Tag: Francis Macdonald

  • Nation & World

    What rocks can teach

    The Harvard Museum of Natural History has opened its renovated Earth and Planetary Sciences gallery, linking the fantastic mineral displays to the story of the Earth and the work of faculty members who conduct research on geological processes.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    With the Earth as teacher

    Students in Earth and Planetary Sciences kicked off their academic year early, spending a late-August week in paradise, observing Hawaii’s volcanoes, green and black sand beaches, and overarching geologic splendor.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    The record in the rocks

    Students travel to Italy to study how geologic records show how life on Earth shifted after a cataclysmic event.

    5 minutes