Alumni in the news archive #1 1999-2011
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Mike Perfit '71 unveils the Outcrop of Honor in the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Florida during Homecoming. - added November 23, 2011
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Peter deMenocal '82 talks about climate change and the drying of East Africa in Nature News - added April 7, 2011
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Derrick Pitts '78 talks about the "Super Moon" with MyFoxPhilly - added April 7, 2011
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David Wald '84 talks about the PAGER System with NewWest - added April 7, 2011
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Derricl Pitts '78 talks about the possibility of a big earthquake to hit the US - added April 7, 2011
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SLUGAC 7 in the St. Lawrence Magazine - added March 15, 2011
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David Wald '84 is a seismologist with the National Earthquake Information Center at the USGS. He has been quoted about the 8.9 Magntiude Earthquake in Japan:
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Japan's Earthquake and Tsunami: How They Happened (PBS Newshour News Blog) - added March 12, 2011
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Shaky Science: Damage Estimates From Japan Tsunami - added March 12, 2011
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Trisha Smrecak '06 profiled at St. Lawrence web site - added February 22, 2011
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Mark Erickson and Sarah McElfresh '98 present in an American Geological Institute webinar on engaging geoscience alumni - added February 22, 2011
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Andrew Fountainn '75 elected as a fellow in the Section on Geology and Geography of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) - added February 22, 2011
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Mark Klett '74 has over 30 panoramas in an art show at Schneider Museum of Art, on the Southern Oregon University campus. - added January 19, 2011
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David Wald '84 talks about being a human seismograph in this Discover magazine article - added January 19, 2011
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Derrick Pitts '78 sets the record straight on the Zodiac Signs - nothing to worry about - added January 19, 2011
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Geology Dept gets nod in this article about SLU "doing it right" for getting women and minorities into STEM fields (other stories 1, 2)- added January 7, 2011
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Dean Eppler '74 speaks to Advanced Physics students at Governor Livingston in NJ - added November 30, 2010
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Derrick Pitts '78 appeared on Countdown with Keith Olbermann on November 16, 2010 talking about a "one way ticket to Mars" - Added November 30, 2010
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Mark Erickson appointed to the James Henrey Chapin Professorship of Geology and Mineralogy - added November 10, 2010
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Derrick Pitts '78 appears on Philadelphia Fox Station to discuss robots in space - added November 10, 2010
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SLU Press release on Department Faculty and Students presenting at GSA - added November 10, 2010
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Barabra Tewskbury '73 recieves 3yr grant to study desert eyes in Egypt - added October 29, 2010
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Cathy Shrady is quoted in an article about SLU's Adirondack Semester - added October 29, 2010
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Andrew Fountain '75 speaks at Dartmouth College about Glacial Melt - added October 29, 2010
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Derrick Pitts '78 was on CNN on October 1, 2010 talking about the possibility of life on other planets. - added October 7, 2010
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David Wald '84 was on USGS CoreCast withdiscussing a new twist to the USGS earthquake alert system called PAGER - added October 7, 2010
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Andrew Fountain '75 is quoted in this Science News Article on glaciers - aded October 7, 2010
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Babara Tewksbury '73 Teaches Field Geology to NASA Astronauts - added October 7, 2010
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Mike Perfit '71 discusses climate change in this Herald Tribune article from July 25th. - added October 7, 2010
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Mark Klett '74 one of Phoenix's 100 Creatives - added October 7, 2010
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Kyle Marvinney '11 named to this year's Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association (EISA) All-Academic roster. - added October 7, 2010
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From the archives (8/17/09): National Science Foundation Awards SLU Grant For Electron-Scanning Microscope - added June 3, 2010
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From the archives (3/26/09): A new book from Indiana University Press, A Sea without Fish: Life in the Ordovician Sea of the Cincinnati Region, includes refereces to research done by Prof J. Mark Erickson, David Waugh '99 and Tim Bouchard '03 - added June 3, 2010
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From the archives (11/19/08): Geology majors helped 110 fifth-graders from Canton Middle School have fun with geology - added June 3, 2010
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Check out Steve Metzger '78 on National Geographic's Storm Worlds - added June 3, 2010
