Washington and Lee University
Geology offers an integrative, scientific avenue of study for issues relating to managing our interactions with the environment, providing adequate resources, ensuring the safety of the built environment in the face of natural hazards, and solving the complex history of earth and its continuing evolution. The Geology Department makes extensive use of the extraordinary geology the Appalachians and other locales around the globe (American Southwest, New Zealand, Greece, & Hawaii most recently) and we offer many opportunities for research here and around the globe using scientific computing, field programs, laboratory analyses, and GIS mapping.
Odell S. McGuire, Geology Professor, Dies at 81
Geology Department Picnic Photos
Summer Research Means Yellow Jackets, X-ray Diffractometer and Dirt
W&L students Dillon Fulcher (10), Geology majors Elizabeth Rhea (09) and Alex Burpee (08), and Rockbridge High School Senior Jenny Shultis recently worked with Prof. Lisa Greer to collect small coral specimens of Acropora cervicornis (staghorn coral) to better understand environmental conditions offshore of Barbados.