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- A Thriller of a Discovery: Fossil Hermit Crab Named After Michael Jackson A Kent State University researcher was part of an international team of paleontologists that recently made a significant discovery in northern Spain. The group discovered a new family, genus and species of fossil hermit crab – one that lived 100 million years ago. - Posted Jan. 23, 2012
- Congrats to Geology grad students at the Graduate Student Senate Research Symposium Congrats to geology students Julie Gouin, Ovidiu Frantescu, and Adiël Klompmaker for winning awards at the Graduate Student Senate Research Symposium, held April 1, 2011. - Posted Apr. 11, 2011
- Department of Geology: Achievements June 2011 – April 2012 Recent research activity conducted by Department of Geology faculty members between June 2011 and April 2012 includes five new grants, five articles, one book chapter, and one invited presentation. - Posted May. 8, 2012
- Former Apollo Flight Controller Sy Liebergot to Visit Kent State Oct. 4 As the lead flight controller for all the Apollo space missions, Sy Liebergot was a key player in the U.S. space program. Liebergot was at the focal point of the Apollo 13 crisis and played a prominent role in bringing the crew back to Earth safely. On Monday, Oct. 4, Kent State University will host three public events with Liebergot. He will offer insight into decision making in the U.S. space program, discuss his role in the aborted Apollo 13 moon mission and sign copies of his autobiography “Apollo EECOM: Journey of a Lifetime." - Posted Sep. 29, 2010
- Kent State Geology Professor Presents Drought Study Findings A group of researchers have studied the history of drought in the Pacific Northwest during the last 6,000 years, a time that spans the mid-Holocene geological epoch to the present. The team includes Dr. Joseph Ortiz, associate professor of geology at Kent State University. - Posted Feb. 23, 2011
- Kent State Researcher Announces World Record Find: Oldest Evidence of Lobsters Living Together Discovered in Gas Shale Discovering direct animal behavior from the fossil record can only be done in exceptional circumstances. Such circumstances exist in the German Posidonia gas shale from the Jurassic period in which organic material from fossils is preserved. A treasure trove of fossils found in the Dotternhausen quarry south of Stuttgart, Germany, has now yielded a world record for fossil lobsters living together, according to Kent State University researcher Adiël Klompmaker. - Posted Mar. 9, 2012
- New Environmental Geology Concentration for B.S. in Geology The Bachelor of Science - Environmental Geology Concentration program is designed for those interested in a professional career in environmental geology, including water resources, resource management and energy resources. - Posted Aug. 29, 2011
- Professors Study Oldest Fossil Shrimp Preserved With Muscles Rodney Feldmann, professor emeritus, and Carrie Schweitzer, associate professor, from Kent State University’s Department of Geology report on the oldest fossil shrimp known to date in the world. - Posted Nov. 9, 2010
- Research Provides Better Understanding of Changes in Climate System For more than a decade, Dr. Joseph Ortiz, associate professor of geology at Kent State University and part of an international team of National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded researchers, has been studying long-term climate variability associated with El Niño. - Posted Dec. 2, 2010
- Saturday lecture on climate change “Potential Local Impacts of Global Climate Change” - Posted Apr. 25, 2012
