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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 anostracan (Pancrustacea, Branchiopoda, ?Thamnocephalidae) from the Lower Cretaceous Koonwarra Fossil Bed in Australia.”
Higher education in the European Union focus of next Brown Bag talk
An international panel of experts on higher education in Europe will examine “Some Aspects in the European Union Higher Education System: Challenges & Achievements” at Fredonia’s Brown Bag Lecture on April 6.
Igoe moderates BBA Education Speaker event
Department of Communication Associate Professor Mike Igoe recently served as the moderator for the latest edition of the Educational Speaker series offered by the Buffalo Broadcasters Association.
‘Billy ‘Pi’dol’ is theme of math department’s Pi Day celebration
“Billy 'Pi'dol Presents a Nice Day for a Pi Wedding” is the theme of the 22nd Pi Day Celebration to be staged by the Department of Mathematical Sciences on Thursday, March 10, from 6 to 7:30 p.m., in McEwen Hall Room 209.
Learn all about Biology opportunities at informal reception
Students can get an inside track on research projects, upper-level course electives and other learning opportunities in the Department of Biology at an informal gathering on Friday, Feb. 18.
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 1.
Cuthbert short story earns ‘Honorable Mention’ in writers contest
"The Six O'Clock House," a speculative short story written by Department of English Lecturer Rebecca Cuthbert, earned Honorable Mention in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest, 3rd Quarter.
It’s showtime for Communication students at screening
“No one can hear you screen!” A play on words, obviously from the “Alien” film franchise, was crafted by students in the Department of Communication to promote their end-of-term screening on Dec. 9.
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 Assistant Professor Thomas Hegna, will present a Zoom seminar, “Jurassic Continental Invertebrates: The Records from Argentina,” on Tuesday, Nov. 30, at 1 p.m.
Archaeological geophysicist to give Brown Bag talk
“Changing Face of Education” is the title of a Zoom talk to be given by Dr. Timothy S. de Smet, an archaeological geophysicist at SUNY Binghamton, in the Brown Bag Lecture series on Wednesday, Dec. 1, from noon to 1 p.m.