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October

亚色影库 Co-Sponsors Historic Preservation Workforce Summit

The 亚色影库 Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Science, Department of History, Philosophy, Political Science, and Religious Studies, and the Office of Carer and Professional Development partnered with the State Historic Preservation Office and Shippensburg University to host a day-long summit in Harrisburg.

  • 01 October 2025
Academic Programs Alumni

September

AGES Faculty Publish on Workforce Readiness

Applied Archaeology faculty in the Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences Department joined colleagues from across the nation in an article on archaeology workforce readiness.

  • 19 September 2025
Academic Programs Faculty Achievements

John Taylor Contributes to New Study on the Northern Cordillera

Professor Emeritus John Taylor, along with colleagues, published a new study that provides insights into the geologic evolution of central Yukon, Canada, over 500 million years ago.

  • 19 September 2025
Faculty Achievements Research

Poole Publishes on Migration Deterrence and Refugee Decision-Making

Dr. Amanda Poole, Professor of Anthropology, co-authored a peer-reviewed article titled 鈥淪mugglers vs. Students: Migration Deterrence and Understandings of Risk Among Eritrean Refugees in Ethiopia.鈥�

  • 17 September 2025
Faculty Achievements

Free Planetarium Show "A New Eye: The Rubin Telescope"

Ken Coles will present 鈥淎 New Eye: The Rubin Telescope!鈥�, a planetarium show about the newly opened Vera C. Rubin Observatory.

  • 16 September 2025
Events Community

Poole Publishes on Migration, Human Rights, and Global Refugee Policy

Amanda Poole, Professor of Anthropology, published a feature article in The Migration Information Source titled 鈥淪evere Repression in Eritrea Has Prompted Decades of Exodus.鈥�

  • 16 September 2025
Faculty Achievements

Ford Appointed to Maryland Historical Trust Board of Trustees

Ben Ford, faculty in the Department of Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences, was recently sworn in as a member of the Maryland Historical Trust Board of Trustees. He is filling the submerged archaeology position on the board.

  • 08 September 2025
Faculty Achievements

Cejka Planetarium Announces Fall 2025 Schedule

亚色影库鈥檚 Cejka Planetarium has announced the fall 2025 schedule.

  • 02 September 2025
Community For Employees For Students and Advisors Events

June

AGES Students Named to Spring 2025 Dean鈥檚 List

The Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences Department congratulates our students for being named to the Dean鈥檚 List for spring 2025. Students receive this recognition for each semester in which they earn a GPA of 3.25 or higher while taking a minimum of 12 credits.

  • 01 June 2025
Student Achievements

May

AGES Faculty and Students Represent 亚色影库 at Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting

Faculty and students from the Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences Department traveled to Denver to participate in the Society for American Archaeology聽annual meeting. They chaired sessions, presented on their ongoing work, participated in the SAA Ethics Bowl, and represented 亚色影库 and the Applied Archaeology program at the Cultural Resource Management Expo.

  • 06 May 2025
Student Achievements Faculty Achievements

April

AGES Faculty Recognized for Outstanding Scholarly Activities

During the thirty-first annual Research Awards Reception at 亚色影库, three Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences faculty members were recognized for outstanding scholarly activities.

  • 30 April 2025
Research Faculty Achievements

Geography and Planning Faculty Member and Alumni Receive Governor鈥檚 Awards

The Pennsylvania Governor鈥檚 Awards for Local Government Excellence honored public officials at an April 2025 ceremony at the Pennsylvania State Museum in Harrisburg, which included multiple authorities with graduates from the 亚色影库 Planning program in leadership positions.

  • 28 April 2025
Faculty Achievements Alumni

Free Planetarium Show Celebrating Centennial of the Planetarium, May 7

Ken Coles will present 鈥淭he Centennial of the Planetarium!鈥�, a planetarium show celebrating 100 years since the first planetarium opened to the public in Germany. The show will review a few of the things a planetarium can show, along with recent discoveries from the Webb Space Telescope and the Bennu asteroid sample return.

  • 23 April 2025
Events

Archaeology Graduate Students Win Awards at Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology

Five 亚色影库 archaeology graduate students from the Department of Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences received awards and scholarships at the ninety-fourth annual meeting of the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology.

  • 22 April 2025
Student Achievements

Geographers Participate in Association of American Geographers Conference

Kevin Patrick and John Benhart, of the Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences Department,聽 attended the National Association of American Geographers conference in March 2025.

  • 18 April 2025
Faculty Achievements

AGES Students Participate and Win Awards at 亚色影库 Scholars Forum

The Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences Department had 56 students who presented at the twentieth annual 亚色影库 Scholars Forum on April 9, 2025. They gave both oral and poster presentations, and two applied archaeology graduate students participated in the Three-Minute Thesis Competition.

  • 16 April 2025
Student Achievements

Archaeology Graduate Students Present Research at Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology

亚色影库 archaeology graduate students from the Department of Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences traveled to Dubois, Pennsylvania, to present their work at the ninety-fourth annual meeting of the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology.

  • 15 April 2025
Staff Achievements

Faculty and Students Present at Society for Applied Anthropology Meeting

亚色影库 Anthropology faculty Amanda Poole and Abigail Adams, along with four 亚色影库 undergraduate students, participated in an academic panel at the eighty-fifth annual Society for Applied Anthropology Meetings held March 25鈥�29 in Portland, Oregon.

