Thursday, June 12, 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Mass Extinctions: A brief history of life’s worst moments with Phoebe Cohen, Assistant Professor of Geosciences Life on Earth has experienced at least 5 major events we call “mass extinctions,” where a huge number of species have gone extinct in a… Continue reading »
Bill Ruddiman ’64 will be giving a lecture in the 62 Centre (Main Stage) on Thursday morning, June 12, at 9:30 AM. The title of his talk is “Global Warming.”… Continue reading »
The Geosciences Department Senior Thesis Presentations will be held on Monday, May 19 in Clark 105. The schedule of the presentations will be: 2:30 PM, Eloise Andry: The Eruptive History of Strawberry Crater, San Francisco Volcanic Field, Northern Arizona 2:50 PM, Paul De Konkoly Thege: A Radiocarbon Reconstruction of the Deglacial Bering… Continue reading »
Working with Susie Paul ’16, geosciences major Nakita VanBiene ’15 has organized a photo campaign dubbed “I, too, am Williams.” Modeled after similar campaigns at Harvard and Oxford, the project reflects VanBiene’s interests in public education and social justice issues. When asked to say a few words about the project,… Continue reading »
Bob Anderson ’74, professor in University of Colorado Boulder’s geological sciences department and Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, has been awarded the University’s 2014 Hazel Barnes Prize. Described as “the most distinguished award a faculty member can receive from the university”, the prize is awarded each year to a CU-Boulder… Continue reading »
Come for the GEOLOGY THEMED ICE CREAM BAR but stay for the rocks!!! (or climate or ocean!) Interested in learning more about the Geos major and the courses offered next year? Come listen to current Geos students tell about their (awesome) experiences with the department,… Continue reading »
Thursday, March 20, 4:15-5:15, Wege (Faculty Lecture Series) Dr. Lisa Gilbert, Williams- Mystic Program Adventures in the Deep Sea: Rocks Younger than You. Continue reading »
Senior geosciences major Eloise Andry ‘14 has been named a Thomas J. Watson Fellow for 2014-15. Recognizing graduating seniors of “unusual promise,” the Fellowship provides a stipend of $28,000 to fund a year of independent study and travel outside of the United States. Selected from nearly 700 applicants, Eloise… Continue reading »