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	<title>News :: Washington and Lee University &#187; Geology</title>
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		<title><![CDATA[Knapp, Conner Appointed to New Posts at W&amp;L]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 14:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<easyDate>May 01</easyDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Hanna]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington and Lee University has announced new appointments in the University administration. Elizabeth Knapp, associate provost and associate professor of geology, will become senior assistant to the president and director of the Johnson Program in Leadership and Integrity. Marc Conner, the Jo M. and James M. Ballengee Professor of English, head of the English Department and director of Spring Term, will become associate provost.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Washington and Lee University has announced new appointments in the University administration. Elizabeth Knapp, associate provost and associate professor of geology, will become senior assistant to the president and director of the Johnson Program in Leadership and Integrity. Marc Conner, the Jo M. and James M. Ballengee Professor of English, head of the English Department and director of Spring Term, will become associate provost.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[Connors to Give Pritchard Professorship Inaugural Lecture at W&amp;L]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Mar 2013 13:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<easyDate>Mar 02</easyDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Cline]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christopher D. Connors, professor of geology at Washington and Lee University, will give the William E. Pritchard III Professorship Inaugural Lecture on Thursday, March 14, at 8 p.m. in Northen Auditorium, Leyburn Library.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Christopher D. Connors, professor of geology at Washington and Lee University, will give the William E. Pritchard III Professorship Inaugural Lecture on Thursday, March 14, at 8 p.m. in Northen Auditorium, Leyburn Library.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[Interdisciplinary Research at W&amp;L Helps Measure Health of Coral Reefs]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<alphaDate>2012-12-11, 19:27:30 +0000</alphaDate>
		<easyDate>Dec 11</easyDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Tschiggfrie]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two Washington and Lee faculty &#150; geologist Lisa Greer and computer scientist Joshua Stough &#151; combine on a new method for assessing the health of coral reefs.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Two Washington and Lee faculty &#150; geologist Lisa Greer and computer scientist Joshua Stough &#151; combine on a new method for assessing the health of coral reefs.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[Terra Firma: Non in cautus praeteriti]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://news.blogs.wlu.edu/2012/11/07/terra-firma-non-in-cautus-praeteriti/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 21:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<easyDate>Nov 07</easyDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Hanna]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Forty returning Washington and Lee geology majors spent a daylong field trip in some familiar stomping grounds.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Forty returning Washington and Lee geology majors spent a daylong field trip in some familiar stomping grounds.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[New IQ Center Will Enhance Science at W&amp;L]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://news.blogs.wlu.edu/2012/09/23/new-iq-center-will-enhance-science-at-wl/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2012 16:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<alphaDate>2012-09-23, 16:00:42 +0000</alphaDate>
		<easyDate>Sep 23</easyDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Tschiggfrie]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first phase of the new Integrative and Quantitative (IQ) Center at Washington and Lee University is underway, with a projected opening date of June 2013.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[The first phase of the new Integrative and Quantitative (IQ) Center at Washington and Lee University is underway, with a projected opening date of June 2013.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[W&amp;L Faculty Explore Possibilities for Students in Greenland]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://news.blogs.wlu.edu/2012/09/17/wl-faculty-explore-possibilities-for-students-in-greenland/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<alphaDate>2012-09-18, 00:48:03 +0000</alphaDate>
		<easyDate>Sep 18</easyDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Tschiggfrie]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Washington and Lee University exploring ways to reimagine international education, three members of the W&amp;L faculty recently traveled to Greenland to investigate possible connections there for internships, student projects and spring term abroad courses.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[With Washington and Lee University exploring ways to reimagine international education, three members of the W&amp;L faculty recently traveled to Greenland to investigate possible connections there for internships, student projects and spring term abroad courses.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[W&amp;L Promotes Faculty Members to Full, Associate Professorships]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://news.blogs.wlu.edu/2012/06/15/wl-promotes-faculty-members-to-full-and-associate-professorships/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 12:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<alphaDate>2012-06-15, 12:31:55 +0000</alphaDate>