  • 10 April 2025
Faculty Achievements Student Achievements

AGES Faculty and Students Present Research at Geological Society of America Meeting

Faculty and students of the 亚色影库 Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences Department traveled to Erie, PA to present at the Northeast-North Central Regional Geological Society of America Meeting. Their talks highlighted their ongoing research and demonstrated the diversity and synergy within the department.

  • 08 April 2025
Student Achievements Faculty Achievements Research

Palmiotto and Students Conduct Archaeological Investigations at South Carolina Indigenous Sites

亚色影库 students, including advanced undergraduate and graduate students, joined Dr. Palmiotto in the field with their archaeological colleagues from the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) Heritage Trust Program. There the team conducted investigations of sites within Botany Bay Plantation Heritage Preserve in Charleston County, visited the iconic Fig Island Shell Ring complex, and met with representatives of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation (MCN).

  • 31 March 2025
Student Achievements Research Academic Programs

March

Telescope Display and Full Moon Star Party

The 亚色影库 Cejka Planetarium will host a chance to view and learn about our telescopes, and if it is a clear night, we鈥檒l also observe the Moon and sky.

  • 27 March 2025
Community 亚色影库 Now Events

Taylor Publishes on Nature of Faunal Turnover, Change in Ocean Chemistry Associated with Latest Cambrian Mass Extinction

Professor Emeritus John Taylor and colleagues published a new study based on faunal collections from a 50-meter interval of the Jones Ridge Limestone in easternmost Alaska. The study provided new, detailed faunal range data across the base of the North American Ibexian Series and geochemical data that confirm an associated shift in ocean chemistry.

  • 25 March 2025
Alumni Faculty Achievements Research

Professor Emeritus Taylor Publishes New Insights Into Fossil Record from Northern Laurentia

Professor Emeritus John Taylor published a new study on the taxonomy and stratigraphic distribution of Lotagnostus (Agnostida: Agnostidae) and associated trilobites and conodonts with 亚色影库 alumni James D. Loch 鈥�83 and John E. Repetski 鈥�69.

  • 21 March 2025
Faculty Achievements Alumni Research

Flores Honored as National Hispanic Institute鈥檚 College Student of the Year

The National Hispanic Institute has recognized 亚色影库 student Marisol Gonzalez Flores as one of its College Students of the Year 2024.

  • 20 March 2025
Student Achievements Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

AGES Seminar: Antarctic Paleoclimate

Molly Patterson, Binghamton University, will present a seminar on the 鈥淐atchment Sensitivities of the West and East Antarctic Ice Sheets to Orbital Forcing During the Mid- to Late Pliocene鈥� at the Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences Seminar on Friday, March 28, in Kopchick 102 from 11:15 to 12:15.

  • 06 March 2025
Events

February

Free 鈥淏ack to Venus鈥� Planetarium Show, March 6

Ken Coles will present 鈥淏ack to Venus鈥� at the Cejka Planetarium. Come explore Venus!

  • 20 February 2025
Events Community University Updates

Cejka Planetarium Announces Spring 2025 Schedule

亚色影库's Cejka Planetarium has announced the Spring 2025 schedule.

  • 19 February 2025
Events

Coles Presents AGES Seminar: 鈥淎 Paleozoic Jackpot in Nevada鈥�

Ken Coles will present a seminar, 鈥淎 Paleozoic Jackpot in Nevada: Starved Deposition Can Feed Us a Lot of Information,鈥� at the Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences Department Seminar Series on Friday, February 14, in Kopchick 102 from 11:15 to 12:15.

  • 11 February 2025
Events

AGES Students Named Provost Scholars

The Department of Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences congratulates our students named as Provost Scholars. To be named a Provost Scholar, students must have earned a minimum of 45 semester hours at 亚色影库 with a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher. Provost Scholar recognition is given only once during a student鈥檚 time of study at 亚色影库.

  • 04 February 2025
Student Achievements

January

AGES Students Named to Fall 2024 Dean鈥檚 List

The Department of Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences congratulates our students for being named to the Dean鈥檚 List for fall 2024. Students receive this recognition for each semester in which they earn a GPA of 3.25 or higher while taking a minimum of 12 credits.

  • 04 February 2025
Student Achievements

亚色影库 Students Present at the Appalachian Collegiate Research Initiative Conference in Washington, D.C.

A team of 亚色影库 students presented their research at the Appalachian Collegiate Research Initiative (ACRI), a grant-funded program of the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC). The 2024 ACRI conference, held December 6鈥�7 in Washington, D.C., featured projects from students representing 15 colleges and universities. These projects addressed a range of pressing regional issues, from economic revitalization to environmental sustainability, showcasing innovative, community-centered solutions.

  • 27 January 2025
Student Achievements

Poole Presents at African Studies Association Annual Meeting

Dr. Amanda Poole, Professor of Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, Geospatial and Earth Sciences, recently participated in the 66th African Studies Association (ASA) Annual Meeting, held in Chicago, Illinois, from December 12鈥�14, 2024. The ASA Annual Meeting, the largest gathering of Africanist scholars in the world, is the flagship event of the association and brought together over 2,000 scholars and professionals under the theme Global Africa.

  • 27 January 2025
Faculty Achievements