Clark Hall
As of January, 2020 Geosciences remains in Clark Hall, our home since 1908. courses are taught in our building, Clark Hall. The main lecture hall and one of the seminar rooms are digital classrooms, with multi-media presentation capability. Clark Hall also has a 9-station Mac/PC computer lab with printer, scanner, and a full range of statistical, graphics, and multi-media processing software.
Sample preparation facilities include rock saws up 24″, crushing equipment (jaw crusher, pulverizer and a shatterbox) and a fully-equipped thin section and sample prep lab. We also share an extensive analytical equipment with the College’s Science Center.
Williams College Science Center
The unified Science Center, completed in 2000, is across the quad from Clark Hall. It houses individual faculty members’ labs, and analytical instruments, including:
- Computerized ion chromatograph
- Atomic absorption spectrometer
- Coulter counter multisizer
- Photomicroscopy facilities
- Scanning electron microscope with energy dispersive spectrometer
- X-ray diffraction and vacuum spectrograph units
Schow Science Library and GIS/Remote Sensing Lab
The Schow Science Library and GIS/Remote Sensing Lab are available for student and faculty research, as well as classroom space:
- Extensive geoscience journal and book resources
- Map Library
- Two teaching classrooms with advanced data projection systems
- GIS/Remote Sensing Lab includes 14 Windows NT machines equipped with Pathfinder Office, Arcview/info GIS, and ENVI, as well as traditional desktop software
- Large format scanner and printers