July 12, 2021
By Nate Galvan | galvanna@sonoma.edu
(Rohnert Park, CA) — Sonoma State University junior Serina Cabrera is attending Harvard this summer. She’s one of only 11 students from around the country participating in...
geology
February 20, 2015
After more than 20 years of research, Sonoma State University geology professor David Bero has published detailed maps of Ring Mountain and the Tiburon Peninsula. He presented these new maps as the featured speaker of the SSU Geology Club's lecture series on February 19.
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April 17, 2017
abo, Vegas and Miami may be the trendy spring break spots, but for one group of Sonoma State University students the geologic wonderland of Death Valley was the hot place to be this spring.
Students in GEOL 420: Integrative Field Experiences spent their week south of Death Valley honing...
November 16, 2016
Geologists study the Earth around us, and there is no better way to learn than by actually looking at rocks in the field. It is for this reason Sonoma State University geology students embark regularly on excursions to remote areas, and a group of 17 students just returned from the Southern...
March 22, 2016
By Matthew James, SSU Geology Professor
In December 2015 I took a swell trip. While my students back on campus crammed for final exams in my lecture and laboratory courses, and sweated out documenting their lengthy geology field trip reports, I got schooled, in the good sense. I...
March 8, 2016
By Matthew James, geology professor
From classroom to laboratory to spectacular field destinations, geologists are renown for innovation and educational excellence. Every location on Earth has an underlying geological story, and every geology field trip results in a demonstrable...
June 7, 2016
Do you ever think about the sand between your toes at the beach? Sonoma State University Geology Professor Owen Anfinson sure does. And if that sand is from the coast near Point Reyes, he can tell you it's older than many dinosaur fossils and possibly formed when the land was part of the Arctic'...
September 12, 2016
Sonoma State University's Geology Lecture Series brings speakers from around Northern California to the Rohnert Park campus. Lectures are in Darwin 128 at noon on Thursdays. All are welcome to join the speaker for an informal lunch on campus after the talk. Admission is free, parking is $5-$8 on...
