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Geology student research, 2024

Jack Hughes '24

Jack Hughes '24

Ultramafic Rocks in North Carolina: Using Spinel-Group Mineral Chemistry to Understand Their Tectonic Significance

Emily Martin '24

Emily Martin '24

Evaluation of Indoor Radon Concentrations for the Quad Cities (Rock Island County, IL, and Scott County, IA)

Makayla Palm '24

Makayla Palm '24

Ecological Evolution Throughout Time - Comparing the Diversity of the Jurassic Morrison Formation and the Modern Analog Serengeti Fauna

Laurence Pavlik '24

Laurence Pavlik '24

From Romer to Olroyd: Developments in the Study of Synapsid Hearing

Kacey Plambeck '24

Kacey Plambeck '24

Experimental Growth of MVT Sulfide Mineralization

Briana Reagan '25

Briana Reagan '25

Analysis of Microplastics in Freshwater Urban Watersheds

Cavit Schempp '24

Cavit Schempp '24

Analysis and Description of the Iridescent Thin-Film on Calcites in Eastern Iowa

Eulle Stann Casaquite '25

Eulle Stann Casaquite '25

Ubiquitous Microplastics in Fluvial Sediments of Urban Stream Systems in Davenport and Bettendorf, Iowa

Niah Tyler '25

Niah Tyler '25

Earthquake Relovation in Southeastern New Mexico to Better Understand Induced Seismicity

Alex Wandrey '24

Alex Wandrey '24

Applying Modern Analog Technique to Foraminifera to Track the Neogene Migration of the Orinoco River in Trinidad

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Students swimming in Bonaire

Mapping coral reefs to study and help a critical ecosystem

Community-based learning on a large scale: Augustana geology students travel with faculty to the Caribbean island of Bonaire to research environmental change in coral reefs.

John Deere Planetarium

Planetarium and geology museum to host May 3 open house

Augustana College's John Deere Planetarium and Fryxell Geology Museum will be open to the public on Saturday, May 3, for the annual spring open house. Indoor and outdoor programs will be offered in the planetarium, observatory and geology museum.

Holden Village students posing for a photo before heading to the village.

Five years of Augustana’s January Term

Augustana College students take a break from their 15-week semester schedule to engage in a month-long period of intensive learning during January Term, or J-term. This three-and-a-half week course was added as part of the college’s transition to semesters in 2019-2020.