College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Environmental Studies & Geology

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By combining the complementary disciplines of Environmental Studies and Geology into a single division, Alfred University offers students a unique perspective on their studies. Both disciplines involve the study of the earth and human interaction with this planet we call home. Geology majors and minors concentrate on the physical earth, while Environmental Studies majors and minors study the physical, biological, and social aspects of humans and their interaction with the environment.

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Environmental seminar to focus on rainforest, global warming
11/13/09 Dr. Catherine Cardelus, assistant professor of biology at Colgate University, will present the next talk in the fall Environmental Studies Seminar series at Alfred University with a discussion titled, “Look up! The Impact of Global Warming on the Rainforest Canopy.” The lecture will take place on Friday, Nov. 20, at 12:20 p.m. in Roon Lecture Hall (room 247), the Science Center, on the AU Campus.

Focus of environmental talk to be on ‘Traditional/Non-traditional Home’
10/28/09 Ann Holley, a second-year graduate student at Alfred University, will host the next Environmental Studies seminar with a discussion titled, “ProtoHaus: A Traditional/Non-traditional Home.”

Environmental seminar speaker to put focus on saving jaguars
10/22/09 Sharon Matola, founding director of The Belize Zoo and Tropical Education Center, will host the next Alfred University Environmental Studies Speaker Series seminar with a discussion titled, “Saving Jaguars: The Belize Zoo Making a Difference.”

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