Department of Earth Sciences
Scholar of the Month
Scholar of the Month David Hacker Associate Professor of Geology College of Arts and Sciences ÂÜÀòÉç at Trumbull 2000-present David Hacker is associate professor of geology in the College of Arts and Sciences at ÂÜÀòÉç at Trumbull. His research in structural geo…
Prehistoric Landslide Was Bigger Than Three Ohio Counties, Trumbull Researcher Reports
A catastrophic landslide, one of the largest known on the surface of the Earth, took place within minutes in southwestern Utah more than 21 million years ago, reports a ÂÜÀòÉç at Trumbull geologist in a paper published in the November issue of the journal Geology. The Markagunt gravi…
A National Treasure
For ÂÜÀòÉç Professor of Geology Abdul Shakoor, Ph.D., studying the stability of Mount Rushmore, visited by nearly three million people each year, was a lifelong dream. 
 So, in 2013, with the help of his graduate student, Lindsay Poluga, the two of them reached out to t…
Can Fireworks Damage Mount Rushmore? 

For ÂÜÀòÉç Professor of Geology Abdul Shakoor, Ph.D., studying the stability of Mount Rushmore, visited by nearly three million people each year, was a lifelong dream. 
 So, in 2013, with the help of his graduate student, Lindsay Poluga, the two of them reached out to the…
Can Fireworks Damage Mount Rushmore? ÂÜÀòÉç Researchers Study the Stability of National Monument
For ÂÜÀòÉç Professor of Geology Abdul Shakoor, Ph.D., studying the stability of Mount Rushmore, visited by nearly three million people each year, was a lifelong dream. So, in 2013, with the help of his graduate student, Lindsay Poluga, the two of them reached out to the …
