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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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

Editor’s note:  This is the second of Adam Donnelly’s updates from his summer internship at Community Greenhouse Partners, a startup urban gardening and permaculture initiative in inner-city Cleveland.  Click here to read his first update from June. ———————————————– The summer … Continue reading →

Even as someone who takes a relatively minimalistic approach to clothing, I am always overwhelmed when I begin packing for school. There’s something so final about the idea of going somewhere to live for the school year – college is … Continue reading →

 The Scot Center has been awarded LEED Gold certification. First: Hooray! By obtaining LEED Gold certification for the new Scot Center, the College of Wooster is signaling that it values environmental sustainability and is committed to finding ways to reduce its … Continue reading →

This fossil is from near my hometown of Barstow, California. It was collected many years ago loose in talus from the Barstow Formation (Barstovian, Miocene). I note this carefully because today collecting such specimens from the Fossil Beds of the … Continue reading →