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2024

Bea Chadwick ’27 holding the winner’s trophy at the second annual Mineral Cup tournament.

Contests, Students

Mineral Cup II delivers nuggets of knowledge and swagger

The second annual tournament featured persuasive and sometimes humorous arguments for little-known natural resources. All hail molybdenite.

Date: December 20, 2024

2021

Students

Audio Story-telling

Each year, Journalism partners across a range of disciplines to tell stories from an inside perspective for the Denison Podcast-a-thon.

Date: May 4, 2021

Spotlights

Exploring the Mississippi Delta

An NSF grant gives students a rare opportunity to study the impact of geologic processes in real time.

Elliot Hayne aboard the SSV Robert C. Seamans

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Geoscience Major Elliot Hayne ’20 Conducts Research in the Pacific

Elliot Hayne ’20, a geosciences major, sailed with SEA Semester on a scientific research voyage to the remote Phoenix Islands in the Pacific Ocean.

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Geologic History Intersects the Modern Era

A geology student with a talent for journalism uncovers the recent past through WWII letters between a professor and his wife.

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Revealing the Real Richard III

King Richard III is one of the most talked-about figures in history. Denison students find that the famous monarch may not be who we thought he was.

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Dear College Student: Why you should take geology

In a Wired blog, Geosciences Professor Erik Klemetti extolls the benefits of geology.

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Geologist/best-selling writer

A Colorado geologist moonlights as a successful mystery writer.

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Economy as an Ecosystem

The odd pairing of an economist and a paleontologist proves successful

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Liz Bertolett, '15

I love geology because I enjoy learning about the world around me while being able to experience the things I learn first-hand.

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Al Weik: Portrait of a scholar-athlete

Senior Al Weik recently won two national swimming championship events. But he's also a person who is very grounded in geosciences.

Erik Klemetti, assistant professor of geoscience

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Daily Beast Features Denison Earthquake Expert

The Daily Beast calls on Erik Klemetti for clarification of the causes of the tragic and disastrous earthquakes experienced in Chile and other places.

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No simple answer to the Confusion Range

David Greene undertook what he thought would be a simple project to give his geoscience students an in-the-field tutorial on geologic mapping.

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Dr. Andrew B. Heckert '93

Andy Heckert '93 is a vertebrate paleontologist with predominately geological training.

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Contests, Students

Big Red spring sports highlights

Unprecedented: Inside Denison’s extraordinary year in sports

Hundreds come home to The Hill

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2024

2021

Spotlights

Exploring the Mississippi Delta

Geoscience Major Elliot Hayne ’20 Conducts Research in the Pacific

Geologic History Intersects the Modern Era

Revealing the Real Richard III

Dear College Student: Why you should take geology

Geologist/best-selling writer

Economy as an Ecosystem

Liz Bertolett, '15

Al Weik: Portrait of a scholar-athlete

Daily Beast Features Denison Earthquake Expert

No simple answer to the Confusion Range

Dr. Andrew B. Heckert '93

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Mineral Cup II delivers nuggets of knowledge and swagger

Rachel Jankowski '22 awarded Fulbright Research grant

Students study clues linking comet & ancient Hopewell culture