Seven-figure gift establishes Abbey Arboretum at Wooster
A seven-figure gift from The College of Wooster alumnus Paul Abbey ’73 and his wife, Constance Norweb Abbey, has established the campus-wide Abbey Arboretum […]
Wooster Earth sciences and physics professors answer common questions about meteor passing through Northeast Ohio
Tuesday morning, March 17, while The College of Wooster campus was quiet with students on spring break, a meteor streaked across Northeast Ohio, causing […]
Wooster researchers publish new study on how local arboretum trees adapt to a changing climate
A new peer-reviewed study published in Plants, People, Planet is shedding light on how deciduous conifer trees growing in northeast Ohio’s Secrest Arboretum are […]
Wooster earth sciences team coauthors climate research on tree rings published in scholarly journal
Earth Sciences faculty, staff, and students at The College of Wooster recently published “Changing climate response of Northeast Ohio white oaks, USA: Is it […]
Wooster professor publishes article contributing to climate change research
Eva Lyon ’07, visiting assistant professor of earth sciences at The College of Wooster, recently published an article that is an important contribution to […]
Triple major studies differing resources and utilizes multiple research styles
When Athena Tharenos ’24 first arrived at The College of Wooster, she didn’t consider herself much of an academic, nor did she see a […]
Environmental geoscience major combines two passions for senior research
Virginia native Corey Knauf ’24 has played the game of baseball for nearly his entire life. Just like a pitcher comes set for each […]
Wooster geology major excavates new insights from dinosaur teeth
For 120 years, researchers have studied dinosaur skeletons in the Hell Creek Formation, an iconic Late Cretaceous formation that spans throughout Montana, Wyoming, and […]
Annual Osgood Memorial Lecture to feature earth scientist and museum educator Lisa White
The College of Wooster Department of Earth Sciences will welcome Lisa White, director of education and outreach at the University of California Museum of […]
Earth Sciences professor names fossil for Wooster
Mark Wilson, the Lewis M. and Marian Senter Nixon Professor of Natural Sciences in the Department of Earth Sciences at The College of Wooster, […]
41st annual Osgood Memorial Lecture to feature earth scientist Terry Wilson
The College of Wooster Department of Earth Sciences will welcome Terry Wilson, professor emerita at The Ohio State University School of Earth Sciences, for […]
Lauren Vargo ’13 studies connections between glacier melt and climate change
Lauren Vargo ’13 came to The College of Wooster because she wanted the chance to take a wide variety of classes to figure out […]
Wooster receives $475 thousand HHMI grant to support inclusive excellence in research mentoring in STEM
The College of Wooster has received a grant of $475,000 from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Inclusive Excellence 3 (IE3) initiative for work over […]
Department of Earth Sciences receives donation of 10 MOVE suite software licences from Petroleum Exports Ltd.
The Department of Earth Sciences at The College of Wooster announced that Petroleum Experts Ltd. recently donated 10 licenses of its MOVE suite software […]
Environmental geoscience major serves as land-use consultant
As an environmental consultant at Ohio State University, Mazvita Chikomo ’22 collected and analyzed data on lakes, along with educating the public on aesthetic […]
Experiential Learning Showcase 2021 award winners announced
On the eve of the Experiential Learning Showcase, which will be held virtually on Friday, Nov. 5, The College of Wooster named its award […]
Mazvita Chikomo ’22 awarded IDEA Scholarship from Association for Women Geoscientists
Mazvita Chikomo ‘22, an environmental geoscience major at The College of Wooster, earned the Idea Scholarship Award from the Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG). […]
Wooster Science Cafe resumes Tuesday, Oct. 5 with “The Science of Green Technology”
The Wooster Science Café will resume its fall semester series on Tuesday, Oct. 5 with the topic called “The Science of Green Technology.” The […]
Centuries-old black oak falls on Wooster campus
A mighty oak has fallen. An Oak Grove tree that stood for more than two centuries came down on Monday at The College of […]
Students and faculty team up to help local community adapt to climate change
As Northeast Ohioans along with people around the world live through unprecedented levels of natural disasters due to climate change, students and faculty at […]