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Lacovara discusses the impact of Charles Darwin with guests at Words Matter Bookstore in Pitman, New Jersey. - Editor-in-Chief / Berry Andres

Rowan’s School of Earth and Environment celebrate “Darwin Day”

Berry Andres February 21, 2023

With streamers, balloons and finch paraphernalia lining the walls, doctor of paleontology Kenneth Lacovara and 40 other guests gathered to celebrate one of the biggest events in science — Charles Darwin’s...

Kenneth Lacovara unboxes Dreadnoughtus dinosaur toy. - Photo / Kenneth Lacovara's Youtube video

Rowan paleontologist Kenneth Lacovara previews Mattel model of dinosaur he discovered

Daniela Garofalo November 30, 2022

https://youtu.be/8TJG0w0jIoA Paleontologist Kenneth Lacovara Ph.D. at Rowan’s School of Earth & Environment unboxed a Mattel model of Dreadnoughtus dinosaur that he discovered himself.  Lacovara...

Lakeside view of the coming Jean & Ric Edelman Fossil Park Museum. / Photo by Ennead Architects/KSS

New $73 Million 65-acre Fossil Park Museum Coming to Rowan

Leah Gallagher October 19, 2021

How much do you know about South Jersey’s dinosaur-laden past? Thanks to Rowan’s new Fossil Park Museum, you will be able to learn so much more. Groundbreak for the museum began on Oct. 9 in Mantua...

Dr. Kristyn Voegele and a student prepare to plaster jacket a Triceratops frill. Voegele is a professor of geology in Rowan's School of Earth and Environment. - Photo courtesy of Dr. Kristyn Voegele

Dinos and Ice Hockey: The Paleontologist Whose Childhood Dream Came True

Kalie VanDewater April 20, 2021

Dr. Kristyn Voegele, an assistant professor of geology at Rowan University, resides in a temporary office space in engineers’ Rowan Hall. A promotional handout for the geology department is just above...

The Edelman Fossil Park displayed fossils at last year's 8th annual community dig day. Dr. Lacovara, the founding dean of Rowan's School of Earth and Environment, showed fossils during a virtual Dinos at Dinnertime event. - Managing Editor / Tara Lonsdorf

Dinos at Dinnertime: A Continued Look Inside Rowan’s Paleo Lab with Dr. Kenneth Lacovara

Christine Harkinson October 7, 2020

Paleontologist Dr. Kenneth Lacovara gave a second behind-the-scenes look at the fossils stored in Rowan’s paleontology lab. On Sept. 25, Lacovara was able to show fossils dating back 65 million years....

Discovery Hall will be the site for the School of Earth and Environment at Rowan University. - Multimedia Editor / Alexander Rossen

A virtual look inside Rowan University’s Paleo Lab with Dr. Kenneth Lacovara

Christine Harkinson September 30, 2020

This winter, construction on a museum at the Jean and Ric Edelman Fossil Park will be started, with hopes to complete it by spring of 2023. This museum will not only contain fossils discovered at the...

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