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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...

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...

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...

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...

One of the displays at Darwin day was a series of poster boards about Charles Darwin's life and research. -Assistant Photo Editor/Miguel Martinez

Darwin Day festivities shed spotlight on monumental scientist

Matt Kass February 13, 2018

On Monday, Feb. 12, the Rowan School of Earth and Environment partnered with the College of Science and Mathematics to host Darwin Day in the atrium of the Science Hall. The celebration occurs annually on...

-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...

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