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Going Off Map: The Adventure of Discovery at Geology Field Camp!
By Isaac E. Pope At the core of every scientist and engineer is an explorer and investigator with some deeply imbedded personality to seek out what is unknown or unfixed and create some new conceptualization or contraption out of it. They spend years honing their craft, learning the intricate ways of their field. At some…
Read MoreField Camp: A Rocking Way to End a Geology Degree
By Aleigha Dollens, University of Missouri- Kansas City As a geology student at the end of her bachelor’s degree, I had heard the rumors and the great stories about field camp and all that it includes. It was an experience that I had looked forward to throughout my undergraduate degree. I felt nervous and excited…
Read MoreJulia Rudlaff Field Camp – 2024 Beardsley Kuper Field Camp Scholarship Winner
My field camp experience was challenging, educational, and a whole lot of fun. I spent six weeks exploring the Tobacco Root Mountains in Cardwell, Montana amidst the cacti, lodgepole pines, and many, many cows. I feel lucky to have been able to see such beautiful parts of the country, from Badlands National Park to…
Read MoreTilford and Stout Scholar: Rio Baran
With the support of the AEG Foundation, I was able to spend the summer of 2023 on my first geology field season in the Australian Outback. There, I pursued questions on the role of early sponges’ (Archaeocyathids) in early animal evolution. Alongside a team of seasoned geologists from Princeton University’s Maloof Group, I set about to study the…
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