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Cao co-authors article for Journal of Petrology
Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences Assistant Professor Wentao Cao co-authored a paper accepted for publication in Journal of Petrology, a top journal in the field of geology.
Hegna co-edits special issue of Zoological Studies journal
Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences Assistant Professor Thomas Hegna organized and co-edited, with D. Christopher Rogers of the University of Kansas, a special issue of the journal Zoological Studies devoted to fossil and modern clam shrimp, a group of small, freshwater crustaceans.
Cao coauthors article in minerology journal
A new peer-reviewed paper co-written by Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences Assistant Professor Wentao Cao, has been accepted for publication in the European Journal of Mineralogy, a leading journal of mineralogical sciences.
Senior awarded third place in BAPG’s Virtual Geology Scholarship Event
Trevor Dwyer was awarded third place and a cash prize for his presentation, “Pressure-Temperature Conditions of Migmatite from Lac Dumoine Terrane, Western Grenville Province," at the Buffalo Association of Professional Geologists’ Virtual Geology Scholarship Event.
Purtill writes article published in Quaternary Times
Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences Assistant Professor Matthew Purtill wrote a short article, which introduces the Eastern U.S. Eolian Geoarchaeology Project (EUSEGP), that was published in the spring edition of Quaternary Times, a publication of the American Quaternary Association Inc.
Article on brittle deformation published in Geological Journal
Dr. Wentao Cao of the Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences coauthored a recently published article in Geological Journal.
Environmental Sciences major approved by State Education Department
A stand-alone Bachelor of Science major in Environmental Sciences is one of the newest programs approved by the New York State Education Department for Fredonia.
Senior experiences geology field camp in Hawaii
Fredonia senior Gilian Tytka marked both New Years Eve and her own birthday on the largest volcano on earth.
Cao gives presentation at American Museum of Natural History
Assistant Professor Wentao Cao of the Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences was invited to deliver a talk, "Partial melting in orogenic roots: insights from exhumed retrogressed eclogites from the Grenville Province,'' at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
Purtill co-authors scientific journal article that explores health/place link
Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences Assistant Professor Matthew Purtill is a co-author of "Shifting the Gaze of the Physician from the Body to the Body in a Place: A Qualitative Analysis of a Community-based Photovoice Approach to Teaching Place-health Concepts to Medical Students,” an article published in February edition of PLOS ONE.