ScotBlogs

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 →

This small fossil was completely new to me when I found it during my research trip to the Ordovician of Russia in the Fall of 2009.  A side view is shown on the left of this conical skeleton, and the … Continue reading →

Guest blogger Jon Theisen Beginning May 17th and running until June 10th, the College of Wooster Tree Ring Lab has been partnering with and funded by The Center for Entrepreneurship in an effort to demonstrate the viability of dendrochronological dating … Continue reading →

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA–The National Science Foundation (NSF) is a federal agency charged by Congress “to promote the progress of science; to advance the national health, prosperity, and welfare; to secure the national defense…” It had a budget last year of $6.9 … Continue reading →