ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Master’s student KeMia Smith has been named the distinguished recipient of the 2024 American Geosciences Institute (AGI) Scholarship for Advancing Diversity in the Geoscience Profession. This prestigious $5,000 scholarship is awarded to support an outstanding underrepresented minority student pursuing advanced studies in geoscience. A recent recipient of a bachelor’s degree in geology from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Smith embarks on her master’s jou...