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This Sunday the Environmental Psychology class, along with a few representatives from a Chemistry and Climate Change class, visited the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, where two special exhibits are featured.  One is a regular museum exhibit on climate change. … Continue reading →

This summer I joined a team describing a shell bed in the Upper Cretaceous (lower Campanian, about 80 million years old) Wadi Umm Ghudran Formation exposed northeast of Amman, Jordan (at N 32° 09.241′, E 36° 12.960′, to be exact). … Continue reading →

9/21/11 — Wooster’s McWoo (left) and Fighting Scot exit an elevator at Progressive Field prior to an appearance at the Cleveland Indians game against the Chicago White Sox.

9/24/11 — Michele Ring makes a diving save during Wooster’s 5-3 defeat of John Carroll University.

It’s been a crazy night, as is evident by my blogging at 5:04AM. I am, of course, awake and blogging at 5:04AM because I have just finished my work for tomorrow (explanations forthcoming), and I have to be up at … Continue reading →

There are a myriad of opportunities to learn about inclusion and global engagement this week. Aside from going to see Charles Man at 7:30pm in McGaw tonight, here is a partial list of the Center’s collaborative activities. On Wednesday at 7pm … Continue reading →

This week’s fossil is a long-standing paleontological mystery. Above is a receptaculitid from the Kimmswick Limestone (Middle Ordovician) near Ozora, Missouri. I think I found it on a field trip with Frank Koucky in the distant mists of my student … Continue reading →

It is currently 43 degrees in the town of Wooster, OH. For myself and my friend Anna (from Tennessee), this is December weather. You think I’m exaggerating, but I’m not. This is my winter. Whenever I tell that to Ohioans … Continue reading →

There are so many students working on topics relevant to sustainability, from many different angles. Communication will keep you from duplicating the work of other groups, and may identify ways in which you can help each other. At the very … Continue reading →

We are learning how to talk about our families in my Chinese class. This lesson makes me very happy; I love talking about my family. I can now say that I have two little brothers (liǎng gè dìdì/两个弟弟), one older … Continue reading →