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October 2014 Geological Sciences Newsletter Geological Sciences announces its 2014 Departmental Awards recipients: Fisher-Phelps Department Faculty Awards Outstanding Research Award: Dr. Alycia Stigall Outstanding Service Award: Dr. Gregory Nadon Outstanding Teaching Awards: Dr. Daniel Hembree and Dr. Craig Grimes Undergraduate  Student  Awards Outstanding Geology Major Award: Casey O’Brien Outstanding Environmental […]

In her youth, Dr. Alycia Stigall, Professor of Geological Sciences, made do with A Golden Guide to Fossils, but she hopes that today’s amateur fossil collectors and researchers will have at their disposal a more comprehensive guide. That’s why she and her colleagues are creating an online database—the Digital Atlas […]

Third in a series on macro-evolution. In this article, Dr. Alycia Stigall discusses the fossil record of species biodiversity—and why it might be more important to protect “intermediate” species like the Arctic Fox than “specialist” species like the Polar Bear. By Sara LaJeunesse From Perspectives Billions lie dead on the […]

Second in a Series on Macro-Evolution Using the fossil record—and specifically a case of mass extinction about 374 million years ago—can help illuminate why “modern” macro-evolutionary theory is in need of modernization. Darwin and his successors wrote the first chapters on evolution by looking at small changes in species over […]

First in a Series on Macro-Evolution Darwin and his successors wrote the first chapters on evolution by looking at small changes in species over relatively short periods of time, usually described as natural selection. Scientists developed the Modern Synthesis to describe gradual evolution following the discovery of the DNA molecule, […]

Ohio University faculty will make an impact with 23 presentations at the Geological Society of America’s 125th Anniversary Annual Meeting & Exposition Oct. 27–30 in Denver. Alycia Stigall presented ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND NICHE EVOLUTION: WHICH TYPES OF CHANGE PROMOTE ADAPTIVE RESPONSE?. Stigall is Associate Professor of Geological Sciences at Ohio University and […]

Join Dr. Alycia Stigall, Associate Professor of Geological Sciences, as she and her collection of fossils invade the Front Room during her Science Café discussion, “Fossil Invasion! Studying ancient species to help predict consequences of modern invasive species,” on Wednesday, Nov. 6, at 5 p.m. in the Baker Front Room. […]