Tag: astronomy
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New Science Hall Benefits Students, Faculty and the Environment
As of March 9, the first new academic building on the SUNY New Paltz campus in nearly 20 years is now complete. Science Hall, located on the corner of Plattekill Avenue and South Manheim Boulevard, will serve as the new home to many academic programs, such as geology, computer science, mathematics, physics, astronomy and geography.…
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Professor of Geology Has His Evolution on the Earth, Future in the Stars
The snow in New Paltz may not be melting yet, but when it does, Alexander Bartholomew, associate professor of geology at SUNY New Paltz, will be ready. “You can find fossils right here on campus,” he said recently, examining a fossil from Ohio as he spoke. “Most people don’t know.” Named for a “three-greats” uncle…
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The Cosmic Club Returns
The sky’s the limit for the Cosmic Club, which will hold its first meeting Oct. 24 with its new faculty advisor Raj Pandya, newly-appointed director of the John R. Kirk Planetarium. “We kind of want to get him acclimated with us and get us all on the same track before we have a club meeting…