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Kyle Marvinney '11 for being named to this year's Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association (EISA) All-Academic roster. - added June 3, 2010
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Judith Wakhungu '83 to recieve Alumni Citation at SLU Reunion - added June 3, 2010
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Trisha Smrecak '06 is a co-author on this new book on climate change entitled "Climate Change - Past, Present, and Future: a Very Short Guide" - added June 3, 2010
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David Wald '84 was quoted in the Seattle Times on April 15, discussing the Baja earthquake. - added June 3, 2010
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Derrick Pitts '78 appeared on Countdown with Keith Olbermann again on April 14th to talk about the Moon and the space program - added June 3, 2010
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Katie Hoskinson '11 wins outstanding poster award at GSA - added April 3, 2010
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Holly (Snyder) Solano '92 won first place in Points of Departure hosted by The Metropolitan Center for the Visual Arts in Rockville, Maryland. - added March 23, 2010
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David Wald '84 discusses "Did you feel it?" in the LA Times - added March 23, 2010
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Jeff Chiarenzelli '81 keeping busy giving talks while on sabbatical - see if he is in your neck of the woods - added March 7, 2010
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"Why Bigger Quakes Sow Less Damage" in the Wall Street Journal quotes David Wald '84 - added March 7, 2010
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Barbara Tewksby '73 is part of a team to win 2009 Science Prize for Online Resources in Education sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Science magazine. - added March 7, 2010
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Jeff Chirarenzelli's '81 work is noted as a journal highlight for the February issue of Geology - added February 9, 2010
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David Wald '84 appeared on CNN to discuss the earthquake in Haiti - added February 9, 2010
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TheGrio's 100: Derrick Pitts '78 makes the list of the 100 Black History-Makers in the Making - added February 9, 2010
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David Wald '74 quoted in AP article on earthquake in Haiti - added February 9, 2010
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Derrick Pitts '78 was on Countdown with Keith Olbermann on Feb. 1st. You can watch the clip, his comments start 1:34 in. - added February 9, 2010
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Katie Hoskinson ’11 profiled on the SLU web site - added February 9, 2010
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Jeffrey Chiarenzelli '81 recently served on the Earth Science review panel for the National Science Foundation - added February 9, 2010
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Katie Hoskinson ’11 mentioned in article in SLU Magazine about summer research - added February 9, 2010
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Transcript of Peter deMenocal '82 on CNN discussing Climate Change on December 7, 2009 - added December 11, 2009
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SLU Press Release on SLU presence at GSA in Portland - added December 11, 2009
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New profile of Derrick Pitts '78 on SLU web site - added December 11, 2009
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Derrick Pitts '78 sets up telescope at White House Star Party on October 7, 2009 - added October 13, 2009
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Andrew Fountain '75 was named Outstanding Oregon Scientist for 2008 by the Oregon Academy of Science - added October 13, 2009
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Jeff Chiarenzelli '81 received the J. Calvin Keene Award from St. Lawrence University at Convocation on August 26, 2009. - added October 13, 2009
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Dean Eppler '74 receives NASA's Exceptional Public Service Medal on July 9, 2009 - added October 13, 2009
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Professor Antun Husinec profiled on SLU web site - added July 31, 2009
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Ben Meade '06 earns best paper award from American Association of Geographers - added July 24, 2009
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More Profiles found on the SLU Website - added July 24, 2009
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Katie N. Hoskinson '11 is selected as a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Ernest F. Hollings Scholar. - added June 15, 2009
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NYT: A Telescope to the Past as Galileo Visits U.S. - Mentions Derrick Pitts '78 - added June 14, 2009
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Charles A. Harman '09 is the recipient of the W. A. Tarr award for 2009. Presented at Moving Up Day on April 25, 2009 - added May 7, 2009
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Professor Antun Husinec has been awarded a grant from the American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund Undergraduate New Investigator program - added May 7, 2009
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Current Majors David Mosher '10 and Sean Regan '10 have both been selected as 2009 University Fellows for this summer - added May 7, 2009
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Professor Mark Erickson quoted in a Discover News article on hermit crabs - added May 7, 2009
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SLU issues Press Release on things Derrick Pitts '74 has been quoted in while talking about Galileo's telescope - added May 7, 2009
