Grace Braver '23

Geology major learns perseverance through working with horses

When her sister recommended a wrangler position at the French Broad Outpost Ranch for a summer internship, Grace Braver ’23 knew it would be […]

Justine Paul Berina ’22

Geology major assists conservation efforts through cartography in APEX Fellowship

When taking Geographic Information Systems with Shelley Judge, associate professor of geology, his junior year at The College of Wooster, Justine Paul Berina ’22 […]

Sarah McGrath '17 conducting research off the coast of Chile in summer 2019

Geology alumna ­­awarded fellowship for climate research

The research opportunities at Wooster prepared Sarah McGrath ’17 for her graduate studies

Kelli Baxstrom ’16

Geology alumna researches landslides after natural disasters

As a geologist for the United States Geological Survey, Kelli Baxstrom ’16 put much of the expertise learned from her time at The College […]

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NSF grant supports Wooster team’s climate change research in Alaska

Researchers track temperature change through analyzing wood samples from melting glaciers

Elyse Zavar ’07

Geology alumna named 2020 Early-Career Research Fellow

Research by Elyse Zavar ’07 studies long-term community recovery from natural disasters

Mark Wilson

Wilson publication uses complex fossil database to explore evolutionary events

Trace fossils reveal evidence of ecological engineering by ancient organisms

John Talbot ’81

Involvement in student organizations prepares alumnus for leadership role

CEO of California’s Milk Advisory Board, John Talbot ’81, supports dairy farmers through challenges of pandemic

Karen Alley

Wooster Professor Is Lead Author in New Study on Antarctic Conditions That Are Causing Sea-Level Rise

Karen Alley’s research on upside-down “rivers” of warm ocean water published in Science Advances

Mason Minerva '20

Geology major gains hands-on experience in his hometown

Mason Minerva ’20 served as an APEX Fellow at Impact Earth, an environmental consulting company in Rochester, New York. Established in 2014, Impact Earth […]

Deborah Green to Present Geology Lecture Feb. 20

Richard H. Jahns Distinguished Lecturer in Applied Geology to speak at The College of Wooster

Brandon Bell

Studying Disaster Through Multiple Lenses

Brandon Bell looks at the 1906 San Francisco earthquake

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Mark Wilson and British Colleague Publish Remarkable Discovery of 450 Million-Year-Old Bacterial Mats

Wooster professor’s finding at the Natural History Museum in London featured in Palaios

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Recent Grads Published in Scientific Journal Following Fieldwork, Data Analysis in Eastern Russia

Geology majors Clara Deck ’17 and Sarah Frederick ’15 were lead authors of article in Forests

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NSF Awards Graduate Research Fellowship to Wooster’s Helen Siegel

Recent alumna will use funding towards advanced degree at Yale University’s School of Forestry & Environmental Studies

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Grant from Keck Geology Consortium Will Allow Nine Students to Gain Field Experience This Summer

First- and second-year Wooster students interested in geosciences presented with a unique opportunity

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Local Discovery of New Salamander Breed Leads to Scientific Publication

Wooster professor Richard Lehtinen finds surprising hybridization between red-back and ravine salamanders

Mark Wilson and Fellow Paleontologists ‘Trace’ the Early Evolution of Life

Professor of geology at The College of Wooster and colleagues find evidence of decoupled evolution

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Annette Hilton Prospers from ‘Out-of-this World’ Research Experience

Wooster’s junior geology major studies lunar rock at American Museum of Natural History