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GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA — The 10th North American Paleontological Convention here is sponsored by the Florida Museum of Natural History. (The meeting is excellent, by the way, and very well organized. Congratulations to the paleontological team that put it together.) Since … Continue reading →

GAINESVILLE, FLORIDA–Steph Bosch (’14), Lizzie Reinthal (’14) and I flew out of icy Ohio this weekend to attend the 10th North American Paleontological Convention in warm, sunny northern Florida. The students jointly presented the beautiful poster above on their Independent … Continue reading →

Last week three Wooster geology students and I visited Ken Karns, an enthusiastic citizen scientist who has developed an extraordinary fossil collection in his home in Lancaster, Ohio. Ken is a man of prodigious energies and skills as he not … Continue reading →

So I was blanking all day about something to write about.  Like most other people on campus right now, I’m mentally exhausted from all the midterms and just when I was thinking, “how can I ever put something catchy together … Continue reading →

Now that I’ve been back on campus for just around a month, I think it’s time for me to get back into this blog. I’ve been putting it off for a while now, mostly because I don’t know what to … Continue reading →

Another bioerosion mystery from those fascinating Upper Ordovician rocks around Cincinnati. Above you see a flat, bifoliate trepostome bryozoan (probably Peronopora) with pock holes scattered across its surface. At first you may think, after reading so many blog posts here, … Continue reading →

What a Great Opportunity to see Wooster’s Talent in Action and be entertained!  Come out and Support our Senior IS Productions!

Every time the Olympics come around, summer or winter, it seems like forever since the last one occurred, at least to me.  For some the Olympics are much more anticipated than the recent Super Bowl, World Cup, Baseball World Series … Continue reading →

WOOSTER, Ohio, Feb. 5, 2014 – Due to icing conditions The College of Wooster will be closed until noon today.  Core services will be maintained, but classes and events before noon are canceled.  Further updates will follow if weather conditions … Continue reading →

By Amanda Collins This post was uploaded after Amanda’s Global SE experience.   Before going to India, I was politically liberal with a firm belief in a strong Federal government. I’m still a politically liberal college student, but I have … Continue reading →