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Commencement speakers include distinguished alumni

Distinguished SUNY Fredonia alumni — Reginal “Reg” Spiller, who is President and CEO of Azimuth Energy LLC and CEO of subsidiary Azimuth GIS-E, and Tim...

Hayden Backus at the scanning electron microscope (SEM) in Houghton Hall

Geology major Hayden Backus receives prestigious DOE fellowship

Hayden Backus, a senior Geology major from Westfield, NY, has been awarded a prestigious Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship by the U.S. Department of Energy.

At work on the 3D skull project in the Houghton Hall Room 233 are Fiona Rigney (center) and Ishaan Prathamesh Rangnekar.

Students create 3D skulls in project funded by Costello award connecting biology, computer science and art

Creating a 3D skull collection basically from scratch – made particularly unique because it’s a collaborative project engaging students enrolled in seemingly distant academic areas...

Andrew Semo, with his poster presentation, in Special Collections and  Archives in Reed Library.

Students, alumnus to exhibit research at Earth Science Student Forum in Buffalo

Research compiled by eight SUNY Fredonia geology, earth science, environmental sciences, computer science and sculpture students and one recent graduate, with guidance from faculty members...

Dr. Sierra Brown

Alumna combines science and heritage in work and talk

SUNY Fredonia alumna Dr. Sierra (Wiegman) Brown will give the talk, “From Planetary Geochemistry to Indigenous Environmental Policy: Charting Career Paths Across the Cosmos with...

Hayden Backus presents his research

Geology students, faculty present at Northeast Geological Society of America meeting

Students and faculty in the Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences presented research at the 2024 Geological Society of America (GSA) Northeastern (NE) Section Meeting...

fossil clam shrimp

Hegna co-authors paper on the early fossil record of clam shrimp

The Devonian (about 355-415 million years ago) was when the clam shrimp — a still-living group of crustaceans that can be found in western NY...

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Students, faculty to host booth at annual gem and mineral show

SUNY Fredonia students and faculty from the Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences will host an outreach booth at the Buffalo Geological Society’s 54th annual...

Drs. So-Jin Yu, Matthew Purtill and Lee Golembiewski

Speakers, topics set for next ‘Creative and Curious Conversations’ talk

A unique look into very specific topics within accounting, geology and psychology will be presented by faculty in the third part of the “Curious and...

Dr. Thomas Hegan at computer

Geologist to offer lectures in March

Dr. Thomas Hegna of the Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences will deliver a lecture in-person in Denver, CO, “Tales told by Trilobites” at the...