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Happy Beginnings | Alumni Back to Explore Acid Mine Drainage in Appalachian Watershed

Rebecca Steinberg

Editor’s Note: The Happy Beginnings series features recent College of Arts & Sciences graduates who are getting started in careers, graduate school and service. Two Ohio University alumni are back as grad students, helping an interdisciplinary team—Ohio University’s Appalachian Watershed Research Group—assess data collected from regional mining operations in a […]

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January 5, 2018 at 2:57 pmAlumni News

Geology Colloquium | From the Magma Chamber to the Atmosphere, Jan. 26

Dr. Patricia Nadeau

The Geological Sciences Colloquium Series presents Dr. Patricia Nadeau on “From the magma chamber to the atmosphere:  Tackling the role of volatiles in volcanism” on Jan. 26 at 2 p.m. in Clippinger 205. Nadeau is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Geology at the Department of Geological Sciences at Ohio University. […]

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January 1, 2018 at 5:45 pmEvents

Nadeau Presents History of Augustine Volcano’s Eruptions at AGU

Dr. Patricia Nadeau

Dr. Patricia Nadeau, Visiting Assistant Professor of Geological Sciences, presented her ongoing research at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in New Orleans. Nadeau also is expanding this work with two senior geology majors who will travel to New York over the semester break to collect their own data on […]

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December 11, 2017 at 4:40 pmResearch

Career Corner | Alumni Investigate Campus Well with Geology Students

Mitchell Brourman '94 showed students traducer data of the groundwater level measurements

By Lisa DeRose ’11 Geological Sciences Alumni Advisory Board Member Members of the Geological Sciences Alumni Advisory Board visited campus Nov. 17 to engage students in a hands-on field day involving the evaluation of a groundwater production well located in the Convocation Center parking lot. The board maintains a close […]

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December 4, 2017 at 11:54 amAlumni News

Paper Covers Nance on Cornish Influence on North Carolina Mining

Dr. R. Damian Nance

Dr. Damian Nance, Distinguished Professor of Geological Sciences, gave an hour-long presentation in Salisbury, NC, in early November that made the Salisbury Post in a story headlined ‘Cornish Cousins’ follow their rich mining heritage to Rowan, Cabarrus counties. Nance, a native of Cornwall in the United Kingdom, had been invited […]

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November 7, 2017 at 3:00 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Geology Colloquium | Tracking Ecological Change Through the Anthropocene and Beyond, Nov. 3

Joshua Miller

The Geological Sciences Colloquium Series presents Joshua Miller on “Tracking ecological change through the Anthropocene and beyond: Insights for paleoecology and conservation biology from bones on the landscape” on Nov. 3 at 4:10 pm in Clippinger 205. Mueller is a Fenneman Assistant Research Professor at the University of Cincinnati. Abstract: The […]

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November 1, 2017 at 11:30 pmEvents

Geology Colloquium | Tales Told by Dead Shells: Paleobiological Approaches to Historical Ecology and Conservation, Nov. 8

Michal Kowalewski - Florida Museum photo by Jeff Gage

The Geological Sciences Colloquium Series presents Michal Kowalewski on “Tales Told by Dead Shells: Paleobiological Approaches to Historical Ecology and Conservation” on Nov. 8 at 2 p.m. in 245 Walter Hall. Kowalewski is the John L. and Beverly A. Thompson Chair of Invertebrate Paleontology at the Florida Museum of Natural […]

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November 1, 2017 at 10:15 pmEvents