Professor of Geology Ron Cole Receives NSF Grant in Support of Research

March 16, 2015 — Ron Cole, a professor of geology at Allegheny College, received a grant of $107,250 from the National Science Foundation in support of his project “Research at Undergraduate Institutions: Magmatic Evolution Leading Up to the Modern Aleutian Arc on the Alaska Peninsula.”

The grant will provide funding for three Allegheny students over two years to collaborate with Cole and researchers at the U.S. Geological Survey, Alaska Volcano Observatory and University of Wisconsin at Madison. The project will investigate long-term and modern geologic processes that influence volcanic activity in southwestern Alaska. One hundred percent of the $107,250 cost of the project will be covered by federal funds through this NSF grant.