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Dr. Kenneth Lacovara gives an opening speech to the Dig Day visitors. -Photo/Tara Lonsdorf

Edelman Fossil Park hosts 8th annual Community Dig Day to encourage interest in sciences

Kalie VanDewater September 16, 2019

On Saturday, people from all over swarmed to a Rowan-owned fossil park behind a Lowe’s in Mantua Township. That park is the Jean and Ric Edelman Fossil Park, a paleontological site not only unique...

Edelman Fossil Park's 7th annual community dig day. -Contributor / James Jackson

Edelman Fossil Park’s 7th annual Community Dig Day

James Jackson September 24, 2018

On Saturday, Sept. 22, thousands of local residents swarmed Edelman Fossil Park of Rowan University for a day of digging. The park, which is located in Sewell, New Jersey, hosted its 7th annual Community...

-Photo by Patricia Iannaci

Community digs beneath the surface at Edelman Fossil park

Grace Clevenger September 26, 2017

This past Saturday, Glassboro community members gathered for an event 231.4 million years in the making. The Edelman Fossil Park's annual “Dig Day” brought out hundreds of people to the New Jersey...

-Graphic by Jesse Mounce

PROFcast #2: Paul Ullman

Justin Decker September 20, 2017

Post-doctoral researcher at the Edelman Fossil Park, Paul Ullman discusses the changes Rowan's Geology Department went through this summer as well as the first Community Dig Day of the semester on Sept....

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