Remember those wooden crystal models?

WOOSTER, OH – I’m always awed by the beautiful and perfect symmetry of crystals. I can think of no better way to teach external symmetry than with wooden crystal models. The wooden crystal models are a common experience in geology, … Continue reading
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I Do Declare!

Well, it’s happened. I turned in my declaration form to the registrar and now, once the paperwork goes through, I will be an official College of Wooster Communication Studies major – I even had my picture taken already. Suffice to say … Continue reading
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Wooster’s Fossils of the Week: Sea urchin bits (Middle Jurassic of southern Israel)

Our fossils this week come from our growing collection of material found in the Matmor Formation (Callovian-Oxfordian) of Makhtesh Gadol, southern Israel. In November I will be giving a talk at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America … Continue reading
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Fall Events

Welcome back to the start of the school year! We’ll have a number of events of interest this fall. Some are sure to come up later, but here’s a sampling: The Art Museum will be presenting a video, Tooba, in … Continue reading
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Wooster Geologists begin the 2012-2013 school year

WOOSTER, OHIO–Always so much fun to begin a new year with the Wooster Geologists. The happy people above belong to the Geology Club in our annual group photo. This semester we are missing our treasured colleague Shelley Judge who is … Continue reading
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New Exhibit in Special Collections

The exhibit “Wooster-in-the-World: The Middle East, India, and Africa” is currently on display in Special Collections, The College of Wooster Libraries. This exhibit documents Wooster’s connections to other continents and cultures. In the 1890s, a “missionary alcove” was established in … Continue reading
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Home again!

Here I am, back at the College of Wooster. And boy, am I happy to be here. The last few days have been a mixture of a whirlwind of activity and a tidal wave of impatience – activity as my … Continue reading
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Classes begin again for Wooster Geologists

The happy students above are in our 8:00 a.m. History of Life course (Geology 100). They are the first class to use our newly-renovated Scovel 105 room. To remind you what it used to look like – This new room … Continue reading
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Wooster’s Fossils of the Week: an enigmatic set of tubes (Middle Jurassic of Poland)

The fossils this week celebrate the appearance of an article in the latest issue of Palaios authored by an international team led by my good friend and colleague Michał Zatoń (University of Silesia, Poland). The fossils are strange polka-dotted tubes … Continue reading
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Creating a database of social enterprises in India

By Varun Bhandari. At Sattva, Matt and I were asked to create a database of social enterprise firms for Indian social impact investors. This database would give investors information about a firms target market, kind of products they produce, social impact, and numerous other dimensions. Continue reading
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