Williams’ famous science quad sugar maple, left, as seen in 2007. Photo by Nicholas Whitman, Instructor After losing some very large limbs in an early winter storm, the towering sugar maple at the center of the science quad was deemed unsafe and was taken down in mid-January. Professors… Continue reading »
Prof. Lisa Gilbert recently co-wrote an interdisciplinary learning module titled Natural Hazards and Risks: Hurricanes. Produced with colleagues Josh Galster (Montclair State University) and Joan Ramage (Lehigh University) the work was published under the InTeGrate project, which “supports the teaching of geoscience in the context of… Continue reading »
Mea Cook’s Geos 215 course, Climate Changes, successfully launched a weather balloon on September 25. A small instrument was attached to a three-foot diameter helium balloon and launched from from the roof of Morley Science Center. The instrument measured temperature, atmospheric pressure and relative humidity, relaying the data to receivers… Continue reading »
Mea Cook led a team of College employees and community members in a very successful weather balloon launch from the top of Morley Science Center on September 10th. The endeavor brought together College staff from multiple departments including Bronfman Science Center, Environmental Studies, Geosciences and Facilities, as well as community… Continue reading »
Eloise Andry ’14 has been blogging her experiences and travels as a Watson Fellow exploring the relationships between volcanoes and the people who live near them: http://eloiseandvolcanoes.blogspot.com. She is currently in Iceland, and will continue traveling to Chile, New Zealand, Vanuatu, and Indonesia later this year. More on… Continue reading »
The Keck Geology Consortium, a nation-wide group of 18 liberal arts colleges dedicated to supporting undergraduate research in the geosciences, has received a three-year, $550,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. The Consortium owes it start to Williams professors Bud Wobus and Bill Fox (emeritus), who wrote the founding grant… Continue reading »
Dr. Phoebe Cohen will participate in a panel discussion titled “Ancient Earth, Alien Earths: What Earth’s History Can Teach Us About Planets Orbiting Other Stars.” The discussion will take place Wednesday, August 20 at 5:30 PM and will be webcast on NASA TV. Additional details are below. Continue reading »
Ronadh Cox was recently interviewed by WAMC, Northeast Public Radio, about her work on boulder ridges in Ireland. The winter of 2013-2014 brought a series of severe winter storms to the area and this summer, Dr. Cox led a group of Williams students studying the surprising and dramatic effects of… Continue reading »
Saturday, June 14, 3:30 p.m. Williams Rocks: A walking tour of campus, from bedrock to building stones, and the stories they tell with Bud Wobus, Edna McConnell Clark Professor of Geology. CLARK HALL… Continue reading »