Each semester the Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences hosts a seminar series of invited speakers.

All presentations are on days and times noted, in Van Wickle 108.

FALL SEMESTER 2025

September 5, 2025 (Friday) – 12:30pm
LAFAYETTE COLLEGE GEO STUDENTS!
Title:  Our Summers Experiences in the Earth & Environmental Fields!

September 9, 2025 (Tuesday) – 12:20pm
Dr. John Kemeny
Jahns Distinguished Lecturer – AEG (Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists)
Title:  Innovative Monitoring and Characterization Technologies (with the help of AI) for Combatting Geologic/Hydrologic Hazards Associated with Climate Change

October 21, 2025 (Tuesday) – 12:20pm
Dr. George Furst ’65
Professor, Korea Advanced Study Institute (retired)
Title:  Geologic Mapping During a War

November 6, 2025 (Thursday) – 12:20pm
Leah Shteynman (LC ’19)
Ph.D. Candidate
Arizona State University
Title:  Microscopes and Minerals: Probing Meteorite Impacts at the Nanoscale

November 14, 2025 (Friday) – 12:30pm
*tentative*
Dr. Tammo Reichgelt
University of Connecticut
Tentative Title:  Insights Into Greener Miocene Biomes and Globally Enhanced Terrestrial Productivity from Fossil Leaves

November 21, 2025 (Friday) – 12:30pm
Dr. Charles Nittrouer (L’72)
University of Washington, Professor Emeritus
Title:  Where the Amazon River meets the Atlantic Ocean: Part of a Geosciences Career after Lafayette

 

Past seminars can be found here.