Regents Professor Dante Lauretta was named the recipient of the 2023 Eugene Shoemaker Lecture from the American Geophysical Union. The award is presented annually  and recognizes excellence in planetary exploration. This lecture honors the life and work of planetary scientist and geologist, Eugene Merle Shoemaker.

Dante Lauretta is Principal Investigator for OSIRIS-REx, which returned to Earth its sample of the asteroid Bennu on Sept. 24. He presented the award lecture at the December 2023 AGU meeting.