Department News
News
- Geology Fall 2025 newsletter – News from the department!
- Geology Fall 2024 newsletter – Updates from faculty, department happenings, and beautiful pics.
- Geology Winter 2021 newsletter–catch up on the the latest news and updates from the Geology Department!
- Congratulations to Professor Ray Rogers, named an endowed chair and Macalester’s latest “Dewitt Wallace Professor of Geology!“ (11 February 2020) This is an honor bestowed on a small group of faculty members who are doing amazing work on all fronts – teaching, scholarship, and service to the college and their community. Ray gave an inaugural lecture to celebrate the appointment.
- Geology Spring 2018 Newsletter–all the dirt (and rocks) from the 2017-18 academic year. It was a busy one!
- Geology Spring 2016-17 Newsletter–Read all about the 2016-17 academic year!
Past Events
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5/6/2025 |
Lacuna Bajada - Geology Picnic Join the Geology Department for food, fun, and friendship at our annual spring BBQ. |
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4/18/2025 |
Dinosaurs Extravaganza! |
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4/18/2025 |
Dinosaurs Extravangaza Dinosaurs Extravaganza - a celebration of art and science! |
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4/9/2025 |
Macalester Geology Senior Capstone & Honors Presentations Please
join us for an evening learning from, and celebrating, our 16 senior majors! |
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4/3/2025 |
Geology Guest Speaker: "Post-glacial drainage network evolution: rates and processes" Join the Geology Department in welcoming Alison M. Anders, Associate Professor in the Department of Earth Science and Environmental Change, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign for a talk about her research on drainage network evolution. |
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12/5/2024 |
20th Annual Geology Jökulhlaup Jökulhlaup is Icelandic for a glacial outburst flood. Join the in the fun as the Geology Department bursts out and floods into the Webers Rock Garden for a BBQ! Food, fun, hammer throws, and more! |
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10/29/2024 |
Geology Guest Speaker - "Causes and Consequences of Ordovician Cooling" Guest Speaker: Nick Swanson-Hysell, Associate Professor, Dept of Environmental Sciences and Associate Director, Institute for Rock Magnetism at the University of Minnesota. |
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4/19/2024 |
Dinosaurs Extravaganza! |
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4/12/2024 |
Geology Senior Research Presentations Friday, April 12, 4:00-7:00 p.m. Olin-Rice Science Center 100 Come support your 2024 graduating seniors as they present their research. Stay as long as you can. Schedule is posted in the department so you know who is presenting when. Congratulations, seniors! |