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Two years ago I was invited to Texas by Tom Yancey (Texas A&M) to look at some curious wiggly tubular fossils in the Lower Permian (about 280 million years old). They form small reefs a meter or so across and … Continue reading →

Another Environmental Psychology group investigated the REEF project, which provides loans to Wooster students to implement green initiatives. This project aims to improve both the environmental status of the college as well as reduce energy costs. The money saved will then … Continue reading →

More work from students in Environmental Psychology.  This group was interested in how children think about nature — important as a possible predictor of how they will treat natural resources when they are older. Here’s the group’s project: Humans have … Continue reading →

Another project by Environmental Psychology students was inspired by research showing positive effects of pets on health. Read their post, and take the survey! Our project focuses on creating a proposal to implement a pet-friendly residence hall on campus. We … Continue reading →

On December 1st, the world will take time to recognize World AIDS Day, which symbolizes a chance to stand together and remember those we have lost to these worldwide epidemic, but also a time to recommit ourselves to fighting for … Continue reading →

This beautiful brachiopod is Vinlandostrophia ponderosa (Foerste, 1909), an orthid brachiopod from the Maysvillian (Upper Ordovician) of southern Indiana. Until recently it had been traditionally known as Platystrophia ponderosa until a critical paper by Zuykov and Harper (2007) investigated the … Continue reading →

In September 1862, Union forces under General George B. McClellan pursued General Robert E. Lee‘s Army of Northern Virginia through northwestern Maryland. Lee had invaded Maryland to demoralize the North ahead of the November elections, and to convince Europe that … Continue reading →

Remember Katrina? Though no single weather event can be definitively linked to climate change, scientists agree that extreme events like hurricanes and tornadoes will be more likely as the world heats up. Thus Hurricane Katrina, among similar events, may be … Continue reading →

So it’s been a very long while since I last posted…and I have no real excuse besides the fact that life got really crazy, really fast. Basically, in the past two weeks or so, I’ve been to the hospital because … Continue reading →

Do you know where your energy comes from?  The College of Wooster has a coal plant.  Many colleges and universities do, particularly in our part of the country. But increasingly, colleges are turning to other sources of energy. Why? - … Continue reading →