Justine Paul Berina

APEX Fellowship | Justine Paul Berina

Major: Geology Class Year: 2022 Pronouns: He/Him/His Faculty Mentor: Dr. David McConnell As a GIS intern at the World Wildlife Fund, I mapped the […]

Grace Braver

APEX Fellowship | Grace Braver

Major: Geology Class Year: 2023 Pronouns: She/Her/Hers Faculty Mentor: Dr. Leslie Wingard As a wrangler for the French Broad Outpost Ranch in Del Rio, […]

Students pose for Community water project at The College of Wooster

AMRE | Community Water

Chamari Abercrombie ’24 | Neuroscience & Spanish Layali Banna ’22 | Geology Mazvita Chikomo ’22 | Environmental Geoscience Grace Hodges ’23 | Biology & […]

Mazvita Chikomo

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). […]

Shelley Judge

Shelley Judge named NCAA Division III Faculty Athletic Representative of the Year

Shelley Judge, one of The College of Wooster’s two faculty athletics representatives (FAR), was chosen as this year’s NCAA Div. III Faculty Athletics Representative […]

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 […]

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 […]

Students take tree samples

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

Paleoenvironments Containing Coryphodon in the Fort Union and Willwood Formations Spanning the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM), Bighorn Basin, Wyoming

Student: Emily Randall Major: Geology Minor: Environmental Studies Wooster Advisor: Dr. Mark Wilson, Dr. Karen Alley Keck Advisors: Dr. Michael D’Emic, Dr. Simone Hoffmann, […]

Alexis Lanier

Sourcing groundwater contamination from possible mine drainage in Navarre, Ohio using MODFLOW

Student: Alexis Lanier Major: Geology Minor: Ancient Mediterranean Studies Advisor: Dr. Karen Alley This study examines an abandoned underground coal mine in Navarre, Ohio […]

A History of Groundwater Contamination and Treatment in Wooster, Ohio

Student: Mason Minerva Major: Geology Advisors: Dr. Alex Crawford, Dr. Greg Wiles Contamination of drinking water can be incredibly problematic for the associated community, […]

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