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Trump threatened to place tariffs on all Mexican imports if Mexico did not stop the flow of migrants from coming into the U.S. The threat from the Trump administration enticed the Mexican government to take […]

Four new studies from the Wooster Tree Ring Lab have recently appeared in Ecology, Journal of Geophysical Research – Biosciences, The Holoceneand Chemosphere.

Brian Buma lead the study published in Ecologythat […]

Johnson's Woods The very first tree that drew my attention was a Black Cherry tree, or prunus serotina.  The bark was jagged and richly colored, and it […]

Solo Venture to Johnson WoodsSomething wonderful about trees, anywhere you might find them, is the effect of sunlight peeking through pseudo-canopies where foliage at […]

The class stands in front of one of the unconformities in Wooster Memorial Park (aka Spangler). There was some discussion if this is a disconformity (yes) or a nonconformity (maybe yes). The lodgment till at […]

The Color of Nature   Nature is often thought about in ways of plant life to native animal species to geography and so on and so fourth, but in many cases we […]

Johnson's WoodsAs I walked along the wooded path of Johnson’s Woods, I noticed the “good” and “bad” impacts it had on the surrounding nature. The “bad” impact […]

Johnson's woods Johnson’s wood is the first forest that I entered and observed in America. Usually, if people built a track to let people enter the forest in […]

As we dwell on the multitude of different ideas and cultures of the start of the 20th centruy we notice a trend amongst most countries or regions. This trend is best categorized as a “dissatisfaction” of the […]

The concepts brought about by Yukichi in his writing seek to recognise the change in his country brought about through the influence of Western culture, both actively and subtly. It deals with the fact that Japan […]

Early 1900 saw the world shift. All over, civilizations saw a dramatic change due to western imperialism, this led to a more interconnected world. around the world imperial nations left traces of themselves, these […]

At the beginning of the “The Export Boom as Modernity” reading, I found the comment that the export boom can be explained or told in many different lights. It shows that even in history, it is possible to spin a s […]

Please join us for the inaugural Hayden Schilling Lecture, a talk by the distinguished historian, Susan Grayzel, on women’s experience in the First World War. The event, open to the public, will take place on T […]

Please join us for the inaugural Hayden Schilling Lecture, a talk by the distinguished historian, Susan Grayzel, on women’s experience in the First World War. The event, open to the public, will take place on T […]

Throughout this week while focusing on individual examples such as Beijing and Rio de Janeiro, one overarching theme that connected our examples was revealed. This theme was the idea that beginning in the early to […]

One of the most important developments leading up to the twentieth century was of course the expansion of global trade. Made possible largely through improved transportation, the economic landscapes of nations all […]

The Chirps of Dead CricketsWalking through Johnson’s Woods, I close my eyes and listen, enraptured by the sound of crickets chirping in the trees and grasses around me. I […]

goldenrod & going in circles I’m a sucker for a good goldenrod plant. The bright yellow inevitably pops against the color of the surrounding foliage in a way that you only […]

From the Beijing lecture from Wednesday, I didn’t know that the 1800s famine was as overwhelming as it was and affected most of China. I find it interesting that it caused out migration from Southeast Asia to the […]

The 1900s witnessed many modernizations in different country. The effects of Western civilization had made Yukichi start to think about modernize his country but the way to do it was cruel to their ancestor and […]