Muawia Barazangi, professor emeritus of earth and atmospheric sciences at Cornell University and pioneering seismologist, died on 30 March 2022. Muawia was born to Badeah Sukkar and Muhamed Nor Al‐Deen Barazangi on 14 September 1941. He grew up in the city of Damascus, Syria, and graduated in 1965 from the University of Damascus with a bachelor’s degree in physics and earth sciences with distinction. Subsequently, he received a scholarship from the University of Minnesota to earn a master’s degree in applied geophysics in 1967, working with Harold Mooney. Following graduation, he received a scholarship from Columbia University, Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory...

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