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NYSGA 81st Annual Meeting - Part 2

10/30/2009 Continuing from our last news story on the New York State Geological Association 81st Annual Meeting hosted at New Paltz over the weekend of September 25 to 27, 2009, when over 200 geology faculty, professionals, students, teachers and enthusiastic amateurs gathered at New Paltz for a weekend of geologic field studies. Read more

NYSGA 81st Annual Meeting - Part 1

10/07/2009 The long preparations for the New York State Geological Association 81st Annual Meeting came to fruition over the weekend of September 25 to 27, 2009 when over 200 geology faculty, professionals, students, teachers and enthusiastic amateurs gathered at New Paltz for a weekend of geologic field studies. Read more

Alumnus Awarded Global Center of Excellence Post-Doctoral Fellowship

09/10/2009 Alumnus Matthew L. Whitaker, B.S. Geology 2002, was awarded a Global Center of Excellence Fellowship at the Geodynamics Research Center of Ehime University, Japan, after finishing his Ph.D. in Geoscience with concentrations in Mineral Physics and Geochemistry at Stony Brook University. Matt's primary research passion is high pressure mineral physics, which he uses to understand the Earth's core and planetary interiors. Read more

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Contact Information

Department of Geology
Wooster Science Building 202
SUNY New Paltz
1 Hawk Drive
New Paltz, NY 12561-2443

Phone: (845) 257-3760
Fax: (845) 257-3755
E-Mail: vollmerf@newpaltz.edu