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Nathan Burnside, Geology major, Biology major

Alumnus Nathan Burnside to trace career path in a ‘geologist’s tale’

SUNY Fredonia alumnus and Geology major Nathan Burnside will give an invited talk, “There and Back Again: An Environmental Geologist’s Tale,” on Tuesday, Oct. 25.

Dr. Thomas Hegna

Geologist Hegna receives 2022 Hagan Award, to offer lecture on Oct. 4

The 2022 William T. and Charlotte N. Hagan Young Scholar/Artist Award will be presented to Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences Assistant Professor Thomas Hegna...

Randy Blood

Geology alum to give talk on Upper Devonian Shale of western New York

Alumnus Randy Blood will give an invited talk, “The Upper Devonian Shale Succession of Western New York: Insights into the Role of Shale in an...

Four co-investigators in lab

SUNY Fredonia awarded NSF grant to purchase scanning electron microscope

The National Science Foundation has awarded a grant of over $335,000 to SUNY Fredonia to purchase a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) that will significantly expand...

student presents poster at conference

Geology students, faculty attend and present at 2022 Northeast Geological Society of America meeting

Students and faculty from the Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences attended and presented at the 2022 Geological Society of America Northeastern Section Meeting, a...

student and faculty member in lab

Fredonia student, faculty identify a new species of female-only fossil fairy shrimp

Senior Emma Van Houte and her faculty advisor, Assistant Professor Thomas Hegna, are co-authors of a journal article, “A new genus and species of ?parthenogenic...

Dr. Matthew Purtill

Purtill co-authors journal article on sand dune formations used by Native Americans

Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences Assistant Professor Matthew Purtill is the lead author on a co-authored article published by Indiana Archaeology, volume 15, number...

Dr. Mateo Monferran (left) with Dr. Thomas Hegna in a Houghton Hall workspace

Zoom talk today to explore Jurassic invertebrates

Dr. Mateo Monferran, a researcher with the National Scientific and Technical Research Council currently engaging in investigative work with Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences...

Honors Student of the Month Justine Bloom with Dr. Jon Titus

Earth Science major Bloom receives Honors Program award

Justine Bloom, a sophomore from Bergen majoring in Earth Science, with a minor in Environmental Studies, has received the Honors Student of the Month Award...