Geoscience in the Bahamas

Moving beyond the boundaries of the traditional classroom experience, HWS geoscience students and faculty partnered with the State University of New York, Oswego this January in "Carbonates Ancient and Modern -- The Bahamas," a 10-day field course exploring modern and ancient (Pleistocene and Holocene) carbonate environments on the Bahamian island of San Salvador. Led by Nan Crystal Arens, associ...  More >>

Halfman to Present at Owasco Symposium

Focusing on the health of one of the region's Finger Lakes, Professor of Geoscience John Halfman will be the featured speaker of the Owasco Lake Symposium: "State of Owasco Lake." The symposium will take place from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 1, at Cayuga Community College in Auburn. The event is free and open to the public. During the event, Halfman will be one of three scientists wh...  More >>

Laird Publishes on Geo Field Studies

An article by Associate Professor of Geoscience Neil Laird was recently published in the January issue of In the Trenches magazine, a publication of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers. The article features GEO 299, the Geoscience Field Studies course at HWS, and describes how the department has incorporated atmospheric science projects into the course during several of its offerings....  More >>

Students Join NSF Aircraft Missions

As part of a major National Science Foundation (NSF) research project involving HWS, geoscience students Pamela Eck '15, Caitlin Crossett '15 and Chad Hecht '14 recently took to the skies above the Finger Lakes and Lake Ontario in a research aircraft outfitted to collect weather data. It was an opportunity that few other undergraduates ever get the chance to experience. Each student joined the cr...  More >>

Inside the News: Extreme Winter Weather

As the Northeast recovers from another blast of snow and frigid air on the heels of the "polar vortex," Assistant Professor of Geoscience Nick Metz talks winter weather, climate change and the progress of the National Science Foundation-funded meteorological study undertaken by HWS science faculty and students in coordination with eight other institutions. Metz, who joined the faculty in 2011, ha...  More >>