Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University

Department of Geological Sciences, Ohio University This is our online forum to share news and achievements of the students and faculty of our department. The first Ph. D.

Our faculty members are dedicated teachers and leading researchers in their fields. The department includes approximately 80 undergraduate and 25 graduate students, who receive the highest quality training in foundational geology as well as cutting edge theory and methods within the domains of environmental geology, solid earth processes, and Earth history. Our students and faculty work together t

o produce outstanding research and continue to push back the frontiers of knowledge and better our understanding of the Earth in ways that positively impact society. The Department of Geological Sciences has a long history at Ohio University, with Geology courses being taught at OHIO as early as 1823-26. degree offered at Ohio University was in Geology to Franklin Carpenter in 1887. He was later president of the Dakota School of Mines. Geology education has have several phases in the history of Ohio University, from the initial teaching of the subject in the early 1800s to the formation of the Botany and Geology Department in 1907, the Department of Geology and Geography in 1922, and finally the formation of the Department of Geological Sciences in 1969, with Myron Sturgeon as the first department chair.

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