Close to forty geology students, faculty and staff and their families attended the 2014 Geo Pizza! – a dinner where we provide blank doughs, red sauce, pesto, cheeses and assorted other toppings and challenge the students to create geology-themed pizzas. Students are also highly encouraged to bring geo-themed desserts.
Twenty-one pizzas were created at this year’s event. Check out the photos of some of the many fine pizzas and the great ideas behind them.
Giuliana Kafaf looks on approvingly as Mike Dubois displays his pizza-making prowess
Clockwise from left, Amy Leventer, Hannah Berkovici (head turned), Meg Ryan with Julia Peck on lap, Maggie McGuire, Kate Hardock, William Peck, Henry Peck (in chair), Myongsun Kong, and Annie Preston – enjoying good company and good food in the den
Maggie McGuire, Kate Hardock, and Sarah Katz have their Contact Metamorphism of a Himalayan Greenschist Granite Pizza ready for the oven
In the foreground (left to right) Jen Godbout, Emily Butler, Katherine Schultz, Anay Shah, and Sam Brenman share a laugh, while back in the kitchen, Profs. Martin Wong and Connie Soja converse with Sarah Katz, Avalon Bunge, Maggie McGuire, and Giuliana Kafaf
Katherine Schultz and Sam Brenman seem quite pleased with how their BIF Pizza turned out
Annie Preston and Julia Horne present their Igneous Intrusion ‘Za
Josh Solomon and Josh Lasker begin work on their Structure of Life Pizza while Mik Redovian and Hunter Robertson work on creations of their own
Olivine Pizza — a plane-light view of dunite in thin section
A full table – (clockwise from left) Giuliana Kafaf, Rachel Walsh, Ashlynne Rando, Ryan Clements, Josh Riefler, Mike Dubois, Jen Godbout, Hunter Robertson (standing), Emily Butler, Rick Cummings, and Anay Shah
Structural geologist, Martin Wong enjoys watching Sarah Katz and Maggie McGuire brainstorm about their contact metamorphism pizza
Giuliana Kafaf writes up a description of the Gumball Pizza that she and Avalon made
And here it is! Avalon Bunge and Giuliana Kafaf proudly display their Gumball Pizza
A happy crew – (front) Hannah Bercovici, Kate Hardock, Annie Preston, Maggie McGuire, and Meg Ryan; (back) Josh Riefler, Josh Lasker, and Megan Switzer
With graduation approaching, Josh Solomon and Josh Lasker use pizza to relate this turning point in their lives to the Earth’s internal structure
I’m not sure what William said when he took this picture but Avalon Bunge, Mik Redovian, and Martin Wong clearly enjoyed it. Also pictured here – Hunter Robertson (left), Dave Linsley (back), and Emily Butler right)
Profs. Bruce Selleck and Martin Wong share some laughs with Josh Lasker and Josh Solomon, while in the background Shannon Dillon, Mik Redovian, Avalon Bunge, and Sarah Katz talk with Prof. Rich April
A few of the other pizzas we enjoyed
