One of the many diverse results of being a geology major: the adventures of Will Driscoll (’05) in evolutionary ecology

Mark Wilson March 6, 2013
WOOSTER, OHIO–Yesterday Greg Wiles and I attended a Biology Department Seminar given by our former student Will Driscoll (Geology ’05). Will was in all our standard departmental courses and did his Independent Study project with Dr. Wiles in dendrochronology. Yet … Continue reading →
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Wooster’s Fossils of the Week: More bryozoan etchings and an African slug surprise

Mark Wilson March 3, 2013
This is the inside of a modern cockle shell (Dinocardium vanhyningi) found on a beach in Wilmington, North Carolina. Across the surface is a radiating series of pits, each of which was formed under a zooid of an encrusting cheilostome … Continue reading →
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The Dendrochronology Team of Wooster Geologists makes its television debut

Mark Wilson February 28, 2013
“Barn Detectives” is a recent episode of the television show Our Ohio, and it features Dr. Greg Wiles and his team of crack dendrochronologists. You can view the video by clicking the link. It is very well done. The project … Continue reading →
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Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: A bryozoan etching (Upper Ordovician of Indiana)

Mark Wilson February 24, 2013
Another trace fossil of a sort this week. Above you see the dorsal valve exterior of a strophomenid brachiopod from the Upper Ordovician of southeastern Indiana. Across the surface is a network of grooves looking a bit like a spider … Continue reading →
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Celebrating the achievements of Wooster Geologists

Mark Wilson February 21, 2013
WOOSTER, OHIO –One of the pleasures of being the chair of the Geology Department at Wooster is that I get to go to the annual college Awards Banquet with some of our best students. Tonight we celebrate three young women … Continue reading →
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New release

sclayton February 17, 2013
A new book, edited by ethologist Mark Bekoff, presents an argument for why we need to change our attitudes about nature. His goal is to critique the implicit (and sometimes explicit) attitude of domination and exploitation with which humans approach … Continue reading →
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Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: Encrusting tubes from the Devonian of Michigan

Mark Wilson February 17, 2013
The scanning electron microscope (SEM) image above shows the tubes of the encrusting group known as hederelloids. They are among my favorite fossils. I was reminded of them recently while reading this advertisement for a novel in which, to my … Continue reading →
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Better late than never?

cbybee15 February 15, 2013
The question mark is there because I am hesitant about the validity of this statement as it pertains to blog posts. Regardless of this platitude’s accuracy, however, I am making my unceremonious return to the blogging world for the spring … Continue reading →
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I Snooze

Matt Dilyard February 11, 2013
A library carrel makes a dark cove for this exhuasted Wooster senior as the stretch run to I.S. Monday begins.
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Brew, Home

Matt Dilyard February 11, 2013
Wooster’s David Brew is home free on this vault as the Scots hosted indoor track at the Scot Center.
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