geology
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Denniston lectures on stalagmite research for analyzing hurricane activity
Rhawn Denniston, Associate Professor of Geology will give a lecture on Oct 20th entitled “Reconstructing 5,000 Years of Hurricane Activity across the Northern Australia Coast using Stalagmites.” Our ability to recognize trends in hurricane activity is complicated by short and often incomplete historical records.
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Geology professor interviewed in “The Atlantic”
Geology Professor Rhawn Denniston was interviewed by The Atlantic for its recurring Nine and a Half Questions feature. The conversation covers his work at Cornell, his paleoclimatology research and the future of sustainable energy.
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Geology professor gets $98,000 NSF grant
Rhawn Denniston, associate professor of geology, has been awarded a $98,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study pre-historical hurricane activity in tropical northern Australia. This research continues Denniston’s work on stalagmites and involves field work in caves in the remote Kimberley region of Australia, as well as laboratory work at the University of New […]
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Students working on summer research
Cornell has a tradition of involving students in research over the summer, both on campus and off. Here is a look at some of the research students are performing this year.
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SIG Lecture
On Nov 9th, Dr. Karl-Heinz Wyrwoll, visiting presidential fellow, will present a lecture on “The Paleoclimatic Evolution of the Monsoon Environment of Northern Australia: From Plate Tectonics to Aboriginal Vegetation Burning.” The seminar will outline the controls of the northern Australian summer monsoon at time scales ranging from those of plate tectonics to the likely […]
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Two students get research grants
Two Cornell College juniors were awarded $750 grants by the Paleontological Society to help a professor with research this summer.
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Phi Beta Kappa lecture set for April 23
Lisa Pratt, a professor in the department of geological sciences at Indiana University, will spend two days at Cornell College as the Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar and deliver a lecture on Friday, April 23. Her lecture, “Technical and Ethical Challenges Associated with the Search for Extraterrestrial Life,” will address the ways scientists need to proceed when presented with the possibility of life on other planets.
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Feser Awarded Undergraduate Research Grant
MOUNT VERNON – Kelsey Feser, a junior Geology major has been awarded an Undergraduate Research Grant from the North Central section of the Geological Society of America.
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Ellerbroek studies ancient climate via stalagmites
Rebecca Ellerbroek began her senior thesis research by spending the summer of 2008 at the University of New Mexico’s Radiogenic Isotope Laboratory with Professor Rhawn Denniston. Rebecca’s project centers on a stalagmite from the Kimberley region of northwestern Australia that was collected by Australian collaborators and shipped to Denniston that spring.
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Rhodes’ research paves way for outstanding graduate program
Kris Rhodes ’08 completed a paid internship with the Smithsonian Institution in the summer of 2007, working in the Department of Paleobiology of the National Museum of Natural History. Rhodes worked closely with paleontologists at the Smithsonian to develop climate reconstructions from Late Paleozoic (280 million years old) fossil leaf assemblages.
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Students research reefs and culture in the Bahamas
Each February, Cornell courses in biology, geology, and anthropology leave the cold Iowa winter behind for a month in the Bahamas. The Gerace Research Center on the island of San Salvador provides an excellent facility for ongoing Cornell studies of modern and ancient reef systems in the area.
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Rodzinyak completes range of geology research projects
By the end of her junior year, Kristyn Rodzinyak had participated in three significant research projects and presented her findings at several professional conferences. Most recently, Rodzinyak traveled to Western Australia with Professor Ben Greenstein to investigate the geologic record of rapid sea level change preserved in fossil coral assemblages in the northwest part of the state.
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Student develops Ice Age Trail segment during Cornell Fellowship
On paper, Adam Majeski’s Cornell Fellowship in Geology Education was an opportunity to help open a new, 1.5-mile section of Ice Age Trail across a Wisconsin property. What he gained, though, were lessons in responsibility, self-direction, communication, and project coordination.
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Student research yields climate change clues
The front lines of climate change research increasingly include Cornell undergraduates, such as Brian Hoye ’06 and Megan Andresen ’06.
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Greenstein study shows coral migration in warming waters
MOUNT VERNON — New research by Cornell College Professor of Geology Ben Greenstein suggests that global warming may be responsible for migrating coral species along Australia’s western coast, potentially providing a safe haven for temperature-sensitive species as the oceans warm.
Phi Beta Kappa lecture set for April 23