Hatim Sharif, and Hongjie Xie) - February 2024: Doctoral student Tom Varner explores solutions to prevent water contamination —UTSA Today
- January 2024: Researchers at UTSA to conduct study on soil health with USDA grant —UTSA Today
2023
- June 2023: MS student Ruben Olivares Jr received a Geological Society of America research grant
- May 2023: Undergraduate student Cassidy Lane accepted into NSF Undergraduate Research Program
- May 2023: MS student Ruben Olivares Jr invited speaker at 2023 iSTEM Symposium
- March 2023: MS student Steven Hollan elected as GSA Geology and Health student representative
2022
- October 2022: Dr. Saugata Datta received the GSA Geology and Health Division Meritorious Service Award
- October 2022: MS student Ruben Olivares Jr awarded GSA Geology and Health Division Student Research Grant
- September 2022: MS student Ruben Olivares Jr and Dr. Harshad Kulkarni represented IWRSP at iSTEM Education Program and delivered a guest lecture on "Water Quality in Texas-Mexico Border Region"
- August 2022: PhD student Tom Varner featured in COS #ThisIsWhatAScientistLooksLike
- August 2022: CDC finds that 80% of children and adults have traces of weed-killing chemical linked to cancer —KSAT
- June 2022: PhD student Kuzipa Kapayi received an NSF/GSA Graduate Student Geoscience Research Grant
- June 2022: PhD student Tom Varner becomes Fulbright scholar —UTSA Today
- June 2022: PhD student Protik Banerjee received a GSA Research Grant
- May 2022: Dr. Saugata Datta named a 2022 GSA Fellow
- April 2022: PhD student Tom Varner qualified for a Fulbright Scholarship
- February 2022: MS student Ashley Aguilar featured in COS #ThisIsWhatAScientistLooksLike
2021
- December 2021: PhD student Tom Varner part of first place team in Transdisciplinary Team Grand Challenge: Water
- November 2021: Dr. Saugata Datta collaborator on research to identify sources of lead poisoning in children —TAMU News
- October 2021: MS student Ashley Aguilar awarded On to the Future grant for GSA Connects 2021
- July 2021: Dr. Saugata Datta is the faculty lead for STIR-UP —UTSA Today
- June 2021: MS student Ashley Aguilar featured in MIRO Program web article
- January 2021: Constant changes to environmental laws can have a negative impact on environment —KSAT
2020
- November 2020: MS student Ashley Aguilar awarded Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program Grant
- October 2020: IWRSP Director Dr. Datta part of Roundtable: Discover Transdisciplinary Research at UTSA
- August 2020: MS student Katrina Poling among the COVID-19 Transdisciplinary Team Grand Challenge winners —UTSA Today
- July 2020: Grant-winning PhD student Tom Varner has a passion for science and environment —UTSA Today
2019
- November 2019: UTSA professor studies pollutants and nutrients in ecosystem —UTSA Today
2018
- April 2018: Down to Earth: Kansas State University researcher part of $3.9 million NASA lava caves study —K-State News
2017
- Fall 2017: Spotlight on faculty research: Dr. Saugata Datta —K-State Geology News
- June 2017: Manganese concentration in drinking water needs attention, researchers say —K-State News
2016
- Spring 2016: Rock stars: Protecting resources with microbial "control knobs" —Seek Research Magazine
- February 2016: How safe is your tap water? A post-Flint primer on how to protect yourself —Vogue Magazine
2015
- May 2015: Life on Mars and lava beds on Earth —KTVL News 10
- Spring 2015: A Thirst for Geology —K-State Students of A&S
- Spring 2015: Yerby follows passion, recharts future path —Olathe School News
2014
- Winter 2014: Brownfield Action: Dissemination of a SENCER Model Curriculum and the Creation of a Collaborative STEM Education Network —Science Education and Civic Engagement
2013
- Winter 2013: Digging deep —Perspectives
- November 2013: Growing use of tungsten brings high risk of strokes —The Conversation
- September 2013: Study finds tungsten in aquifer groundwater controlled by pH, oxygen —ScienceDaily
- September 2013: Kansas State classes get a lesson in environmental remediation —Environmental Monitor
- August 2013: University students help reduce nitrate levels at Kansas site —K-State News
2012
- July 2012: Rock stars: Geologists testing aquifer rocks as containers to permanently trap carbon dioxide —K-State News
- March 2012: Research finds manganese concentrations higher in residential neighborhoods than industrial sites, levels vary by region —K-State News
2011
- November 2011: Geologists find ponds not the cause of arsenic poisoning in India's groundwater —Terra Daily
- November 2011: Ponds not responsible for arsenic poisoning —ZeeNews
- January 2011: National study explores the reaction and transport of tungsten in drinking water —K-State News
2009
- October 2009: Geologists studying groundwater arsenic levels in India empower Bengali women, children —ScienceDaily
