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Geologists and environmental scientists are bringing a wide range of related topics to life in a spring seminar series at Lafayette.
All talks, which are held at noon Van Wickle Hall room 108, are open to the public. Lunch is provided free for Lafayette students. Others may purchase lunch for $3.
“The springtime lecture series is offered by our department to geology majors, members of the Lafayette community, and the public,” says Guy Hovis, John Markle Professor of Geology. “Among its main purposes is to bring geologists and environmental scientists from beyond the Lafayette campus to lecture on the research that they are doing — to inform all of us of some of the very interesting things that are going on in the geological sciences.
“In addition to research lectures, some of our speakers will be alumni of our own department. They will tell us about their graduate school experiences and some will give us insight about their experiences in the environmental and earth science workplace,” Hovis says.
Speakers include three outstanding recent grads. Christina M. Mangione ’97, an eighth-grade earth science teacher at William Annin Middle School, Basking Ridge, N.J., will speak on “From Environmental Assessment to Student Assessment,” Wednesday, Feb. 21.
Brian E. Kortz ’99, a graduate student and teaching assistant in the department of geological sciences at Brown University will speak on “Who’s Behind the Face on Mars: Current Missions and Hot Topics in Planetary Geology,” Wednesday, Feb. 28.
Allison R. Tumarkin ’97 a Ph.D. candidate in vertebrate paleontology and paleoecology in the department of earth and environmental science at the University of Pennsylvania will speak on “Around the World in 150 Million Years: Paleobiology in Desert, Swamp, and Laboratory,” Wednesday, April 11.
The next lecture, on Wednesday, Feb. 14, is entitled “What Should I Do With the Rest of My Life: Some Things to Think About for the Future.” It will be an information session for those majoring or thinking of majoring in geology and environmental geosciences featuring the faculty of Lafayette’s department of geology and environmental geosciences, Dru Germanoski, professor and department head; Guy L. Hovis, John H. Markle Professor; Lawrence L. Malinconico, associate professor; and Kathryn A. Schubel, assistant professor. Topics will include curricular issues, graduate school and graduate fellowships/scholarships, and post-graduation jobs and careers. A complete listing of the remaining talks follows:
Wednesday, Feb. 21 — “From Environmental Assessment to Student Assessment,” Christina M. Mangione, ’97 (B.S. in geology, minor in environmental science), eighth-grade earth science teacher at William Annin Middle School, Basking Ridge, N.J.
Wednesday, Feb. 28 — “Who’s Behind the Face on Mars: Current Missions and Hot Topics in Planetary Geology,” Brian E. Kortz ’99 (B.S. in geology, honors in geology), graduate student and teaching assistant, department of geological sciences, Brown University.
Wednesday, March 7 — “Personal Experiences and Glacial Geology in Antarctica,” Noel Potter Jr., professor of geology, Dickinson College.
Wednesday, March 21 — “When Glaciers Surge,” P. Jay Fleisher, Distinguished Teaching Professor of Geology, State University of New York College at Oneonta.
Friday, March 30 — “Paleoenvironmental Analysis of the Sherman Creek Member of the Catskill Formation, Newport, Pennsylvania,” Jennifer Elick, assistant professor of environmental science, Susquehanna University.
Wednesday, April 4 — “Thermochronologic Evidence for Late Cretaceous Fault Reactivation and Differential Unroofing in the Adirondack Mountains and Hartford Basin/Adjacent Paleozoic Terrance,” Mary Roden-Tice, State University of New York University at Plattsburgh.
Wednesday, April 11 — “Around the World in 150 Million Years: Paleobiology in Desert, Swamp, and Laboratory,” Allison R. Tumarkin ’97 (B.S. in geology, honors in geology), Ph.D. candidate in vertebrate paleontology and paleoecology, department of earth and environmental science, University of Pennsylvania
Wednesday, April 18 — “Depositional Features in Granite,” Robert Weibe, professor of geosciences, Franklin & Marshall College
Wednesday, April 25 — “Active Surface Deformation at the Northern Termination of the San Andreas Fault,” Dorothy Merritts, associate professor of geosciences, Franklin & Marshall College
Wednesday, May 2 — “Problems with Stratigraphy of Highly Dolomitized and Poorly Fossiliferous Upper Cambrian Strata? Try Carbon Isotopes!” Bosiljka Glumac, assistant professor of geology, Smith College