During his sabbatical this year, Jim spent several weeks living in Vermont and is currently living in Evanston, Wyoming. He reports that he did a…

This January, several students are working with Laura and Julie in the Geology labs. Andi Eglinton (’12) is pictured preparing sediment samples for elemental analysis…

October 11-15 is national Earth Science Week and the geologists are celebrating with two events. On Wednesday, October 13, from noon-5:00 p.m., we’ll celebrate National…

Last weekend, 26 students accompanied Prof. Triplett on a 2-day Geomorphology fieldtrip.  They learned about experimental geomorphology at the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory at the…

Prof. Triplett’s first-term seminar class “River” was fortunate to have sunny weather and mild winds during their Sunday 9/19 canoe trip from Mankato to 7-Mile…

Prof. Laura Triplett, Carson Smith (’11), Todd Kremmin (’12) and Dr. Karin Kettenring (Utah State University) visited the Platte River in July to investigate how…

The Evolution of the Earth class (clockwise from upper left: Patrick Clark, Todd Kremmin, Joe Curran-Jung, Bee Vang, Taylor Eide, alanna Velo, Erin Anderson, and…

On April 16, Andy Leaf (Geology ’05) delivered two lectures in our department based on his research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where he is…

Six geology students and Professor Jim Welsh have returned from their spring break fieldtrip to Big Bend National Park and Carlsbad Caverns National Park.  Here…