About the Department

Events

View Geology Colloquia

12/04/2009 07:00 PM
Greater Cincinnati Grotto Meeting

Class Trips
4-day Field Trips
Annually, the faculty of the Department of Geology organize a field trip of about 4 days to localities in the eastern mid-west of the US. See more about the 4-day field trips.

Professor Emeritus Paul Potter speaks in Southern Illinois on the 2002 4-day field trip.

Rolling Rocks (Department Newsletter) Archive

History

Scientific studies of both glacial and bedrock formations led to the establishment of the Department of Geology at the University of Cincinnati in 1907.

Nevin M. Fenneman was its first chairman and, for a while, its only faculty member. His landform classification map of the U.S., published in 1916, became the most widely used map of its type, and his two-volume work on the physiography (landforms) of the eastern and western U.S. became a classic in the field of geomorphology.

For the next several decades, the department grew in reputation as it continued to attract students and a number of nationally known faculty members, such as Walter Bucher, Kenneth E. Caster, Otto von Schlichten, and John Rich. In the early years, a small group of scholars established excellent programs in geomorphology, tectonics and structural geology, petroleum and sedimentary geology, and paleontology.

Since then, the geology department has continued to grow and to keep pace with the rapidly changing field it represents. In the 1970's, the addition of more faculty and modern, well-equipped laboratories allowed the department of geology to expand its course offerings at both the undergraduate and graduate level. As a result, the number of students annually receiving Baccalaureate, Masters and Doctoral degrees increased.

Department of Geology
P.O. Box 210013
Cincinnati OH 45221-0013

345 College Court, Cincinnati OH 45221-0013