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Apr 4, 2016

Every Rock Tells a Story

Tamara Carley is a geologist, but she could also be considered a storyteller. And the tale she’s spinning is one that begins millennia ago and continues…

Jan 4, 2016

New Smart Geology Lab Reveals Minerals’ Mysteries

Tucked in Van Wickle Hall’s basement near a display of fossilized dinosaur bones and rock specimens, is Lafayette’s smartest new classroom—the Petrographic…

May 12, 2015

Students Honored for Academic Excellence

Lafayette honored 129 students for academic excellence at the annual All-College Honors Convocation May 3 in Colton Chapel. Awards and prizes recognized…

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…

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…

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