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Dale Chayes '73, Peter deMenocal '82, Richard Fairbanks '72 and Miriam Katz '81 to receive honorary degrees at SLU Commencement on May 17, 2009 - added March 31, 2009
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New Inductees to St. Lawrence Chapter of Sigma Gammea Epsilon - added March 11, 2009
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Associate Professor of Geology Jeffrey Chiarenzelli '81 has been awarded a grant from the American Chemical Society's Petroleum Research Fund that will allow him to work on a project during the summer with Wendell Caesar '11 - added February 23, 2009
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Assistant Professor of Geology Antun Husinec has been appointed to the Geological Society of America's Committee on Research Grants as Member-at-Large, for the term July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2012. - added January 27, 2009
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SLU Press release on Erickson's awards from UND - added November 26, 2008
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SLU Press release on our Alumni GSA Fellows - added November 26, 2008
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St. Lawrence Campus Now Has Japanese-Style Garden - Added November 11, 2008
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Three Alumni Named Geological Society of America Fellows in 2008 - Added October 30, 2008
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J. Mark Erickson inducted into University of North Dakota School of Engineering and Mines Alumni Academy and received the A. G. Leonard Award from the Faculty of Geology and Geological Engineering. - Added October 30, 2008
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Rafferty Sweeney '09 won the Austin A. Sartin Award for Outstanding Student Research - Added October 25, 2008
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SLU Geology faculty, alumni and students present at GSA in Houston - Added October 25, 2008
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Christopher Stevens '04 was profiled in the Canadian Geomorphology Research Group Newsletter (see page 10) -Added October 25, 2008
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Mark Erickson to receive the Arthur Gray Leonard Medal from UND Geology and Geological Engineering during UND homecoming Oct. 16-18th- Added July 19, 2008
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Kyle Littlfield '07 part of winning team for the Imperial Barrel Competition of AAPG - Added July 19, 2008
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Many undergraduates earn fellowships through the University - here is a list of fellowships and winners maintained by SLU - Added July 19, 2008
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Professor Erickson participates in Apollo training led by alumnus - Added May 27, 2008
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Some old news items found online - Added May 27, 2008 (from 2002 & 2003)
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Commencement 2008 - Carol Newell '79 gets honorary degree, David Baker '08 gets Trustees Award, 15 majors graduate -Added May 21, 2008
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David Baker '08 wins the SGE W.A. Tarr Award at Moving Up Day - Added May 13, 2008
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More from the SLU web site on May 9, 2008
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Twenty-two students have been selected as 2008 University Fellows for this summer, Michael O'Connor '09 is one of them - Added May 9, 2008
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Jeffrey Chiarenzelli '81 Gives Invited Talk At Grinnell Symposium - Added May 9, 2008
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Jobs and Majors Soaring in Geology - an article from GOLD Link- Added May 9, 2008
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Carol Newell '79 to be awarded an Honorary Degree from St. Lawrence University at Commencement, on Sunday, May 18, at 10 a.m. - added April 14, 2008
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Students and Faculty present at GSA - Lauren Chrapowisky '08 wins the Austin A. Sartin Award for Outstanding Student Research from Sigma Gamma Epsilon - added November 12, 2007
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Chris Stevens '04 has received a Student Award from the and Canadian Geophysical Union for an "Outstanding Student Presentation on a Geophysical Topic" at the GAC-MAC Yellowknife 2007 meeting - Added October 22, 2007
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Maureen Jones '97 has been nominated for a UST Environmental Excellence Award as noted in UST NEWS - Added October 15, 2007
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Derrick Pitts '78 as an amazing alum (SLU web site feature) - Added September 6, 2007
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SLU News Link about Bill Van Wie '67 giving the Bloomer Lecture - Added September 6, 2007
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SLU Professor Jeff Chiarenzelli '81 gets grant to study possible new energy sources in PreCambrian rocks - Added August 27, 2007
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Profile of Brian Congiu '08 on the SLU Sciences Web Site - added August 23, 2007
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More Things found on the SLU web site - added July 20, 2007
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Jeff Chiarenzelli '81 receives a Walker Fellowship to study the quality of drinking water in St. Lawrence County. - added July 10, 2007
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Stephanie Peek '06 and Camile Partin '06 are Geological Society of America Research Grant Recipients for 2007.- added July 10, 2007
