Geology

Digging In

Students get their hands dirty to examine what makes dirt soil.

March 31 2021

Photo of an Adaltherium fossil

Serendipitous Discovery

Raymond Rogers, DeWitt Wallace Professor and Geology Department chair, helped make one of the most significant fossil discoveries in the early evolution of mammals.

August 17 2020

Dino Extravaganza

It has all the makings of a great party: disco lights, glitter, pizza—and, naturally, dinosaurs.

January 15 2020

Students look out at Crater Lake

Rock Detectives

Professor Alan Chapman's recent grant is introducing new students to the wows and wonders of geology.

January 2 2020

Warming Up to Winter

Instead of seeing frosty days as a liability, the Macalester community embraces the cold and snowy.

December 19 2016

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