Scott W. Tinker was invited to present the keynote address at the Opening Ceremony of the GEO 2018 conference and was a Distinguished Visitor at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia

Twenty years ago, the Fracture Research and Application Consortium (FRAC) launched Frac City, an innovative interactive website designed to assist researchers in their collaborations on fracture research

Bureau staff and students joined in the AAAS Family Science Days at the Austin Convention Center to promote public engagement with science.

After 27 years with the Bureau of Economic Geology, preeminent geophysicist and Senior Research Scientist Bob Hardage retired at the end of January 2018

Director Scott W. Tinker reviewed the past year's many successes and looked forward to the work of the Bureau's diverse and deeply talented staff