Geology Stories

Kit Kringel '27

Major Moment: Kit Kringel '27

Geology & Political Science

"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."

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Maya Hofstetter

Maya Hofstetter '25

Hometown: Takoma Park, MD

"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."

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Adalia Rodriguez '24 at Grand Canyon

Major Moment: Adalia Rodriguez '24

Geology

"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."

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Helen Christ (pictured left) with friends on May Day

New Year, New Perspectives: Helen Christ '24

Hometown: Bloomington, IN

"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."

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Two students observe a large blue gem

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.

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Wind turbines and solar panels

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.

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Group of 360 students in the field

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)

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Four people stand in the foreground of a glacier lake

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.

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Students lined up in front of sculptural sign reading "Volcan Masaya"

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.

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Students and faculty from the 360掳聽Climate Change: Science and Politics course cluster.

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.

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Professor Arlo Weil

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.

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