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David Dethier wins QG&G Distinguished Career Award
David leading his students on a field trip in New Hampshire, 2015. Prof. David Dethier has won the 2017 Geological Society of America Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division’s Distinguished Career Award. The award recognizes “Quaternary geologists and geomorphologists who have demonstrated excellence in their contributions to science.” Formal… Continue reading »
2016 & 2017 Lauren Interess Fellow Presentations, Friday, Sept. 29, 2017
Senior Thesis Presentations and Geosciences Fall Picnic, October 3
Please join us on October 3rd for presentations by our senior thesis students. The students will share their summer research experiences and discuss their research plans for the coming year. The presentations begin at 4 PM in Clark Hall, room 105, with refreshments beginning at 3:45 in the second floor… Continue reading »
A lecture with Dr. Aisha Morris, UNAVCO, Thursday, September 28
Images from our bicentennial
Our 200th anniversary celebration was a success. Thank you to all of our alumni, faculty, staff and students who participated and made this a memorable event! … Continue reading »
Geosciences Bicentennial Celebration, June 11 &12, 2017
Clockwise from top left: the first topographic map of the Williamstown area, circa 1898; the original Clark Hall, built in 1881; Prof. Freeman Foote in the field with students in the early 1970’s; our newest department logo, created in 2015; Eloise Andry ’14 exploring mining equipment. On June 11th and… Continue reading »
Geos Marches for Science in DC
On April 22, nine Williams Geoscience students, led by Prof. Ronadh Cox joined the March for Science in Washington D.C. The march was intended to bring awareness to the role that science plays in everyday life and to voice support for evidence-based public policy; it was timed to coincide with… Continue reading »
Gallery Exhibit: Two Hundred Years of Geology at Williams
In conjunction with its commemoration of the Bicentennial of the teaching of Geology at Williams, the Geosciences Department will present an exhibition of early works by and about its founding fathers in the Steven Schow Special Collections Gallery in Sawyer Library. Running February through August, “Celebrating 200… Continue reading »
Science quad maple preservation enters its final phase!
A nearly two-year project to preserve slabs from Williams’ beloved science quad maple has entered its final phase. The slabs were salvaged and preserved after the tree had to be taken down in 2015. In early 2017, local woodworker Lou Zelazo took the slabs to his workshop for finishing. The larger… Continue reading »