Wooster’s Pseudofossils of the Week: Artifacts in thin-sections of Ordovician limestones from southeastern Minnesota

Mark Wilson October 21, 2016
It is always exciting to a geologist when thin-sections of curious rocks are completed and ready for view. A thin-section is a wafer of rock (30 microns thick) glues to a glass slide and examined by transmitted light through a … Continue reading →
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Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: Spiriferinid brachiopod from the Lower Carboniferous of Ohio

Mark Wilson October 14, 2016
Sometimes I choose a Fossil of the Week from our Invertebrate Paleontology teaching collection because students have responded to it in some way. This week’s fossil brachiopod has confused my students a bit because it is an internal mold (unusual … Continue reading →
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Raptor Interplanetary Transport Engine

John F. Lindner October 13, 2016
Why has SpaceX chosen methane to fuel its Raptor rocket engine? Robert Goddard’s first rockets used liquid oxygen O2 or LOX and gasoline. The Saturn V moon rocket first stage used LOX and refined kerosene. The Saturn V second stage used … Continue reading →
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Alex Melchert Making Steady Progress in His Recovery

Hugh Howard October 13, 2016
The latest update from Dean of Students Scott Brown on Alex Melchert’s recovery … Dear Wooster Community: I write to share a brief update on Alex’s progress. His sister said yesterday was “a very good day,” with Alex able to … Continue reading →
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Good weather makes for steady progress

John Hopkins October 11, 2016
We’ve been enjoying a run of warm, sunny weather, so work on the foundation has been moving along at a steady pace. Soon the first loads of structural steel will be arriving on site.
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Wooster’s Fossils of the Week: Upper Ordovician strophomenid brachiopods from Iowa

Mark Wilson October 7, 2016
Since we are covering brachiopods in my paleontology course this week, I’ve chosen a very recognizable genus from the Upper Ordovician of Iowa for our Fossil of the Week. This wrinkly strophomenid brachiopod is of the genus Leptaena Dalman, 1828. … Continue reading →
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More encouraging news for Alex Melchert

sstanley October 6, 2016
An update on Alex Melchert from Dean of Students Scott Brown … Dear Wooster Community: I am happy to report that Alex’s recovery has continued to progress very well. The doctors removed his breathing tube and he is able to … Continue reading →
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Alex Melchert’s Dad Says “Odds are Excellent for Full Recovery”

Hugh Howard October 4, 2016
An update on Alex Melchert from Dean of Students Scott Brown … Dear Wooster Community: I spoke with Alex’s father twice today and he shared that Alex has just completed his third and final surgery, which he said went very … Continue reading →
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First-year student remains in critical condition

John Hopkins October 3, 2016
Alex Melchert, a first-year Wooster student who was shot yesterday at a rest stop on northbound I-71 near Columbus, about 60 miles from here, remains in critical condition. His parents and siblings have all arrived in Columbus and are with him … Continue reading →
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Wooster student shot at I-71 rest stop near Columbus

John Hopkins October 2, 2016
The College has learned that one of our students, Alexander S. Melchert, a first-year from Wisconsin, was shot at a rest stop on northbound I-71 in Delaware County, Ohio around 11 a.m. this morning. He was transported to OhioHealth Grant … Continue reading →
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