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Study explores AI and geology

A new study by SUNY Fredonia geology professor Dr. Matthew Purtill explores landscapes and AI.

Jasper Bateman and Associate Professor Tom Hegna in front of their poster presented at the conference.

Faculty and students present at GSA 

Geology faculty and students presented research at the recent National Geological Society of America (GSA) meeting in Colorado.

alumni work with objects in the relocated Stanley Museum

Stanley Museum to officially re-open on Homecoming weekend

It was a true scientific community effort, including students, faculty, and alumni volunteers, in reopening the Willard F. Stanley Museum.

student presenting a poster to other students

When being wrong is just for fun

STEM faculty at SUNY Fredonia are hosting the 2nd Annual Bad Ad Hoc Hypothesis Fest on Friday of Homecoming weekend.

SUNY Fredonia and University of Pittsburgh at Bradford students

Fossil hunters travel to mid-state

Ten students from Dr. Thomas Hegna's Paleontology class took a field trip recently to two famous fossil sites in New York State.

 Kyle Nowicki leads a student in the activity during the field days.

Faculty and students assist with community event

The Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences assisted with an activity at the Chautauqua County 4H Conservation Field Days.

Dr. Wentao Cao

Faculty member edits special issue on Asian tectonics

Dr. Wentao Cao is a guest editor of a newly published special issue of the Journal of Asian Earth Sciences: X.

SUNY Fredonia students lead children through exploration of the stream table at the Gem and Mineral Show.

Students share the fun of geology at community event

Faculty, students, and alumni of the Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences helped bring hands-on geoscience education to the public.

Randy Blood (far right) shows students how to properly wrap a core after it has been extracted.

‘Taking a core’ along Lake Erie shore highlights extensive student geology field trip

Students gained “first-hand experience” burrowing through layers of black shale, guided by a highly skilled geologist and SUNY Fredonia alumnus.

Randy Blood (far right) works with Geology students and Associate Professor Thomas Hegna in core sampling near Silver Creek, NY, in 2023.

Geology alumnus to offer guest lecture

Alumnus Randy Blood, an accomplished geologist and petrophysicist, will discuss his field work in Mongolia at a campus lecture.