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Wooster Geology Alumni at GSA

mwilson October 20, 2009 1:49 am
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“Overcoming Resistance to the Reality of Evolutionary Change in Nature”

mwilson October 19, 2009 6:12 pm

PORTLAND, OREGON–This was the very direct title of an inspiring panel discussion today at the Geological Society of America meeting. It was sponsored by the Paleontological Society and included some of the strongest voices in the endless Evolution Wars: The … Continue reading →

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AWG Breakfast

mpollock October 19, 2009 1:06 pm

I was fortunate enough to have a ticket to the sold-out Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG) breakfast. How inspiring it is to be surrounded by women and men who support and promote female geoscientists! After a heartfelt series of stories … Continue reading →

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Digital Geology at #GeoPort

mpollock October 19, 2009 1:40 am

This post is for my Instructional Technology Fellows. #GeoPort is the GSA Portland twitter hash tag, so you can follow what people are saying about the meeting. GSA also posts meeting updates on its own twitter feed and facebook page. … Continue reading →

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First Wooster talk at the 2009 GSA meeting

mwilson October 19, 2009 12:27 am

PORTLAND, OREGON–By now I’ve given over 35 talks at annual Geological Society of America meetings, but I still get as nervous as I did as a graduate student. The cavernous room, the high quality of the previous presentations, the people … Continue reading →

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First Wooster poster presentation of the 2009 GSA annual meeting

mwilson October 18, 2009 11:20 pm

Elyssa Belding Krivicich (’09) and Sophie Lehman (’08) cheerfully presenting their poster on Jurassic marine paleoecology in Israel at the Geological Society of America meeting in Portland.

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Conservation Paleobiology Short Course

mwilson October 18, 2009 12:43 pm

PORTLAND, OREGON–The Paleontological Society has a free short course program it runs on the day before the GSA meeting officially begins. When I began my career the topics were always about some taxonomic group such as “Brachiopods”, “Mollusks”, “Plants” and … Continue reading →

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Wooster Geologists at the Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America

mwilson October 16, 2009 11:50 pm

PORTLAND, OREGON–Every year the Wooster geology faculty and many of our students travel to the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America to share our research and learn from our colleagues.  As with most professions, these conventions are times … Continue reading →

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Minerals Outreach – Cornerstone Elementary

gwiles October 15, 2009 11:02 am

Geology Club members Lashawna, Kelly, Bridget and Phil worked with two third grade classes at Cornerstone Elementary School to sharpen up the students mineral and rock identification skills. Mrs. Gaut goes over the ground rules for the mineral and rock … Continue reading →

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Environmental Geology Fieldtrip – Soils/Geologic History and Groundwater

gwiles October 15, 2009 7:58 am
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