Celebrating the achievements of Wooster Geologists

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

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

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?

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

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

Wooster’s David Brew is home free on this vault as the Scots hosted indoor track at the Scot Center.
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WMC 2013 Brochure and Application Now Available

The 2013 Wooster Music Camp application is now available on the 2013 Downloads page. Get yours in today! Please send a message our Facebook page if you have any questions (the music camp email address will not be active until the summer)
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From Sb’s Desk: March Off Coal, and other seismic activity

If you have any interest in attending the Forward On Climate rally in DC on February 17th, contact Galen Cobb right now! 350.org, the Sierra Club, and the Hip Hop Caucus are organizing a rally at the White House “to … Continue reading
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Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: Sea urchin bites from the Upper Cretaceous of southern Israel

What you see above is a bit of oyster shell with some curious small gouges in it. The oyster is Ilymatogyra (Afrogyra) africana (Lamarck, 1801) from the En Yorqe’am Formation (Cenomanian) exposed in Hamakhtesh Hagadol, southern Israel. The deep scratches … Continue reading
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Women scientists at Wooster, featuring Wooster Geologist Shelley Judge

Dr. Shelley Judge begins this excellent short video about women in science at Wooster: (You have to click the link I made in the text above. Embedding a video in a blog post is beyond my skills!) We’re proud of … Continue reading
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