The massive find promises to help scientists better understand how all rocky bodies—including our own planet—came to be.

Discovery may contain metal from asteroid crash, Baylor University researcher says.

On May 1, I had the privilege of helping recognize our 2019 Outstanding Graduate Students. Six students received Outstanding Graduate Instructor Awards and three students received Outstanding Dissertation Awards. I asked each of the students to speak about their graduate journey as well as a faculty member (either graduate program director or faculty mentor) to speak about the research and teaching success of each student.

Congratulations to Department of Geosciences PhD graduate Dr. Logan Wiest! He won the won the 2019 Baylor Graduate School Outstanding Dissertation Award in the Sciences for his dissertation “Taphonomic and Mass-Extinction Research from an Ichnological Perspective.

Millions of years before anyone lived here, nature conditioned Waco as a major crossroads. Dr. Joe Yelderman of Baylor’s Department of Geosciences tells us how geology and natural history played a role in shaping Waco.

We have two big TEAM accomplishments to report for our graduate and undergraduate programs.

Congratulations to Baylor University Department of Geosciences PhD student Dylan Jiang!

The Baylor Geosciences Department is sad to report the passing of alumnus Bradley Ray (BS, 1979) on October 10th.

Researchers believe artifacts unearthed near Salado may be the oldest of their kind in North America.

SALADO, Texas — An archeological site near Salado contains a record of human habitation spanning the last 16,000 years. Researchers found carved stone, similar to arrowheads, which could be from as far back as 15,500 years ago.

It is with sadness that we note the passing of Dr. Harold Beaver, former Chairman of the department.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Upward of 20 mammoths may have succumbed to disease from a poop-infested watering hole in Waco, Texas, during a severe drought in the last ice age. The new findings counter a past interpretation of this mammoth graveyard that suggested the animals died in a flood.

Congratulations to Baylor University Department of Geosciences PhD student Bart Yeates!‬

The Baylor Geosciences Department is sad to report the passing of alumnus Dwayne Crumpler (MS, 1989) on Sunday, May 27th.

The Geosciences department will host Dr. Daniel P. Shrag from the Harvard University Center for the Environment for a lecture on Thursday April 5th at 6:30 pm in room D110 in the Baylor Sciences Building.

The Geosciences department is saddened to report that alumni Greg Hild (MS ’85) passed away in December 2017 from esophageal cancer. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends during this difficult time.

Researchers from Baylor University challenge the claim of earliest archaeological evidence of peopling of the Americas.

The department is sad to report that Dr. William G. (Bill) Brown, Professor Emeritus, passed away on Wednesday, January 17th at the age of 83.

On Wednesday, December 13th, 2017 the Baylor Geoscience department was host to one hundred forty fourth graders from Woodway Elementary School and their teachers.

View a recent interview with Dr. Dan Peppe and Ann Harder on KXXV News Channel 25 about Earth Science.

Interview Link

Join the Mayborn Museum and the Department of Geosciences as we celebrate Earth Science Week and learn more about climate change at the Earth Science Symposium – Climate change: Earth’s past, present, and future.

The Mayborn Museum and the Department of Geosciences are hosting a series of hands on activities and events dialing from 10 AM to 2 PM From October 9 - 13, 2017 to celebrate Earth Science Week.

The Department of Geosciences at Baylor University is pleased to announce a search for a new tenure-track Assistant Professor faculty position in Paleobiology with an open start date beginning in August 2018.

Approximately 150 students and faculty attended a solar eclipse viewing party August 21st, 2017 hosted by the geoscience department.