Tag Archives: Wisconsin

The Diatom Lake Adventure: Ice ages, hotel titrations, and the Midwest

Mark Wilson June 14, 2022 8:35 am

Editor’s note: Rising Wooster senior Richard Torres (’23) had a spectacular opportunity this summer (May 31 – June 12, 2022) to participate in a National Science Foundation-funded research trip with Dr. Tom Lowell (on the right) and his team from … Continue reading →

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A visit to the Dalles of St. Croix in Wisconsin

Mark Wilson August 2, 2016 8:02 am

Rochester, Minnesota — On its last day in the field, Team Minnesota had a geological trip to the Dalles of St. Croix in Interstate State Park, Wisconsin and Minnesota. It was beautiful, and we practically had the place to ourselves, … Continue reading →

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Wooster’s Fossil of the Week: an upside-down nautiloid from the Devonian of Wisconsin

Mark Wilson October 16, 2015 12:01 am

This lump of a fossil in Wooster’s teaching collection requires some explanation. It is not particularly well preserved, but it is our only representative of an interesting group of nautiloid cephalopods. The label that came with it says it is … Continue reading →

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A Wooster geologist’s summer research experience in southeast Wisconsin: Sarah Frederick (’15) and the sourcing of molybdenum in groundwater

Mark Wilson August 19, 2013 11:24 am

This summer, Sarah Bender (’15) and Sarah Frederick (’15) had the opportunity to complete National Science Foundation funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REUs). Each spent a good part of their summer completing a research project under the mentorship of accomplished … Continue reading →

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