Archive for Laura Triplett
Busy times in the geo labs
We can almost taste spring, but I still want to share some photos and stories from this past January in Geology. Our corner of Nobel was very lively! The Dinosaur class finished up their fossil preparation and curation, and took a trip to the Field Museum in Chicago. If you want to see the fossil [...]
Natural History and Conservation Biology of Tanzania (J-Term 2013)
Written by Professor Cindy Johnson (Biology & Environmental Studies) Photos by students in the class I have traveled to the Serengeti many times, yet I marvel each time as I gaze at thousands of wildebeest, zebra and Thompson’s gazelle. There are no words to describe the vastness of the Serengeti; the animals that stretch as [...]
Students Explored Wilderness Management Issues During J-Term Course
The goal of GEG 151 (Wilderness: Recreation and Resource) was to expand students’ understanding and appreciation of wilderness through an examination of recreational activities and natural resource uses. In particular, the class focused on the human dimensions of recreation and extractive activities including their historical and contemporary context, the agencies and management strategies related to [...]
Environmental Geochemistry J-term class heads north
During the first week of January, Prof. Jeff Jeremiason’s Geochemistry Research Methods class took a trip to Marcell Experimental Forest, located just north of Grand Rapids, MN. The Marcell Experimental Forest is a sampling location for one of the class research projects this term. Students learned about the different wetlands and some of the current [...]
Dino Fever
This January, Dr. Bartley is teaching “Dinosaurs and Food”, and dino fever is taking over the lower level of Nobel Hall! Today, each student selected their own REAL 150-million year old dinosaur bone to prepare and curate for display. The bones were lent to us by the Wyoming Dinosaur Center. Over the next two weeks, [...]
Rallying to mitigate climate change
In November, 13 Gustavus students and 3 faculty attended the “Do the Math” rally in Minneapolis hosted by MN350.org. We heard great talks from Bill McKibben, Winona LaDuke, Marty Cobenais, Kate Faye and Will Steger, with an opening act by Mason Jennings. We also met up with Paul Thompson, a Gustie alum and key player [...]
Gustavus at GSA
Students and faculty from Geology and Environmental Studies attended the 2012 annual meeting of the Geological Society of America (GSA) in Charlotte, NC. Geology and ES faculty member Julie Bartley gave a talk titled “Microbialites in a high-altitude Andean lake as a natural analogue for Proterozoic stromatolite fabrics”. ES and Chemistry faculty member Jeff Jeremiason [...]
Gustavus students and faculty to present research at GSA
This weekend, a size-able contingent of Gustavus faculty and students head to Charlotte, NC for the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America. Prof. Bartley is giving a talk on modern stromatolites in a high-altitude lake in the Andes, while her student researcher Tara Selly (’13, Geology and Biology) will present a poster describing [...]
Nobel Conference 48: Our Global Ocean
We are just days away from this year’s Nobel Conference on the topic of Our Global Ocean! Dr. Bartley is one of the co-chairs of the conference, Dr. Triplett has been participating on the planning committee, and several of our geology majors will be student hosts for the Nobel speakers. We are thrilled to be [...]
National Science Foundation grant funds research on the Platte River
Prof. Laura Triplett has received a 3-year grant from the National Science Foundation to study silica cycling in large western rivers. The grant, totaling more than $150,000, was received in conjunction with collaborators Dr. Karin Kettenring, a wetland plant ecologist at Utah State University, and Dr. Michal Tal, a geomorphologist at the University of Aix-Marseilles [...]