SUNY Fredonia Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences
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Cultivating geologists and environmental scientists in western New York since 1963.
Last Friday was the Science Bowl on the SUNY Fredonia Campus. Two of our students ran the Earth Science portion and rocked it (no pun intended). Nice work Emma Johnson and Isaac Tripp!
October 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Last Friday was the Science Bowl on the SUNY Fredonia Campus. Two of our students ran the Earth Science portion and rocked it (no pun intended). Nice work Emma Johnson and Isaac Tripp!
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Little known fact about the glacial sediment near Lake Erie in our area. Sometimes, you can see a swath of this sediment in the swash zone of the beach—the waves sort them differently because they are denser than the other sediment. #sunyfredonia #geology #lakeerie #sedimentology #glacialsediment
October 2, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Little known fact about the glacial sediment near Lake Erie in our area. Sometimes, you can see a swath of this sediment in the swash zone of the beach—the waves sort them differently because they are denser than the other sediment. #sunyfredonia #geology #lakeerie #sedimentology #glacialsediment
September 29, 2025 at 11:47 PM
More pictures from measuring stratigraphy with Dr. Hegna's class out at the Sheridan Bay Park. Included is some meta-photography with SUNY Fredonia's Roger Coda (marketing and communications). #geology #stratigraphy #fredonia #lakeerie #sunyfredonia
September 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
More pictures from measuring stratigraphy with Dr. Hegna's class out at the Sheridan Bay Park. Included is some meta-photography with SUNY Fredonia's Roger Coda (marketing and communications). #geology #stratigraphy #fredonia #lakeerie #sunyfredonia
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Another 3d printed skull to guess. It is harder than it looks.
September 15, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Another 3d printed skull to guess. It is harder than it looks.
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A beautiful day to measure the Hanover Shale. Found a crinoid-filled lens amongst the layers. #Fredonia #geology #stratigraphy
September 8, 2025 at 11:52 PM
A beautiful day to measure the Hanover Shale. Found a crinoid-filled lens amongst the layers. #Fredonia #geology #stratigraphy
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I don't think I am exaggerating when I say this is the fastest brachiopod ever. Introducing the Brachio-Bot. #fredonia #paleontology #3dprinting
September 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I don't think I am exaggerating when I say this is the fastest brachiopod ever. Introducing the Brachio-Bot. #fredonia #paleontology #3dprinting
The Trilo-bot is now fully operational!
August 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The Trilo-bot is now fully operational!
How did you spend your summer vacation? Dr. Cao and Mia Enders spent theirs at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory researching rare earth element enrichment. #geology #fredonia #petrology #DOE
www.fredonia.edu/news/article...
www.fredonia.edu/news/article...
Geology student, associate professor, conduct research at national lab | Fredonia.edu
SUNY Fredonia senior Mia Enders worked alongside Associate Professor Wentao Cao this summer at the Pacific Northwest National Lab.
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August 21, 2025 at 8:09 PM
How did you spend your summer vacation? Dr. Cao and Mia Enders spent theirs at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory researching rare earth element enrichment. #geology #fredonia #petrology #DOE
www.fredonia.edu/news/article...
www.fredonia.edu/news/article...
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I bring you the latest advance in lophotrochozoan technology:
The Brachio-bot®
The Brachio-bot®
June 3, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I bring you the latest advance in lophotrochozoan technology:
The Brachio-bot®
The Brachio-bot®
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New paper out describing the first fossil ovaries and unfertilized eggs in a primitive horseshoe crab. #paleontology #xiphosura #ordovician
May 30, 2025 at 2:41 PM
New paper out describing the first fossil ovaries and unfertilized eggs in a primitive horseshoe crab. #paleontology #xiphosura #ordovician
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So, Tom, how have you been procrastinating the arthropod cuticle preservation paper? Oh, you know . . .
#Devonian #dunkleosteus #3dprinting
#Devonian #dunkleosteus #3dprinting
May 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
So, Tom, how have you been procrastinating the arthropod cuticle preservation paper? Oh, you know . . .