		<easyDate>Jun 15</easyDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Hanna]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington and Lee University has promoted eight members of its faculty to full professor, while granting tenure to 14 faculty members who were promoted to associate professor.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Washington and Lee University has promoted eight members of its faculty to full professor, while granting tenure to 14 faculty members who were promoted to associate professor.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[W&amp;L Names 13 Faculty to Endowed Professorships]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:52:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<alphaDate>2012-06-12, 13:52:43 +0000</alphaDate>
		<easyDate>Jun 12</easyDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Hanna]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thirteen members of the Washington and Lee University faculty have been named to endowed professorships&#151; two each in the School of Law and the Williams School of Commerce, Economics, and Politics, and nine in the College. W&amp;L currently has 45 endowed full professorships and 10 term professorships, which recognize worthy teachers who have made meaningful [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Thirteen members of the Washington and Lee University faculty have been named to endowed professorships&#151; two each in the School of Law and the Williams School of Commerce, Economics, and Politics, and nine in the College. W&amp;L currently has 45 endowed full professorships and 10 term professorships, which recognize worthy teachers who have made meaningful [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[W&amp;L 2012 Graduates Win Fellowships]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://news.blogs.wlu.edu/2012/05/31/wl-2012-graduates-win-fulbright-awards/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 18:22:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<alphaDate>2012-05-31, 18:22:45 +0000</alphaDate>
		<easyDate>May 31</easyDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Cline]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two members of Washington and Lee University&#39;s 2012 graduating class, Tyler Grant of Suwanee, Ga., and Ryan Hartman of Yorktown, Va., have received grants for postgraduate study from the prestigious Fulbright Program while a third, Shiri Yadlin of  Irvine, Calif., received a U.S. teaching assistantship to Austria.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Two members of Washington and Lee University&#39;s 2012 graduating class, Tyler Grant of Suwanee, Ga., and Ryan Hartman of Yorktown, Va., have received grants for postgraduate study from the prestigious Fulbright Program while a third, Shiri Yadlin of  Irvine, Calif., received a U.S. teaching assistantship to Austria.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[Scott Tinker, State Geologist of Texas, to Discuss the Energy Industry]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<alphaDate>2012-02-12, 19:37:54 +0000</alphaDate>
		<easyDate>Feb 12</easyDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julie Cline]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scott Tinker, director of the Bureau of Economic Geology at the University of Texas at Austin, will give a lecture on energy at W&amp;L on Feb. 15, at 5:30 p.m. in Elrod Commons.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Scott Tinker, director of the Bureau of Economic Geology at the University of Texas at Austin, will give a lecture on energy at W&amp;L on Feb. 15, at 5:30 p.m. in Elrod Commons.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[W&amp;L Students Present at Major Geology Conference]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://news.blogs.wlu.edu/2011/12/07/wl-students-present-at-major-geology-conference/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:03:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<easyDate>Dec 07</easyDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Hanna]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four Washington and Lee University geology majors presented their research at the world&#39;s largest geoscience meeting to be held in San Francisco this week (Dec. 5-9). Makenzie Hatfield, a senior from Charleston, W.Va., Elizabeth Mann, a senior from Hamilton, Va., Maria Reimi, a senior from Caracas, Venezuela, and Lauren Schultz, a junior from California, Md., [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Four Washington and Lee University geology majors presented their research at the world&#39;s largest geoscience meeting to be held in San Francisco this week (Dec. 5-9). Makenzie Hatfield, a senior from Charleston, W.Va., Elizabeth Mann, a senior from Hamilton, Va., Maria Reimi, a senior from Caracas, Venezuela, and Lauren Schultz, a junior from California, Md., [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[Antique Scientific Instruments Show How W&amp;L Students Used to Learn]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://news.blogs.wlu.edu/2011/11/27/antique-scientific-instruments-show-how-wl-students-used-to-learn/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 16:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<alphaDate>2011-11-27, 16:02:05 +0000</alphaDate>
