2022
Awards & Honors
As a Fulbright grantee, Rachel Jankowski '22 will conduct environmental science research in Poland.
Date: May 18, 2022
Faculty
Earth Sciences Prof. Erik Klemetti leads students in research on a catastrophic event linked to Native American cultures 1,600 years ago.
Date: February 28, 2022
2021
Students
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
Fairs & Festivals
The Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences put together a booth at the Science Festival
Date: May 3, 2021
Internships
Denison students report on uncovered history of an influential Black writer in Newark
Date: March 2, 2021
In the News
NASA will land the most sophisticated rover ever on Mars this week; prof. Erik Klemetti lays out an agenda to map the history of the red planet.
Date: February 16, 2021
In the News
Lava lakes, Lava flows, Lava domes, Prof. and vulcanologist Erik Klemetti waxes poetic on the mysteries of lava.
Date: January 21, 2021
2020
In the News
"Volcanoes can be somewhat unpredictable, even with the best monitoring," says Prof. Erik Klemetti in an article about New Zealand's White Island.
Date: December 7, 2020
Internships
Geosciences and environmental studies double major Robert Reynolds '21 completed a summer scholar research project.
Date: September 14, 2020
Student News
Kelly Rose '96, geology, geo-data science researcher with NETL’s Research Innovation Center uses machine learning to prevent oil spills.
Date: August 19, 2020
Faculty
Geo Prof. Erik Klemetti discusses the possibility of new magma intruding under the Yellowstone caldera.
Date: May 20, 2020
Featured News
An NSF grant funds research to map the longest Mississippi River Flood on record while supporting inclusive undergraduate geoscience research.
Date: January 23, 2020
Faculty
Prof. Klemetti says the Tala volcano, formed in the middle of a lake in the Philippines, is one of the 10 most dangerous volcanos in the world.
Date: January 13, 2020
2019
Faculty
"Treat volcanoes with the respect that they deserve because they are relatively unpredictable," says vulcanologist & prof. Erik Klemetti.
Date: December 14, 2019
Field Trips
Three faculty and 9 students traveled to Mammoth Cave and the surrounding area, then to Jamestown, KY for the Department’s annual Fall Field Trip.
Date: October 2, 2019
Featured News
Denison University has been awarded a grant of $275,000 to fund a new model that welcomes and supports underserved students in the sciences.
Date: July 26, 2019
2018
Field Trips
Eleven Geoscience students and three faculty traveled to the Central Appalachians in West Virginia and Virginia: Allegheny Plateau to the Blue Ridge.
Date: October 4, 2018
Field Trips
Four faculty and 21 students traveled to Hawaii
Date: March 23, 2018
2017
Field Trips
Sept. 2017- 5 Geosciences Faculty and 21 students charted a boat to take them 3 miles off the shore from Bar Harbor to Ironbound Island.
Date: October 4, 2017
Field Trips
Denison geoscience faculty and students trekked across the Grand Canyon on their 2017 spring break field trip.
Date: March 29, 2017
2015
Field Trips
Highlights and photos of the Department of Geosciences student/faculty Field Trip, September 16-20, 2015
Date: September 4, 2015
2014
Awards & Honors
Scholarships and awards were presented at our annual Department of Geosciences Awards Banquets.
Date: September 2, 2014
Field Trips
Geoscience Fall Field trip will take place on September 17-21.
Date: August 28, 2014
Field Trips
Geoscience Dept. members explore Mammoth Cave
Date: May 15, 2014
2013
Field Trips
Each year the Department of Geosciences takes field trips to allow students to apply knowledge learned in the classroom to a real world experience.
Date: September 13, 2013
Field Trips
Most every geologist would like to see an erupting volcano, and put their rock hammer in flowing lava.
Date: September 3, 2013
Field Trips
The Fall 2013 Geosciences Department field trip is to the Adirondack Mountains of New York.
Date: August 28, 2013
2012
Field Trips
In the spring, Eric Klemetti and Kate Tierney led a group of students on a field trip to southern Nevada and along the eastern front of the Sierra Nevada.
Date: September 4, 2012
2011
Field Trips
Proterozoic and Paleozoic Strata of Missouri
Date: September 30, 2011
Field Trips
Day-by-day plan of the Geosciences department Spring 2011 Fieldtrip
Date: March 30, 2011
