Sunday Photos 2012

July 8, 2012
The 2012 Wooster Music Camp is off to a roaring start! We’ve uploaded the photos from the first day to our Facebook page here!
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From east to west across Saaremaa Island’s Silurian

Mark Wilson July 8, 2012
KURESSAARE, ESTONIA–The Wooster/OSU Estonia team continued to explore the Silurian section on Saaremaa Island today. It was our last day with our friend Olev Vinn, and he showed us the only remaining Silurian outcrop here I have not seen: Kübassaare … Continue reading →
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Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: fusulinids (Upper Carboniferous of Kansas)

Mark Wilson July 8, 2012
They look like little footballs, at least the American variety of football. Fusulinids (the name indicating the fusiform shape) are about the size and shape of wheat grains. They were marine protists (single-celled eucaryotes) that lived from the late Early … Continue reading →
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Crinoid hunting in ancient Baltica

Mark Wilson July 7, 2012
KURESSAARE, ESTONIA–Bill Ausich (Ohio State University) and I have a grant from the National Geographic Society to study the “origination and evolution of Middle Paleozoic crinoids on the Baltica paleocontinent“. Bill is the prime mover behind this project as one … Continue reading →
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Silurian limestone under our feet

Mark Wilson July 6, 2012
KURESSAARE, ESTONIA–The 2012 Wooster Estonia expedition had its first official time in the field this afternoon. Jonah, Richa and I traveled the short distance from Kuressaare to the historical Sõrve peninsula in the extreme southwest of Saaremaa. There we explored … Continue reading →
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Wooster Geologists return to Estonia

Mark Wilson July 6, 2012
KURESSAARE, ESTONIA–It took longer than we expected, but three Wooster geologists and four colleagues from Ohio State University are finally on the island of Saaremaa and ready for our fieldwork in the Silurian limestones along the shores here and on … Continue reading →
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Reflections from the “other side”

jfriedman July 1, 2012
Always before this, when I have come to this region of the world, I have come to Israel. I have landed at Ben-Gurion Airport and – aside from my first visit in 1969 in a group of American Jewish high … Continue reading →
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Integrating different forms of medicine to lower costs

Moledina July 1, 2012
By Navee Chandran. I have learned that in India social business concepts and innovations are integrated into almost every sector Continue reading →
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Wooster’s Fossils of the Week: Wiggly little foraminiferans from the Middle Jurassic of southern England

Mark Wilson July 1, 2012
These shell fragments are of the oyster Praeexogyra hebridica var. elongata, and I picked them up long ago from a remarkable unit made almost entirely of them. It is the Elongata Bed at the base of the Frome Clay (Middle … Continue reading →
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Welcome Home

kkille June 29, 2012
“Welcome home,” said the porter as he brought our stored luggage into the hotel room in Amman upon our return. This simple greeting seemed to hold particular weight given the great questions of what is ‘home’ that arose on this … Continue reading →
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