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Events and news of what's happening around the Fredonia campus.
Events and news of what's happening around the Fredonia campus.
Assistant Professor Wentao Cao co-authored a new research paper, “Identifying Serpentine Minerals by their Chemical Compositions with Machine Learning,” published in the journal American Mineralogist.
Assistant Professor Matthew Purtill co-authored a multidisciplinary article, "Feasting at a World Center Shrine: Paleoethnobotanical and Micromorphological Investigations of a Woodhenge Earth Oven.”
Homecoming 2023, slated for Oct. 20 to 23, marks the 60th anniversary of the Department of Geology, the 20th anniversary of the 1970s Reunion Jazz Ensemble, honored classes’ celebrations — and great theatre and athletic contests, along with a host of other special events.
Western Illinois University Geology Professor Leslie Melim will present a public lecture, "The Secret Life of Speleothems (Caves): It’s Dead . . . but was it ever Alive?" on Friday, Oct. 13, at 1 p.m. in Houghton Hall Room 028.
Alumni and emeritus faculty from across the 60-year history of the Department of Geology (now Geology and Environmental Sciences) will converge at SUNY Fredonia over Homecoming weekend, Oct. 20 to 21.
Science students on a field trip initiated by SUNY Fredonia alumnus Randy Blood literally had a direct hand in gathering samples of Devonian-aged rock that may help researchers to understand circumstances that lead to a major mass extinction event on earth.
Students enrolled in GEO 400: Stratigraphy will go on a joint field trip to two sites near Rochester, NY, with students in a stratigraphy class from SUNY Geneseo on Sunday, Sept. 24.
The student poster, “Surviving on Dry Land: Geoarchaeological Evidence for a Potential Native American Occupation during the 4.2 KA Drought in Western New York,” created by sophomore Geology major Savannah Steves and Geology graduates Joli Springborn and Tyler Spears, will be presented at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America.
Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences Assistant Professor Matthew Purtill recently had a paper published on the potential impacts of sampling bias in archaeological practice.
Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences Assistant Professor Matthew Purtill is lead author on a co-authored article, "Archaeological Investigations of Fulton County, Indiana: Summary Results for a FY17 Historic Preservation Fund Survey," published by Indiana Archaeology.