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Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: A new crinoid species from the Middle Jurassic of southern Israel
About a year ago I showed my good friend Bill Ausich (The Ohio State University) hundreds of crinoid pieces from the Matmor Formation (Jurassic, Callovian) exposed in Hamakhtesh Hagadol, southern Israel. We knew the crinoid represented by all these pieces … Continue reading
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Go To Bed
2012 Homecoming festivities included intense bed races.
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Enhancing undergraduate research with social media: the last presentation by a Wooster Geologist at GSA 2012
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA–Our very last presentation at the 2012 annual meeting of the Geological Society of America was by Professor Meagen Pollock. She is shown above in an iPhone photograph near the middle of her talk about the educational and … Continue reading
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Presenting a Jurassic echinoid story on the last day of GSA 2012
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA–The last day of a scientific meeting is always less frantic. About half the attendees have left for home, the exhibitors start to give away merchandise so they don’t have to ship it home, and the speakers are … Continue reading
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Wooster GSA 2012 Poster Take Three
CHARLOTTE, NC – Five Wooster geologists presented their work on day three of the conference. Whitney Sims (’13) presented her IS on the emplacement of lava flows in the Ice Springs Volcanic Field (Team Utah). Here is her abstract. Anna … Continue reading
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Larry
Larry Stewart settles into a groove during one of his final classes before retiring.
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Yes, Indeed
5/5/12 — Chris Chapman hits a knee in requesting the hand of Kelly Knapp under Kauke Arch.
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Alumni Night at the 2012 Geological Society of America Meeting
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA–Monday evening is the traditional time at GSA when colleges and universities (and field camps and consortia) host gatherings of their alumni and friends. The College of Wooster is always art of the “Group Alumni Reception”, so we … Continue reading
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An overhead view of a GSA poster session
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA–I thought you might like to see a typical GSA poster session from a set of windows above the action. Only half of the poster stands are visible from here, so you get an idea how big these … Continue reading
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The second group of Wooster GSA 2012 posters
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA–Matt Peppers (’13), a member of the intrepid Team Utah, presented his poster today at the 2012 Geological Society of America annual meeting. Matt is working on the dynamics of the volcanic flows in the Black Rock Desert. … Continue reading
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