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SOSNOWIEC, POLAND–A day in the lab with my colleague Michał Zatoń at the University of Silesia. We sorted through two very different paleontological problems with a microscope and a lot of hand waving. The first task was to come up … Continue reading →

Here is an update from Lauren Vargo, a rising junior who is serving a summer internship with a very different kind of urban gardening program than Alex (see recent entry).   Lauren’s program, Green Corps, is much older and more established … Continue reading →

The OhioLINK Central catalog will be unavailable for at least several hours beginning at noon on Thurs., July 7 for maintenance. It is hoped that this will only take a few hours but it could continue into the evening.

Here is an update from Alex Haas, a rising sophomore who is serving a summer internship with a new and ambitious urban gardening venture in Cleveland.  Urban gardening is just what it sounds like, the cultivation of crops and even … Continue reading →

The College’s of Wooster’s B-WISER (Buckeye Women In Science, Engineering, and Research) program for 7th and 8th grade girls descended upon Scovel Hall last week for some fun activities in geology. In an afternoon session with the campers, we divided … Continue reading →

Today I went to see “Buttter and Mashed Banana“, a critically acclaimed satire play about freedom of speech and clashing ideologies in Indian politics. From 1998-2004 India was led by a right-of-center Hindu Nationalist Party called the BJP, which subsequently … Continue reading →

SOSNOWIEC, POLAND–I arrived today in Poland to work for a few days with my friend and colleague Michał Zatoń of the University of Silesia. We are going to study together some of of our favorite fossils (microconchids and other sclerobionts) … Continue reading →

For some reason the Fossil of the Week I’ve had the most comments about is the Ordovician honeycomb coral from Indiana. It has an unexpected polygonal symmetry reflected in many other geological materials like desiccation cracks and columnar basalt. So … Continue reading →

On the 40th anniversary of the publication of the “Pentagon Papers”, the National Archives and the Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon Presidential Libraries have released the full version which is titled “Report of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Vietnam … Continue reading →

By Sarah Abboud The million-dollar question: “Where are we” Since I have arrived in India, I have found myself constantly asking myself the question,“where am I?” Now, when I ask this question, it usually means one of two things. One, … Continue reading →