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from guest blogger Dr. Melissa Schultz: Believe it or not, the fall semester is just around the corner – approximately 3 weeks away!  One of the courses I will be teaching this fall is Introductory Chemistry (CHEM 110) taught in … Continue reading →

WOOSTER, OH – After a month of hard work, the Iceland Keck group parted ways on Saturday. We arrived in Wooster immediately after returning from Iceland and put in a solid week of work in the lab, preparing our samples … Continue reading →

Tiny little trace fossils this week in a Jurassic crinoid stem from the Matmor Formation of the Negev Desert. They are borings produced by barnacles, which are sedentary crustaceans more typically found in conical shells of their own making. These … Continue reading →

By Sam Susanin Below Sam reflects on a session with one of our partner organizations in India. Center for Social Initiative and Management (CSIM) runs a program similar to Global SE for professionals. The GSE team attended our last CSIM … Continue reading →

I said in an earlier post that the glaciers would be gone by 2030.  The prediction has been updated and they’re now saying it may be as soon as 2020. You can find the article as well as some pictures … Continue reading →

I have some affection for these odd fossils, the conulariids. When I was a student in the Invertebrate Paleontology course taught Dr. Richard Osgood, Jr., I did my research paper on them. I had recently found a specimen in the … Continue reading →

By Amarjeet Sinha This article was reprinted by permission of the author who is a civil servant. These views are personal. He can be contacted at amarjeetsinha@hotmail.com How can we make social and inclusive development a reality? The answer lies … Continue reading →

West Fjords, Iceland – We’re happy to report that the 2011 Iceland Keck crew has safely completed a productive field season. Nearly two weeks ago, a boat dropped us off in Hornstrandir, a nature preserve that encompasses most of the … Continue reading →

Facebook is popular among college campuses and Wooster is no exception. Many of our departments and offices maintain their own Facebook page or group in addition to The College of Wooster official Facebook page. Today we launched a new feature … Continue reading →

As anyone who is travelled to India knows, this is a country of contrasts – of spectacular riches and spectacular poverty. This is the country that has built the Taj Mahal, the Mysore Palace, and some of the most luxiorious … Continue reading →