Geology News
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. Read More About The Last Word: How did we get here?
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. Read More About Norton Geology Center upgraded with GIS lab
What our geology reveals about Mount Vernon
Geology Professor Emily Walsh reveals the geology of Mount Vernon, Iowa. Read More About What our geology reveals about Mount Vernon
![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. Pictured, back row from left: James Goodenberger, Andrew Walters, Joshua Otten, Nicole Green, J. Fabian Candelaria, Collin O’Leary, […]](https://news.cornellcollege.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2023-new-faculty-600x400.jpg)
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. Pictured, back row from left: James Goodenberger, Andrew Walters, Joshua Otten, Nicole Green, J. Fabian Candelaria, Collin O’Leary, […] Read More About 10 new faculty join Cornell
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. Read More About Cornell College receives $500,000 STEM grant
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. Read More About Research reveals new links behind climate change in Australia
Endowment takes students to New Zealand
A geology class spent a block exploring New Zealand, all because of the LaFollette-Sitterly Geology Endowed Fund. Read More About Endowment takes students to New Zealand
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. Read More About Azenon found home base in Russell Science
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. Read More About 8 faculty join Cornell in 170th year
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. Read More About Research attributes Iberian Peninsula climate change to human activity
![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. This grant follows a previous proof-of-concept grant awarded to Denniston by NSF in 2018 where Denniston’s team demonstrated that stalagmites […]](https://news.cornellcollege.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/bush-fire-crop-1-1-600x400.jpg)
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. This grant follows a previous proof-of-concept grant awarded to Denniston by NSF in 2018 where Denniston’s team demonstrated that stalagmites […] Read More About Denniston receives NSF grant to study fire activity with stalagmites
![Cornell College Professor Rhawn Denniston used to lie awake every night worrying about climate change. “I would just lie there for hours because I was so frustrated and anxious about climate change and all sorts of other environmental issues,” he said. But with an increasing awareness among Americans of the magnitude of the dangers, recent […]](https://news.cornellcollege.edu/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/monarch-survey-3x2-600x400.jpeg)
Cornell College introduces 2 new sustainability majors
Cornell College Professor Rhawn Denniston used to lie awake every night worrying about climate change. “I would just lie there for hours because I was so frustrated and anxious about climate change and all sorts of other environmental issues,” he said. But with an increasing awareness among Americans of the magnitude of the dangers, recent […] Read More About Cornell College introduces 2 new sustainability majors
Muscente shares expertise in article on fossil study
Assistant Professor of Geology Drew Muscente was recently quoted in an article in TheScientist. Read More About Muscente shares expertise in article on fossil study
![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 research will utilize stalagmites from a cave in Nepal to understand variations in Indian monsoon rainfall over the last 4,000 years. The Indian Summer Monsoon […]](https://news.cornellcollege.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Rhawn-600x400.jpg)
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 research will utilize stalagmites from a cave in Nepal to understand variations in Indian monsoon rainfall over the last 4,000 years. The Indian Summer Monsoon […] Read More About Denniston awarded NSF grant to study climate change
Cornellians acting on climate change
Cornell is cutting energy use by 20%. Faculty are conducting federally funded climate change research. Students and alumni are contributing as well. Read More About Cornellians acting on climate change
Cornell’s own research informs COVID-19 testing, protocols
Faced with a pandemic, 10 Cornell College students and faculty are applying their research skills to keep the campus community as safe as possible. Read More About Cornell’s own research informs COVID-19 testing, protocols
Pfleger ’20 uses research opportunities to build a future
If you were looking for Cali Pfleger ’20 during her four years at Cornell College, you could likely find her deep in her geology studies. Read More About Pfleger ’20 uses research opportunities to build a future
![Professor of Geology Rhawn Denniston was interviewed for an Italian news show, TGR Leonardo del, about his research on reconstructing prehistoric fires in Australia. The interview aired on Feb. 2, 2020. Denniston is featured within the program at about the seven-minute mark. In 2018, The National Science Foundation awarded Denniston a grant in the amount […]](https://news.cornellcollege.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Rhawn-600x400.jpg)
Denniston interviewed for Italian news program
Professor of Geology Rhawn Denniston was interviewed for an Italian news show, TGR Leonardo del, about his research on reconstructing prehistoric fires in Australia. The interview aired on Feb. 2, 2020. Denniston is featured within the program at about the seven-minute mark. In 2018, The National Science Foundation awarded Denniston a grant in the amount […] Read More About Denniston interviewed for Italian news program
Students map out new skills in GIS course
Students in Cornell College’s Geographical Information System (GIS) course create colorful maps by examining data sets. Read More About Students map out new skills in GIS course
![Andrew Sorensen ’04 has been fascinated by fire since childhood, yet it wasn’t until graduate school when fire became his academic passion and pursuit. In 2018 he and his colleagues published the identification of direct evidence for fire-making by Neandertals 50,000 years ago, the oldest ever documented. “When I came to Leiden [University in the […]](https://news.cornellcollege.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Andrew-Sorenson-04-lab-2020_WEB-2x3-600x400.gif)
Sorensen ’04 leads groundbreaking research on Neanderthal fire making
Andrew Sorensen ’04 has been fascinated by fire since childhood, yet it wasn’t until graduate school when fire became his academic passion and pursuit. In 2018 he and his colleagues published the identification of direct evidence for fire-making by Neandertals 50,000 years ago, the oldest ever documented. “When I came to Leiden [University in the […] Read More About Sorensen ’04 leads groundbreaking research on Neanderthal fire making