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The ISC has been monitoring the case of Iranian-Swedish scholar Dr. Ahmadreza Djalali who was sentenced to death by Iranian authorities in 2017 based on allegations that he had provided intelligence to Israeli authorities. Djalali has repeatedly denied these allegations and the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention called for his immediate release in 2017.

25 June 2022, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

The Damage Mechanics Challenge Workshop is held in conjunction with the 56th US Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium. The purpose of this exercise is to:

Congratulations to the Stuttgart Collaborative Research Centre (SFB) 1313 on “Interface-Driven Multi-Field Processes in Porous Media – Flow, Transport and Deformation“. On 24 November 2021, the German Research Foundation DFG decided to fund SFB 1313 of the University of Stuttgart for another four years. The overall goal of SFB 1313 is to get a fundamental understanding how interfaces influence flow, transport, and deformation processes in porous media.

20-24 June 2022, Flatrock, NC, USA

The Progressive Failure of Brittle Rocks is a 5-day, NSF-sponsored, GSA Penrose Conference dedicated to bringing together – in person – scientists from Rock Physics, Surface Processes, Soil Science, Stone Heritage, Critical Zone Sciences, Planetary Sciences and Geoengineering disciplines in order to open new doors to a myriad of concepts, applications and validations of all geologic work related to rock fracture.

More info on the website.