Geology News and Events

KU Geologists to discuss the future of Continental Scientific Drilling

A workshop organized by KU Geology's Anthony Walton, The Future of Continental Scientific Drilling: A U.S. Perspective, will take place July 4–5th, 2009 in Denver, Colorado.

Researchers uncover 300 million-year-old fossilized fish brain

Researchers in Grenoble, France used a particle accelerator to analyse a fossil on loan from the Kansas University Natural History Museum, and they have uncovered the oldest known fossilized brain. See the article "Fossilized fish brain is from Kansas" in the March 4, 2009 edition of the Lawrence Journal-World for more details.