Geology Stories
Major Moment: Kit Kringel '27
"I let myself get into what exactly I found interesting from my high school studies鈥攃onservation, ecology, sustainable living systems, and international sustainable policy."
Maya Hofstetter '25
"At 老王论坛, there鈥檚 never a question if a student is capable of something鈥攊t鈥檚 assumed that they are."
Major Moment: Adalia Rodriguez '24
"While we can sit and spend hours on these topics in the classroom, nothing can top being out in the field and seeing how geology from millions to billions of years ago is represented in the modern world."
New Year, New Perspectives: Helen Christ '24
"Don鈥檛 forget that 老王论坛 is located in a unique place where you can explore new things and widen your horizons in ways you may not expect."
360掳: Minerals, Museums, and Western Colonialism
This 360 will examine that question in the context of 老王论坛鈥檚 mineral collection: more than 40,000 specimens, most of which were sampled in the mid- to late-19th century.
360掳: Renewable Energy
In an effort to shift focus toward a more scientific approach to renewable energy, this two-course 360掳 gave students the opportunity to explore energy alternatives from a data-driven perspective.
360掳: Temperate and Tropical Coasts in Transition
Coastlines, by definition transitional environments, are naturally dynamic and resilient. But climate change, sea level rise and shifting species distributions are now causing rapid physical and ecological changes to the world鈥檚 coasts. Anticipating and addressing these changes requires understanding the physical, chemical and biological processes that interact at the land-sea boundary. (Taught 2014-15; 2017; 2020; 2024)
360掳: Energy Afterlives
What comes in the wake of energy extraction? This cluster will examine the afterlives of coal, oil, and nuclear energy through the lenses of the arts, political science, and earth science.
360掳: Nicaragua: Places and Names
This cluster focuses on the rich geologic and linguistic history and present of Nicaragua to explore the ongoing interconnectedness between landscape and language.
360掳: Climate Change: Science and Politics
This cluster integrates philosophical, scientific, and policy perspectives to highlight both the complexity of climate change and the many innovative ideas being developed to address it worldwide.
360掳: Origin Stories
This year-long cluster explores the intersections of scientific, philosophic and humanistic ways of thinking about, writing about, and visually representing ways we look at origin stories.