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RICHMOND, INDIANA–Geology students in the Cincinnati area are a bit spoiled when it comes to finding fossils in the field. The Upper Ordovician rocks here are world-famous for the extraordinary abundance, variety and preservation of invertebrate fossils.like those shown above … Continue reading →

This week’s fossil is a tiny little crinoid with an odd shape. Calceocrinus balticensis (shown above with the scale bar as one millimeter) is a new species from the Lower Silurian (Llandovery) of Hiiumaa, western Estonia. It is part of … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →