geology
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The Last Word: How did we get here?
Dustin Waite ’06 writes about his attempts to find happiness, taking him around the world and connecting with old friends and making new ones.
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Norton Geology Center upgraded with GIS lab
Cornell College students have a new space to collaborate after a classroom in Norton Geology Center was renovated to become a GIS (geographic information systems) lab.
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What our geology reveals about Mount Vernon
Geology Professor Emily Walsh reveals the geology of Mount Vernon, Iowa.
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10 new faculty join Cornell
Cornell College welcomes 10 new full-time faculty members for the 2023-24 academic year. As a group, they have studied around the world and cover a range of expertise from documentary filmmaking to the economics of invasive species.
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Cornell College receives $500,000 STEM grant
The Sherman Fairchild Foundation has awarded Cornell College a $500,000 grant to fund new STEM equipment and upgrade facilities on campus.
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Nash takes on climate change in Ivy League master’s program
Jillian Drury Nash graduated from Cornell in 2019, and now she’s enrolled in a fast-paced Climate and Society master’s program at an Ivy League school.
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Research reveals new links behind climate change in Australia
Cornell College Professor Rhawn Denniston and a team of collaborators have combined stalagmites and climate model simulations to reveal links between monsoon rains and tropical cyclones in Australia.
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Endowment takes students to New Zealand
A geology class spent a block exploring New Zealand, all because of the LaFollette-Sitterly Geology Endowed Fund.
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Azenon found home base in Russell Science
Jonathan Azenon ’24 arrived on campus during the pandemic but was in the new Russell Science Center much of the year working hands-on with his faculty.
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8 faculty join Cornell in 170th year
Cornell’s 8 new full-time faculty offer a wide range of experience from their studies and work in the U.S., England, Australia, and China.
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Research attributes Iberian Peninsula climate change to human activity
A team of researchers has discovered human activity is the cause for drying out the climate in southwestern Europe.
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Denniston receives NSF grant to study fire activity with stalagmites
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Cornell College W.H. Norton Professor of Geology Rhawn Denniston a $199,785 grant to study the use of stalagmites as records of prehistoric fire activity in the Australian tropics.
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Cornell College introduces 2 new sustainability majors
Cornell College Professor Rhawn Denniston used to lie awake every night worrying about climate change.
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Muscente shares expertise in article on fossil study
Assistant Professor of Geology Drew Muscente was recently quoted in an article in TheScientist.
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Denniston awarded NSF grant to study climate change
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a nearly half-million-dollar research grant to Cornell College Professor of Geology Rhawn Denniston and a team of researchers to study climate variability.
The Last Word: How did we get here? 
Norton Geology Center upgraded with GIS lab 
What our geology reveals about Mount Vernon 
10 new faculty join Cornell 
Cornell College receives $500,000 STEM grant 
Nash takes on climate change in Ivy League master’s program 
Research reveals new links behind climate change in Australia 
Endowment takes students to New Zealand 
Azenon found home base in Russell Science 
8 faculty join Cornell in 170th year 
Research attributes Iberian Peninsula climate change to human activity 
Denniston receives NSF grant to study fire activity with stalagmites 
Cornell College introduces 2 new sustainability majors 
Muscente shares expertise in article on fossil study 
Denniston awarded NSF grant to study climate change