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Robert Menard '07 is the recipient of the W.A. Tarr Award for 2007 from the SLU Chapter of Sigma Gamma Epsilon - added May 15, 2007
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Future alums Brian Congiu '08 and Matthew Zabik '08 have been selected as 2007 University Fellows for this summer. -added May 1, 2007
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Students present work in St. Lawrence's Annual Festival of Science April 18, 2007 - added April 17, 2007
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Brian Hanson '07 and Visiting Instructor Diane Burns gave a presentation at Northeastern Section of the GSA - added April 3, 2007
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Profiles of SLU Geology Alumni and Faculty on the SLU web site (All Added here March 17, 2007)
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Erickson's work featured in fossill exhibit - Added March 17, 2007
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Carol Newell '79 appointed to the Order of Canada - Added February 27, 2007
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Mike Perfit '71 to give Ferguson Lecture on March 1, 2007 - Added February 20, 2007
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Just brought to our attention: Richard G. Fairbanks '72 was awarded the Maurice Ewing Medal at the 2001 Fall Meeting Honors Ceremony on 12 December, in San Francisco, California. - Added February 8, 2007
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Mike Perfit '71 named a RIDGE Distinguished Lecturer. He will give the Ferguson Lecture on March 1, 2007 at St. Lawrence. - Added February 5, 2007
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Dan Bisaccio '76 work with HabitatNet continues to be recognized by the United Nations Environmental Program with an article and invitations to present their work. - Added February 5, 2007
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Jeff Chiarenzelli '81 recognized as an exceptional reviewer for GSA Today in December 2006 GSA Today page 11 - added December 8, 2006
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On Saturday, October 28, 2006 the Spatial Analysis Lab in Launders Science Library was dedicated in memory of William T. Elberty Jr., Professor Emeritus of Geology and Geography from 1958 to 1999. - Added November 7, 2006
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Emeritus Professor of Geography William Romey received the Neil Miner Award given by the National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NGAT) - Added November 7, 2006
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Kevin Emblidge '06 won third prize at the 2006 New York State GIS map competition, held during the state GIS Conference in Lake Placid - Added November 7, 2006
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Jeff Chiarenzelli '81, Cathy Shrady, and others studying the environmental impact of a Formerly Used Defense Site in a remote area of Alaska - added October 24, 2006
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Students, Faculty, Alumni present work at Geological Society of America Meeting - added October 16, 2006
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SLU Alumnus Gerry Ross '78 to speak on Maui's Geology - added October 10, 2006
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Just brought to our attention: Gerry Ross '78 was awarded the Past President's Medal by the Geological Association of Canada in 2000 - added September 27, 2006
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Dean Eppler '74 profiled on SLU web site (again!) - added May 8, 2006
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Dr. John Bursnall retires - added May 8, 2006
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Barbara Tewksbury '73 to be awarded an Honorary Degree from St. Lawrence University at Commencement, on Sunday, May 21 -added May 8, 2006
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Dr. Frank P. Piskor (January 5, 1916 - March 8, 2006), 14th President of St. Lawrence University passes away - added March 9, 2006
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"Time Studies," an exhibition of photographs by Mark Klett '74, will be in the Richard F. Brush Art Gallery at St. Lawrence University from Monday, January 23, through Saturday, February 25. - added January 17, 2006
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GSA participants as noted by the University - added November 7, 2005
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J. Mark Erickson along with David Waugh '99 publish papers - added September 13, 2005
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William A. Van Wie '67 has been appointed to the new position of vice president and general manager, exploration. for Devon Energy Corporation - added August 19, 2005
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Anna Burke '05 speaks at Commencement as Class President - added May 18, 2005
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Soon to be Alum, Anna Burke '05 profiled on SLU web page week of May 9, 2005 - added May 10, 2005
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Daniel Bisaccio ’76 to Receive Alumni Citation - added April 26, 2005
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Rick Standish '71, Dean Eppler '74, Duane Eppler '71, and Roy Christoffersen '71 are awarded the W. T. Elberty Medal for service to St. Lawrence University through and by direct service to and support of the Department of Geology on April 22 and 23 at SLUGAC 5. - added April 25, 2005
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David Wald '84 profiled on SLU web page the week of April 10, 2005 - added April 12, 2005
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David Wald '84 to give R.O Bloomer Lecture and SLU press release about SLUGAC - added April 12, 2005
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Geology Students Present Research at Northeast GSA Conference - added March 15, 2005
