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Local artist Mark Rehkopf and his Mastodon mural are featured in this article from the Waterloo Region Record, October 12, 2014.

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An 8,000 pound anorthosite (black granite) boulder from River Valley near Sudbury was dedicated in the Peter Russell Rock Garden at the University of Waterloo with friends and family presiding over the event.

The Earth Sciences Museum would like to give a big Thank You to Stantec's Kitchener Office for donating 30 brand new hard hats for our Cobalt Discovery Mine Tunnel!

A winner for the 2013 UW Gem & Mineral Show door prize was picked after the show. The fabulous picture sandstone slab was won by Chi Shui and her family. Congratulations! 

From left to right: Mrs. Chi Shui and her daughter, Professor David Jao holding the sandstone

This summer, the University of Waterloo's Daily Bulletin held survey on twitter asking students what they thought were the best parts of the Waterloo Campus. We are pleased to say that the Earth Science Museum's Great Lakes Fountain was named the coolest piece of art on campus! Thank you to everyone who voted!

Once again Barry Warner has been on a quest to bring specimens from all across Canada back to the Peter Russell Rock Garden. This time his travels have brought him all the way to Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, where he, with the help of University of Waterloo alumnus Robin Wyllie, has found three new specimens that will be added to the rock garden sometime in the future.