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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.
Geologist has article published in scholarly journal
Dr. Wentao Cao of the Department of Geology and Environmental Science coauthored a recently accepted article in Earth-Science Reviews (IF=9.53), collaborating with colleagues from the University of Oxford, Colorado School of Mines, China University of Geosciences and University of Adelaide.
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.
Hegna discovers new crustacean species preserved in amber
Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences Assistant Professor Thomas A. Hegna identified and described a new species of blind crustacean (amphipod) preserved in 23 million year-old amber found in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas.
Purtill lead author of Frontiers in Earth Science journal article
Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences Assistant Professor Matthew Purtill was the lead author of an article recently published in the journal Frontiers in Earth Science.
Geology majors participate in soils competition
Fredonia's first ever Soil Judging team competed in the Northeast Regional Soil Judging contest, held in early October at the University of Maryland in Easton.