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SUNY Fredonia Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences

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Cultivating geologists and environmental scientists in western New York since 1963.

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SUNY Fredonia Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences @sunyfredgeoesci.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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SUNY Fredonia Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences @sunyfredgeoesci.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
We've collaborated with the Patterson Library in Westfield to make some summer reading kits for local libraries to fit with this year's theme of "Unearth a Story." www.fredonia.edu/news/article...
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SUNY Fredonia Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences @sunyfredgeoesci.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
School's out at SUNY Fredonia, but we're still doing stuff. www.fredonia.edu/news/article...
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Faculty and students assist with community event | Fredonia.edu
The Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences assisted with an activity at the Chautauqua County 4H Conservation Field Days.
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Thomas Hegna @thomashegna.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
New video on the fossils of western New York: youtu.be/d-_6AiZANd0
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Fossils of Western New York: The Fossils in Our Backyard
YouTube video by Thomas Hegna
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Thomas Hegna @thomashegna.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Come and see me talk about the geological history of western New York, Thursday, June 4th at 6:00pm, at the Patterson Library in Westfield, NY.
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SUNY Fredonia Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences @sunyfredgeoesci.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Come and see me talk about the geological history of western New York at the Patterson Library in Westfield. www.observertoday.com/news/local-r...
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Geological history focus of library program
WESTFIELD — Tom Hegna, associate professor of geology at SUNY Fredonia, will present “The Geological History of Western New York” at 6 p.m. Thursday at Patterson Library. The program, part of the Fire...
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SUNY Fredonia Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences @sunyfredgeoesci.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Some students spend spring break on the beach. Ours explore the desert. www.instagram.com/p/DYSR3DbAHJ...
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SUNY Fredonia Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences @sunyfredgeoesci.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
A great article was published in the Chautauqua Gazette last week detailing the environmentally-related research that our students are doing. Read the article here (pages 1 and 6): www.chqgazette.com/PDF/CG4-20-2...
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Thomas Hegna @thomashegna.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Over spring break, I took a group of 17 students to Utah for an extended field trip. We spent most of our time in the House Range near Delta, UT, looking at Paleozoic rocks.
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SUNY Fredonia Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences @sunyfredgeoesci.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
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Alumnus shares geology expertise with students by SUNY Fredonia
by Roger CodaThe 175 miles between SUNY Fredonia and Pittsburgh, PA, don’t separate a certified petroleum geologist and alumnus from current students.Even after earning his undergraduate degree over t...
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SUNY Fredonia Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences @sunyfredgeoesci.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
SUNY Fredonia students doing stuff!
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‘Taking a core’ along Lake Erie shore highlights extensive student geology field trip | Fredonia.edu
Students gained “first-hand experience” burrowing through layers of black shale, guided by a highly skilled geologist and SUNY Fredonia alumnus.
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SUNY Fredonia Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences @sunyfredgeoesci.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
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What is an SEM?
YouTube video by Thomas A Hegna
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SUNY Fredonia Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences @sunyfredgeoesci.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
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Geology alumnus to offer guest lecture | Fredonia.edu
Alumnus Randy Blood, an accomplished geologist and petrophysicist, will discuss his field work in Mongolia at a campus lecture.
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SUNY Fredonia Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences @sunyfredgeoesci.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Last Friday was the Science Bowl on the SUNY Fredonia Campus. Two of our students ran the Earth Science portion and rocked it (no pun intended). Nice work Emma Johnson and Isaac Tripp!
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Thomas Hegna @thomashegna.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Tomorrow!
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Thomas Hegna @thomashegna.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Little known fact about the glacial sediment near Lake Erie in our area. Sometimes, you can see a swath of this sediment in the swash zone of the beach—the waves sort them differently because they are denser than the other sediment. #sunyfredonia #geology #lakeerie #sedimentology #glacialsediment
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SUNY Fredonia Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences @sunyfredgeoesci.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Dr. Hegna's class had a new student today. #eurypterid #paleozoicpals #sunyfredonia #paleontology
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SUNY Fredonia Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences @sunyfredgeoesci.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
More pictures from measuring stratigraphy with Dr. Hegna's class out at the Sheridan Bay Park. Included is some meta-photography with SUNY Fredonia's Roger Coda (marketing and communications). #geology #stratigraphy #fredonia #lakeerie #sunyfredonia
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Thomas Hegna @thomashegna.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Another 3d printed skull to guess. It is harder than it looks.
