Geoscience News
29 January 2026When the Birds Move Out
More than 160 taxidermied birds and 20 live quail are among the final items removed from Eaton Hall, linking the building’s closure to Professor Elon Howard Eaton and the future Fish Center for the Sciences.
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21 November 2025The Hidden Forces Behind Lake-Effect Snow
HWS alumni reveal hidden atmospheric forces driving the blizzards that define winters across the Great Lakes.
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22 October 2025From Seneca Lake to the North Atlantic
Fiona Howes ’27 charts a future in oceanography.
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15 September 2025On the Frontlines of Science and Medicine
The career-spanning insights of Dr. Joy H. Glaser '62, P’89, P’97, GP’19 will be highlighted with a campus lecture.
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11 September 2025The Chill of Winter
Research authored by Professor of Geoscience Neil Laird and students finds that both average and extreme wind chill temperatures have warmed across most of North America.
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10 July 2025Where Does Lake Effect Snow Begin? HWS Students Investigate
Decades of data help reveal the surprising origins of cold air over the Great Lakes.
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30 June 2025Otero '18 Earns Top Dissertation Honor
Former Geoscience major Jeremiah Otero ’18 honored for best dissertation at the University at Albany for groundbreaking research on hurricane patterns.
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