		<easyDate>Nov 27</easyDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Tschiggfrie]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An exhibit of 19th-century scientific instruments on the main floor of the Leyburn Library at Washington and Lee University shows how students used to study physics, chemistry, mathematics, surveying and other scientific disciplines. Yolanda Merrill, humanities librarian and associate professor, originated the idea for the exhibit after noticing similar instruments on display in the library&#39;s [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[An exhibit of 19th-century scientific instruments on the main floor of the Leyburn Library at Washington and Lee University shows how students used to study physics, chemistry, mathematics, surveying and other scientific disciplines. Yolanda Merrill, humanities librarian and associate professor, originated the idea for the exhibit after noticing similar instruments on display in the library&#39;s [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[Internationally Renowned Historian of Science to Speak at W&amp;L]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<alphaDate>2011-11-11, 21:33:27 +0000</alphaDate>
		<easyDate>Nov 11</easyDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Hanna]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Naomi Oreskes,&#160;provost and professor of history and science studies at the University of California San Diego, will give a public talk as part of the 2011-2012 Speaker Series WS2: Women Scientists and Women in Science on Monday, Nov. 14, at 5:30 p.m. in Stackhouse Theater of Elrod Commons. The title of Oreskes&#39; talk is &#34;Moving [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Naomi Oreskes,&#160;provost and professor of history and science studies at the University of California San Diego, will give a public talk as part of the 2011-2012 Speaker Series WS2: Women Scientists and Women in Science on Monday, Nov. 14, at 5:30 p.m. in Stackhouse Theater of Elrod Commons. The title of Oreskes&#39; talk is &#34;Moving [...]]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[David Harbor, Jeffrey Rahl Present Findings at Geology Meeting]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://news.blogs.wlu.edu/2011/10/23/david-harbor-jeffrey-rahl-present-findings-at-geology-meeting/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:36:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<alphaDate>2011-10-23, 15:36:32 +0000</alphaDate>
		<easyDate>Oct 23</easyDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Tschiggfrie]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Harbor, professor of geology, and Jeffrey Rahl, assistant professor of geology, both of Washington and Lee, presented the results of their summer research to approximately 6,000 geoscientists at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in October. Their work was supported by the Lenfest program and two alumni funds in the geology [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[David Harbor, professor of geology, and Jeffrey Rahl, assistant professor of geology, both of Washington and Lee, presented the results of their summer research to approximately 6,000 geoscientists at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in October. Their work was supported by the Lenfest program and two alumni funds in the geology [...]]]></content:encoded>
		<image><![CDATA[<img width="80" height="80" src="http://news.blogs.wlu.edu/files/2011/10/GSA-photo-80x80.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Washington and Lee geology professor Jeffrey Rahl with W&amp;L students Ryan Hartman ’12 and Doug Sberna ’13 sampling sediment in the Rio Iruya gorge, July 2011." />]]></image>
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		<title><![CDATA[New Laser Scanning Confocal Microscope at W&amp;L for Regional Use]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://news.blogs.wlu.edu/2011/10/23/nsf-grant-funds-laser-scanning-confocal-microscope-at-wl-for-consortial-use/]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 2011 14:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<alphaDate>2011-10-23, 14:27:54 +0000</alphaDate>
		<easyDate>Oct 23</easyDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Tschiggfrie]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new confocal laser scanning microscope at Washington and Lee University aims to increase research and training across the sciences, not only at W&amp;L but also at two nearby institutions, Virginia Military Institute and Mary Baldwin College. The microscope will be acquired through a $366,000 Major Research Instrumentation grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[A new confocal laser scanning microscope at Washington and Lee University aims to increase research and training across the sciences, not only at W&amp;L but also at two nearby institutions, Virginia Military Institute and Mary Baldwin College. The microscope will be acquired through a $366,000 Major Research Instrumentation grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). [...]]]></content:encoded>
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