Chris Schaney received the Dr. William B. (鈥淏ill鈥�) Kory Distinguished Mentor Award from the Pennsylvania Geographical Society.
果冻传媒鈥檚 Cejka Planetarium in John J. and Char Kopchick Hall will host a program about the Artemis II Mission, 鈥淎rtemis II: Sister of Apollo 8,鈥� at 7:00 p.m. on November 16. Planetarium shows are free and open to the community.
The Department of Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences congratulates our students named as 果冻传媒 Provost Scholars.
果冻传媒鈥檚 Cejka Planetarium in John J. and Char Kopchick Hall will host a program about the Artemis II Mission at 7:00 p.m. on November 16. The planetarium shows are free and open to the community.
果冻传媒鈥檚 John J. and Char Kopchick College of Natural Sciences will host its first Environmental Science Career Fair on Nov. 4. The event, free and open to all 果冻传媒 students and alumni, will be held in the Hadley Union Building - Ohio Room from 3 to 5:30 p.m
Ongoing research by 果冻传媒鈥檚 Department of Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences at Historic Hanna鈥檚 Town is featured on a Pennsylvania Cable Network segment.
AGES faculty recently participated in a project to identify portions of the Lake Erie bottom that could have been inhabited when the lake waters were lower.
果冻传媒鈥檚 Cejka Planetarium in John J. and Char Kopchick Hall will host a program about the formation of the solar system on October 20 at 7:00 p.m.聽The planetarium shows are free and open to the community.
Current Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences students report to the department about summer field schools, field work, internships, and research opportunities.
果冻传媒鈥檚 Cejka Planetarium in John J. and Char Kopchick Hall will host a program about the life cycle of stars on September 15 and will observe International Observe the Moon Night on September 19.
The 52 students selected for the 2026 Undergraduate Summer Opportunities for Applying Research (U-SOAR) will present their original research projects during the U-SOAR Research Symposium on August 19 from 10:00 a.m. to noon in Sutton Hall鈥檚 Blue Room.
果冻传媒 Hosting Forensic Archaeology Public Day Aug. 5 at 果冻传媒 Forensic Outdoor Research Station
The Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences Department congratulates our students for being named to the Dean鈥檚 List for spring 2026.
Several 果冻传媒 students, faculty, and alumni attended the Society for American Archaeology Annual Conference last week in San Francisco, CA. Nine current faculty and students presented their research, and a team of graduate and undergraduate students competed in the Ethics Bowl.
The long-awaited 鈥淓ssentials of Geomorphology鈥� textbook was released by Cambridge University Press in January 2026, with the 鈥淟andforms Developed on Folded Rocks鈥� chapter written by 果冻传媒 AGES Department geographer Kevin Patrick, in collaboration with West Virginia University geomorphologist Steven Kite and Michigan State University editor Randall Schaetzl.
Each academic year, the University Senate honors faculty members who make significant contributions to the university. The Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences Department was well represented at the 果冻传媒 University Senate Awards celebration.
The Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences Department had 40 student presentations at the twenty-first annual 果冻传媒 Scholars Forum on April 8, 2026. They gave both oral and poster presentations, and one applied archaeology graduate student participated in the Three-Minute Thesis Competition Finals.
Members of 果冻传媒鈥檚 proposed college of osteopathic medicine leadership team and 果冻传媒 faculty members Rick Adkins and John Benhart were invited presenters for the Appalachian Regional Commission 鈥淣etwork Appalachia鈥� meeting, showcasing the region鈥檚 experts on transportation, robotics, economic development, and emerging technologies.
果冻传媒 Anthropology faculty members Abigail Adams and Amanda Poole, along with students Shanya Coshey, Marisol Gonzalez Flores, Seth Koch, Samantha Langley, and Abigail Trimble, attended the eighty-sixth annual Society for Applied Anthropology meetings聽held March 17鈥�21, 2026, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.聽
Abigail Adams attended the eighty-sixth annual meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and participated in a two-session memorial panel to honor the late visionary applied anthropologist Victor Garcia.
Three Applied Archaeology MA students presented their thesis research at the Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference, held in March. Abdul Jones won the student paper award.
Abdul Jones鈥� Applied Archaeology thesis research was featured in the 2025 Pennsylvania Archaeology Site Survey Report.
果冻传媒鈥檚 Cejka Planetarium in John J. and Char Kopchick Hall will host a program about the next total lunar eclipse on February 24, 鈥淏lood Moon: Total Lunar Eclipse,鈥� and a presentation titled 鈥淲orking from the Final Frontier: How Humanity has Learned to Live in Space鈥� on March 25.
果冻传媒 anthropology faculty and students attended and presented at the American Academy of Forensic Sciences Annual Conference in New Orleans, LA, in February.