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 С»ÆƬÊÓƵ at Trumbull geologist in a paper published in the November issue of the journal Geology. The Markagunt gravity slide, the size of three Ohio counties, is one of the two largest known continental landslides (larger slides exist on the ocean floors). David Hacker, Ph.D., associate professor of geology at С»ÆƬÊÓƵ at Trumbull, and two colleagues discovered and mapped the scope of the Markagunt s...
In 2013 shortly before his death, Cordell Glaus ‘51, endowed a study abroad scholarship in honor of a professor. A year later, his wife, Henrietta, met the first recipient of the scholarship endowed by her late husband, and heard first-hand what a profound impact it had on this student’s life. Cordell Glaus had many passions, including architecture, painting and traveling. His love of travel, which he felt was deeply significant to a person’s development, along with his respect for a former professor, led him to endow a study abroad scholarship shortly before his death in September 201...