#Devonian #dunkleosteus #3dprinting
#Devonian #dunkleosteus #3dprinting
Proper signage is key in an academic building.
May 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Proper signage is key in an academic building.
Whatzit Wednesday! Today we have a rock that was probably once purchased as part of a Ward’s Scientific collection, and probably originally came from New York. What is it? #geology #sunyfredonia #stuffthatishiddeninthebasementandneversseesthelightofday
May 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Whatzit Wednesday! Today we have a rock that was probably once purchased as part of a Ward’s Scientific collection, and probably originally came from New York. What is it? #geology #sunyfredonia #stuffthatishiddeninthebasementandneversseesthelightofday
The newly relocated Stanley Museum has been busy. Formerly in Jewett Hall, the new location on the second floor of Houghton has people organizing and cataloging specimens to put on display. 1/3
#sunyfredonia #newyork #fredonia #museum #naturalhistory
#sunyfredonia #newyork #fredonia #museum #naturalhistory
May 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The newly relocated Stanley Museum has been busy. Formerly in Jewett Hall, the new location on the second floor of Houghton has people organizing and cataloging specimens to put on display. 1/3
#sunyfredonia #newyork #fredonia #museum #naturalhistory
#sunyfredonia #newyork #fredonia #museum #naturalhistory
Our departmental awardees: www.fredonia.edu/news/article...
Ceremony honors science scholars | Fredonia.edu
The Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences recently held its annual awards recognition ceremony.
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May 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Our departmental awardees: www.fredonia.edu/news/article...
When making precise measurements in lab, students sometimes ask, "When are we going to actually use this?" Sometimes, you'd be surprised. Houghton Hall, 1973. #geology #prank #sunyfredonia #fredonia #VWbeetle
April 17, 2025 at 7:14 PM
When making precise measurements in lab, students sometimes ask, "When are we going to actually use this?" Sometimes, you'd be surprised. Houghton Hall, 1973. #geology #prank #sunyfredonia #fredonia #VWbeetle
Professors from SUNY Fredonia (Baird, Hegna, & Purtill) gave several talks at the recent NE-NC GSA conference in Erie, PA.
#gsaconnects #sunyfredonia #geologicalsocietyofamerica
#gsaconnects #sunyfredonia #geologicalsocietyofamerica
April 15, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Professors from SUNY Fredonia (Baird, Hegna, & Purtill) gave several talks at the recent NE-NC GSA conference in Erie, PA.
#gsaconnects #sunyfredonia #geologicalsocietyofamerica
#gsaconnects #sunyfredonia #geologicalsocietyofamerica
At the recent NE-NC GSA conference, Syd Lamberton, a senior at SUNY Fredonia, displayed her poster, titled Looking for Critical Minerals in Carboniferous Clays Beneath Coal Deposits in Pennsylvania: A Multipronged Approach. 1/4
#SUNYFredonia #geology #undergraduateresearch #gsaconnects
#SUNYFredonia #geology #undergraduateresearch #gsaconnects
April 15, 2025 at 11:01 PM
At the recent NE-NC GSA conference, Syd Lamberton, a senior at SUNY Fredonia, displayed her poster, titled Looking for Critical Minerals in Carboniferous Clays Beneath Coal Deposits in Pennsylvania: A Multipronged Approach. 1/4
#SUNYFredonia #geology #undergraduateresearch #gsaconnects
#SUNYFredonia #geology #undergraduateresearch #gsaconnects
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This Friday, Dr. Sarah Sheffield from SUNY Binghamton will give a lecture at SUNY Fredonia, (3pm in room 105 in the Science Center). The title is “Untangling the evolutionary patterns of ancient animals" featuring a group of animals with unusual symmetry. 1/3 #echinoderms #paleontology #scicom
April 1, 2025 at 11:35 PM
This Friday, Dr. Sarah Sheffield from SUNY Binghamton will give a lecture at SUNY Fredonia, (3pm in room 105 in the Science Center). The title is “Untangling the evolutionary patterns of ancient animals" featuring a group of animals with unusual symmetry. 1/3 #echinoderms #paleontology #scicom