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Dan Bisaccio '76 Great Success at First Youth Summit on Biodiversity - added March 3, 2005
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Stephen Robinson Assistant Professor of Geology profiled on SLU web page - added February 22, 2005
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2005 Susan Carolyn Ferguson Lecture in Geology March 3, 2005 presented by Philip J. Currie - added February 22, 2005
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Alums are authors of regional geology books - added February 17, 2005
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Dean Eppler '74 testing space suits -added January 26, 2005
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Len Mason '99 receives $3000 in hydrogeology software after poster presentation at GSA in Fall 2004 - added January 15, 2005
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Dan Bisaccio '76 leads Earth Summit for Youth on Global Biodiversity set for Jan. 16-29, 2005 at the El Edén Ecological Reserve on Mexico’s Yucatán peninsula. - added January 12, 2005
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Mark Klett '74 profiled on SLU web page of the week December 20, 2004 - added December 21, 2004
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New book is now out. "Third Views, Second Sights: A Rephotographic Survey of the American West"
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Derrick Pitts '78 named one of the "50 Most Important Blacks in Research Science" for 2004, as selected by Science Spectrum magazine and Career Communications Group, Inc. - added October 25, 2004
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SLU Profile -original date unknown- added October 25, 2004
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The 50 Most Important Blacks in Research Science - blackengineer.com -added October 25, 2004
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Mike Perfit '71 featured in an AGI Geotimes article January 2004 - added October 20, 2004
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Dean Eppler '74 profiled on SLU web page week of August 9, 2004 - added August 10, 2004
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Dean Eppler '74 to receive Alumni Citation during Reunion Weekend - added May 25, 2004
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Commencement 2004 - Mark Klett '74 received honorary degree - added May 22, 2004
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SLU To Dedicate Wachtmeister Field Station May 14 - added May 11, 2004
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Dolan Foundation awards grants to SLU for Outdoor Lab - added April 27, 2004
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Daniel J. Peppe '03 and Dr. Mark Erickson, present a paper at the International Organization of Paleobotany Conference VII held March 21-26, 2004 in Bariloche, Argentina - added April 27, 2004
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Current Students participate in Festival of Science - added April 20, 2004
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Don Rodbell '83 to give 2004 Susan Caroline Ferguson Memorial Lecture in Geology on Thursday, April 15, 2004 - added April 13, 2004
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Mark Klett '74 to be awarded honorary degree from St. Lawrence - added March 15, 2004
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Robert O. "Doc" Bloomer died February 21, 2004. - added March 9, 2004
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Mark Erickson, Booth Platt Jr. '00 and Douglas H. Jennings '93, are co-authors of the article "Holocene Fossil Oribatid Mite Biofacies as Proxies of Paleohabitat at the Hiscock Site, Byron, New York" in the Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, Vol. 37 (2003) - SLU news release January 15, 2004 - added January 23, 2004
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Barbara Tewksbury '73 receives Neil Miner Award and is the 2004 AGI President (added November 12, 2003)
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Dean Eppler '74 in Antarctica - SLU Magazine Summer/Fall 2003 pg 45- added October 20, 2003
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Graham Baird '98 awarded GSA Student Research Grant (noted in September 2003 GSA Today, page 22) - added October 8, 2003, write-up added October 20, 2003
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Paleontology class, JME, and alum attends fossil park dedication in Sharonville Ohio - added October 8, 2003
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David Wald '84 has been selected Seismological Society of America & Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology "Distinguished Lecturer" for 2004 (additional link)- added Sept 24, 2003
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Tim Bouchard '03 and Dr. Mark Erickson name fossil after SLU SLU news release September 15, 2003
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Picture of the fossil - added October 8, 2003
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Mark Klett '74 subject of a story in the Science section of The New York Times - Noted on SLU NetNews September 3, 2003
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Donald Rodbell '83 elected as GSA Fellow in 2003 - Noted in GSA Today, August 2003
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Fossilized Fish Act as Ancient Thermometer - CollegeNews.org, May 1, 2003
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Champsosaurus Fossil and Petrified Tree Stump Among Discoveries Found in North Dakota By St. Lawrence University Undergrads - CollegeNews.org, June 21, 2002
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SLU Students Find Dinosaurs In North Dakota - CollegeNews.org,
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SLU Graduate Awarded PhotoMedia Photography Person of the Year for 1999
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Alumni Publications (just a start)