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Cao co-authors paper identifying serpentine minerals using machine learning
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.
Guest lecturer to reveal the ‘Secret Life of Speleothems (Caves)’
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.
Houghton Hall re-design brings kudos to architects
The LEED Silver re-design of Houghton Hall at SUNY Fredonia has garnered the architects, Mitchell Giurgola Architects LLC, accolades from AIA (American Institute of Architects) New York State.
Geologist has article published in archaeology journal
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.
Hegna co-authors journal article revealing internal anatomy of extinct arthropod
Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences Assistant Professor Thomas Hegna is one of five authors of an article in the journal Palaeontologia Electronica.
SUNY Fredonia science students to compile valuable data for village water department
A new connection between SUNY Fredonia and the village of Fredonia is being forged that will provide students with “real-world” experience by assembling valuable baseline data that will help the municipality’s water department to swiftly and efficiently react to current as well as future challenges that it may encounter.
Geology major O’Leary honored with first place at BAPG Scholarship Night
Sarah O’Leary, a senior in the Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences majoring in Geology with a minor in Chemistry, was recognized with first place at the recent 2022 Buffalo Association of Professional Geologists’ (BAPG) Geology Scholarship Night.
Cao co-writes paper in GSA Bulletin on high-pressure metamorphic rocks in Tibetan Plateau
Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences Assistant Professor Wentao Cao is a co-author of a new research paper published in the journal GSA Bulletin.
Cao co-authors chapter in GSA Memoirs
Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences Assistant Professor Wentao Cao co-authored a book chapter in “Laurentia: Turning Points in the Evolution of a Continent,” that has been published in Geological Society of America Memoirs 220.
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.