Assistant Professor of Physics Laura DeGroot (left) and Wooster Professor Meagen Pollock, geologist and Lewis M. and Marian Senter Nixon Professorship in the Natural Sciences at the College (right)

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 […]

The Buckeye, Women in Science, Engineering, and Research (B-WISER) summer camp, hosted by The College of Wooster offers young girls currently completing grades seven through 10 the chance to explore science-related interests.

Registration opens for B-WISER summer camp inspiring STEM interests in young girls

The Buckeye, Women in Science, Engineering, and Research (B-WISER) summer camp will return for summer 2026, offering young girls currently completing grades seven through […]

Greg Wiles head shot

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 […]

Stephanie Sparks, visiting assistant professor of geology at The College of Wooster

Geology professor uses her undergraduate training as an engineer to bring new insights to field

Stephanie Sparks, visiting assistant professor of geology at The College of Wooster recently published a paper that outlines a method for applying sensitivity analysis […]

Lauren Segura '26, photo provided by subject.

Geology major develops field mapping skills through summer field camp with OSU

During the summer before her senior year at The College of Wooster, Lauren Segura ’26 attended a Summer Field Camp with the School of […]

Ryann Taylor '26 conducting soil tests within a test site. Photo provided by subject.

Archaeology and geology major directs research on-site in Guatemala for summer internship

Ryann Taylor ’26, an archaeology and geology major and religious studies minor at The College of Wooster, spent the summer at the archaeological site of […]

Tyrell Cooper ’25 collects a tree-ring sample in spring 2022.

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 […]

Eva Lyon ’07, visiting assistant professor of earth sciences at The College of Wooster

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 […]

Hudson Davis '24

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 […]

B-WISER Camp 2023

B-WISER summer camp offers girls opportunity to explore STEM fields

The B-WISER educational summer camp, a partnership between The College of Wooster and the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation, will take place June 10-15, 2024. […]

Ryan Johnston '23

Turnip Turn-in: Park Ranger intern sets precedents for research classification and completion

Ryan Johnston ’23 says he’d be a very different person if he hadn’t attended The College of Wooster. The Ohio native came to play […]

Mark Wilson, the Lewis M. and Marian Senter Nixon Professor of Natural Sciences

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, […]

Terry Wilson, professor emerita at The Ohio State University School of Earth Sciences

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

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 […]

Campers at B-WISER

B-WISER summer camp inspires girls to pursue interests in science

The Buckeye Women in Science, Engineering, and Research (B-WISER) summer camp, an educational partnership of the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation and The College of […]

Chemistry Lab

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 […]

Hudson Davis '24

Geology major gains scientific skills in paleontology internship 

After volunteering with the Burpee Museum of Natural History, Hudson Davis ’24, a geology major at The College of Wooster, knew he wanted to […]

Students participate in B-wiser Science Camp in 2019.

B-WISER Summer Science Camp runs June 12-17

The Buckeye Women in Science, Engineering, and Research (B-WISER), an educational partnership of The College of Wooster and the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation, will […]

students at The College of Wooster use MOVE suite software

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 […]

Trinda Bedrossian ’69

Trinda Bedrossian ’69 captures 165 years of California’s geological history

Following the 150-year anniversary of the California Geological Survey (CGS), Trinda Bedrossian ’69, a geology major at The College of Wooster, felt inspired to […]