James Kennett, professor of geological science at The University of California, Santa Barbara, discussed “The Earth’s Turmoil of the Last Deglacial Period” on Thursday, March 6, at The College of Wooster. The presentation, which is free and open to the public, is part of The Consortium for Ocean Leadership Distinguished Lecturer Series. It began at […]
Jan Salick, curator of ethnobotany at Missouri Botanical Garden and professor of biology at Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Missouri-St. Louis, visited campus to present the second lecture, “Indigenous Peoples Creating, Managing and Conserving Biodiversity” on Wednesday, March 5. Salick’s research interests include ethnobotany, conservation biology, tropical ecology, and agroecology. She […]
Paul E. Olsen, the Arthur D. Storke Memorial Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, presented “Mega Eruptions, Mega Impacts, Mass Extinctions, and the Shape of Life” at the 27th annual Richard G. Osgood, Jr., Memorial Lecture on Wednesday, Feb. 27, at The College of Wooster. The lecture, which […]
Rodolfo Dirzo, professor of biology at Stanford University, opened the Environmental Analysis and Action Symposium series on Wednesday, Feb. 20, when he presented “Tropical Biodiversity: An Endangered Natural Treasure.” Dirzo studies plant-animal interactions in an effort to better understand how the ecology and evolution of plants are affected by their biotic environment. His work is […]
On Feb. 19, Catharine Bond Hill, President and Professor of Economics at Vassar College, examined “Democracy and Access to Higher Education.” Hill co-authored “Access to the Most Selective Private Colleges by High-Ability, Low-Income Students: Are They Out There?” in College Access: Opportunity or Privilege? and “Affordability: Family Incomes and Net Prices at Highly Selective Private […]