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Thomas Hegna @thomashegna.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Guess who!
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SUNY Fredonia Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences @sunyfredgeoesci.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
A beautiful day to measure the Hanover Shale. Found a crinoid-filled lens amongst the layers. #Fredonia #geology #stratigraphy
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SUNY Fredonia Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences @sunyfredgeoesci.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Another way we spent our summer vacation: www.fredonia.edu/news/article... #fredonia #geology
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Area students check out geology, drone, video editing at campus camp | Fredonia.edu
Introductions to drones, movie editing, virtual reality and geology highlighted a Computer and Information Sciences tour taken by area students.
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Thomas Hegna @thomashegna.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
I don't think I am exaggerating when I say this is the fastest brachiopod ever. Introducing the Brachio-Bot. #fredonia #paleontology #3dprinting
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SUNY Fredonia Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences @sunyfredgeoesci.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
The Trilo-bot is now fully operational!
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SUNY Fredonia Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences @sunyfredgeoesci.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
How did you spend your summer vacation? Dr. Cao and Mia Enders spent theirs at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory researching rare earth element enrichment. #geology #fredonia #petrology #DOE www.fredonia.edu/news/article...
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Geology student, associate professor, conduct research at national lab | Fredonia.edu
SUNY Fredonia senior Mia Enders worked alongside Associate Professor Wentao Cao this summer at the Pacific Northwest National Lab.
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Thomas Hegna @thomashegna.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
I bring you the latest advance in lophotrochozoan technology: The Brachio-bot®
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Thomas Hegna @thomashegna.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
New paper out describing the first fossil ovaries and unfertilized eggs in a primitive horseshoe crab. #paleontology #xiphosura #ordovician
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Thomas Hegna @thomashegna.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
So, Tom, how have you been procrastinating the arthropod cuticle preservation paper? Oh, you know . . . #Devonian #dunkleosteus #3dprinting
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SUNY Fredonia Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences @sunyfredgeoesci.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Proper signage is key in an academic building.
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SUNY Fredonia Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences @sunyfredgeoesci.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Whatzit Wednesday! Today we have a rock that was probably once purchased as part of a Ward’s Scientific collection, and probably originally came from New York. What is it? #geology #sunyfredonia #stuffthatishiddeninthebasementandneversseesthelightofday
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SUNY Fredonia Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences @sunyfredgeoesci.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
The newly relocated Stanley Museum has been busy. Formerly in Jewett Hall, the new location on the second floor of Houghton has people organizing and cataloging specimens to put on display. 1/3 #sunyfredonia #newyork #fredonia #museum #naturalhistory
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SUNY Fredonia Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences @sunyfredgeoesci.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Our departmental awardees: www.fredonia.edu/news/article...
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Ceremony honors science scholars | Fredonia.edu
The Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences recently held its annual awards recognition ceremony.
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SUNY Fredonia Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences @sunyfredgeoesci.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
When making precise measurements in lab, students sometimes ask, "When are we going to actually use this?" Sometimes, you'd be surprised. Houghton Hall, 1973. #geology #prank #sunyfredonia #fredonia #VWbeetle
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SUNY Fredonia Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences @sunyfredgeoesci.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Professors from SUNY Fredonia (Baird, Hegna, & Purtill) gave several talks at the recent NE-NC GSA conference in Erie, PA. #gsaconnects #sunyfredonia #geologicalsocietyofamerica
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SUNY Fredonia Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences @sunyfredgeoesci.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
At the recent NE-NC GSA conference, Syd Lamberton, a senior at SUNY Fredonia, displayed her poster, titled Looking for Critical Minerals in Carboniferous Clays Beneath Coal Deposits in Pennsylvania: A Multipronged Approach. 1/4 #SUNYFredonia #geology #undergraduateresearch #gsaconnects
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Thomas Hegna @thomashegna.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
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Students shine in geological conference
State University of New York at Fredonia science students presented research at the spring regional Geological Society of America meeting. The seven students represent the largest cohort of SUNY Fredo...
