Tag: Geology
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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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Four Tips on How to Appreciate Hudson Valley Geology
If you are in New Paltz, the small town that sits in the shadow of the Shawangunk Ridge, then you are in a unique location. You are standing at the epicenter of several different varieties of Hudson Valley geology – but most people are unaware that they live on top of so much geological worth.…
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Conference Covers Flooding and Geological Issues
Geologists from across the North-eastern U.S. gather at the Geological Society of America conference every spring to share their research. Students and professors of the SUNY New Paltz Geology department gave presentations at the 49th North Eastern Geological Society of America (GSA) conference in Lancaster, Pa. from March 23 to 25. Professors John Rayburn, Alexander…
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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…