Stephen Boss

Geosciences

University of Arkansas Main Campus

Workshop Participant, Website Contributor

Website Content Contributions

Activities (4)

How Much Oil Leaked from Deepwater Horizon? part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Systems, Society, Sustainability and the Geosciences:Activities
Students develop an estimate of the total quantity of petroleum discharged from the Deepwater Horizon from 20 April to 15 July 2010 using only two known facts, the diameter of the riser and the flow rate of the oil/gas mixture emanating from the riser.

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Course (1)

Geophysics part of Course Design:Goals Database
This is a first course (survey) in geophysics designed for senior undergraduate geology majors at the U. of Arkansas.

Essay (1)

Fundamentals of Sustainability at the University of Arkansas - Emphasizing Institutional Strengths part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Systems, Society, Sustainability and the Geosciences:Essays
Essay page from the InTeGrate project describing an interdisciplinary undergraduate course at the University of Arkansas that teaches sustainability through four thematic areas—social, natural, built, and managed systems—aligned with institutional academic strengths.

Conference Presentation (1)

Creating a Personal Pathway Map Toward a Geoscience Career part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Previous Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2019:Program:Oral Sessions:Thursday A
The Geological Society of America (GSA) On To the Future (OTF) initiative helps build a diverse geoscience community by engaging groups traditionally underrepresented in the geosciences. During the OTF workshop at ...

Other Contribution (1)

Foundations of Sustainability minor, University of Arkansas part of Integrate:Workshops and Webinars:Programs that Bring Together Geoscience and Sustainability:Programs
This informational webpage details the University of Arkansas' interdisciplinary Foundations of Sustainability minor, outlining its program design, educational goals, required core and tiered elective courses across natural, managed, built, and social systems, and a capstone service or research requirement, all aimed at equipping undergraduate students with comprehensive sustainability knowledge and practical data analysis skills.