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SUNY Fredonia Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences @sunyfredgeoesci.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
This Friday, Dr. Sarah Sheffield from SUNY Binghamton will give a lecture at SUNY Fredonia, (3pm in room 105 in the Science Center). The title is “Untangling the evolutionary patterns of ancient animals" featuring a group of animals with unusual symmetry. 1/3 #echinoderms #paleontology #scicom
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SUNY Fredonia Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences @sunyfredgeoesci.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Rachel Echevarria, a senior double majoring in environmental science and earth science at SUNY Fredonia, presented a research poster at the GSA conference on a newly discovered population of Cyzicus gynecius (clam shrimp), from near Mud Lake in Cassadaga, NY. 1/4 #undergraduateresearch #fredonia
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SUNY Fredonia Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences @sunyfredgeoesci.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Jacob Salisbury, a senior at Fredonia High School and future SUNY Fredonia student, is researching a newly identified clam shrimp species through an internship with Dr. Hegna. These fossils from the Jurassic Morrison Formation in Wyoming were found in an unusual green chert matrix. 1/6 #gsaconnects
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SUNY Fredonia Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences @sunyfredgeoesci.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
This past weekend, SUNY Fredonia’s Geo. & Env. Sci. Dept had an amazing time at the Buffalo Geological Society’s 55th Annual Gem, Mineral, & Fossil Show! Multiple students and faculty members represented Fredonia—answering questions and teaching kids about erosion with our stream table. 1/4
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SUNY Fredonia Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences @sunyfredgeoesci.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Bea Roof, a 4th-year Environmental Sciences major, is ready to present her research on the zooplankton in Fredonia's reservoir at the GSA Conference later this month! To collect her samples, Bea used a plankton net from the shore, gathering over 3,600 individual zooplankton preserved in alcohol. 1/5
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SUNY Fredonia Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences @sunyfredgeoesci.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
In a few weeks, Cecelia Young, a senior Geology major at SUNY Fredonia, will present her research at the Geological Society of America conference. She’ll be sharing her findings on the stratigraphy of the Northeast Shale from Canadaway Creek, a local outcrop near Fredonia! 1/5
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SUNY Fredonia Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences @sunyfredgeoesci.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
A late Whatzit Wednesday! This hefty specimen (roughly basketball sized) can be found in Kim Weborg-Benson's office as a decor piece, paperweight, and potential cannonball. It, like Kim, is a New York native. This mineral comes in many colors though deep red is most common. 1/2
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SUNY Fredonia Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences @sunyfredgeoesci.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Student research is hot in the Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences at SUNY Fredonia. We have a bunch of students presenting at the NE-NC GSA meeting in Erie at the end of the month. #geology #undergraduateresearch #paleontology #newyork www.fredonia.edu/news/article...
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Students, faculty to present research projects at GSA regional meeting | Fredonia.edu
SUNY Fredonia science students will present research at the spring regional Geological Society of America (GSA) meeting.
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SUNY Fredonia Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences @sunyfredgeoesci.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Dr. Hegna showed off convergently evolved saberteeth at the Buffalo Museum of Science's Stones and Bones after hours event. Maybe including the giant beaver, Casteroides, stretches the definition a bit too much . . . #scienceoutreach #paleontologyoutreach
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SUNY Fredonia Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences @sunyfredgeoesci.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
A belated Friday Faculty Facts! Meet Kim Weborg-Benson, a dedicated lecturer in SUNY Fredonia’s GEO & Env Sci Dept for 21 years—longer than anyone else now here! Since joining in 2004, she’s witnessed big changes, including the department’s move to Jewett in 2015 and back to Houghton in 2022. 1/4
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SUNY Fredonia Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences @sunyfredgeoesci.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
The Rock Storage Room in the basement of Houghton Hall houses a meticulously organized collection of thousands of ancient fossils and rock samples, preserved and cataloged over decades. 1/4
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SUNY Fredonia Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences @sunyfredgeoesci.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Last fall, our soil judging students got the opportunity to put their newly acquired skills to good use by helping out Christ Community Church here in Fredonia. We were asked to come out to help delineate potential wetland areas on their property as they are considering a new building project. 1/3
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SUNY Fredonia Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences @sunyfredgeoesci.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Wild “Fossil” Wednesday!- Here is one of the many fossils in the department's collection. Can you guess which prehistoric creature this fossil came from? The answer will be revealed in the next post, check back in to see if you were correct!
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SUNY Fredonia Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences @sunyfredgeoesci.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Just minutes from campus, Dunkirk Beach offers a glimpse into the Devonian era—about 400 million years ago! Geology student Jasper Bateman recently explored Point Gratiot in Dunkirk, searching for fossils of fish bones and woody plants as part of his research on local Devonian history. 1/5
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