Geology Museum Open House is Jan. 30

Date

January 21, 2010

Trans-Atlantic ocean glider, climate and human evolution, dinosaur fossils and earthquake detection are presentation topics

WHAT:	Rutgers Geology Museum annual open house, including presentations, rock and mineral identification program, and mineral sale
WHEN:	Saturday, Jan. 30, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
WHERE:	Scott Hall, 43 College Avenue, New Brunswick: presentations in room 123, mineral sale in room 135, hands-on children’s activities in room 115. Additional presentations in Geology Hall, 85 Somerset Street, New Brunswick: rock and mineral identification, children’s activities in Geology Museum, 2ndfloor
BACKGROUND:	The Geology Museum at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, will hold its 42nd annual open house. The following general-interest presentations about contemporary research are scheduled: Monitoring our Ocean Planet: The Scarlet Knight’s Trans-Atlantic Challenge Josh Kohut, assistant professor, physical oceanography, Rutgers. 10 a.m. Paleoclimatic Framework of Human Evolution: Examples from Olduvai Gorge Gail Ashley, professor, earth and planetary sciences, Rutgers. 11 a.m. Madagascar’s Buried Treasure: Dinosaur and other Vertebrate Fossils from the Land that Time Forgot David Krause, professor, anatomical sciences and geosciences, Stony Brook University. 2 p.m. Earthquake Detection for the Citizen Seismologist Ian Saginor, assistant professor, natural sciences and mathematics, Keystone College. 3 p.m. As in past years, there will be a mineral sale and a rock and mineral identification program; participants may bring in their own samples for professional examination. The Rutgers Geology Museum Open House was started in 1968 as part of the museum's efforts to make the earth sciences accessible to students, scholars and the public. Educators who attend the museum's presentations can receive credit toward their professional development requirements.

Media Contact: Carl Blesch
732-932-7084, ext. 616
E-mail: cblesch@ur.rutgers.edu