Mar 26, 2015
Alaskan Paleontologists
David Sunderlin has a special connection to Alaska, one that dates back 55 million years. The associate professor of geology studies fossil leaves and…
Geology
Feb 1, 2015
Geology Measurements? There’s an App for That
During record-low temperatures in 2009, Sean Murphy ’11 struggled to concentrate while transcribing notes from his small field notebook to computer when…
Jan 5, 2015
Memorial Resolution for Richard Faas
At its November meeting, the faculty adopted the following memorial resolution for Richard Faas, professor emeritus of geology, who died Sept. 19, 2014…
Nov 7, 2014
Using Geographical Information to Solve Problems
Imagine groundwater seeping through rocks beneath the earth’s surface and large saturated reservoirs where it is held. Known as aquifers, they can be…
Sep 16, 2014
Meet the New Faculty
This fall, Lafayette welcomes nine new professors, bringing the College’s total to 212 full-time, tenure-track faculty members. Over the past several…
Aug 25, 2014
Geological Evolution: Students Excavate Fossils from Panama Canal
By Sean Grim ’14 Robyn Henderek ’15 (Titusville, N.J.) and Wesley Von Dassow ’14 spent their summer vacation waist deep in Panamanian rivers, armed…
Jun 16, 2014
Christopher Kelly ’13 Receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Christopher Kelly ’13 is well on his way to becoming a paleoclimatologist. He has studied ancient algae preserved in deep sediment of the south Atlantic…
Apr 22, 2014
Students Present Research at Geological Society of America Conference
Seven Lafayette students and two graduates presented research at the 49th annual meeting of the Northeast Section of the Geological Society of America…
Oct 11, 2013
Prof. Kira Lawrence Receives National Science Foundation Grant for Climate Change Research
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Kira Lawrence, associate professor of geology, a $159,291 grant to expand her study of how a warm interval…
Oct 8, 2013
$200,000 NSF Grant Will Enhance Interdisciplinary Science Research
Lafayette has secured a $205,020 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for a state-of-the-art desktop scanning electron microscope. The microscope…