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NEW YORK STATE GEOLOGY LICENSE
The School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Queens College is proud to announce that the Geology Bachelor of Science degree has been added as a licensure-qualifying designation and is now listed as a registered program for obtaining the New York State Geology License.
Queens College is currently the only institution in New York City to offer this to students.
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NEW YORK STATE GEOLOGY LICENSE
Geology Bachelor of Science designated as Licensure-Qualifying Program for New York State Geology License at Queens College.
The School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Queens College is proud to announce that the Geology Bachelor of Science degree has been added as a licensure-qualifying designation and is now listed as a registered program for obtaining the New York State Geology License.
Queens College is currently the only institution in New York City to offer this to students.
This will permit students who graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Geology at Queens College to be eligible to take the exam for the New York State Geology License. Many consulting and governmental jobs in both geology and environmental science now ask prospective employees to have the New York State Professional Geologist title. Contact the geology undergraduate advisors, for more information about this exciting opportunity for Queens College students : Dr. Pekar (Stephen.pekar@qc.cuny.edu) and Dr. Laczniak (dara.laczniak@qc.cuny.edu)
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This project, led by Dax Soule and Karen Bemis, studies species diversity at the ASHES vent field off Oregon’s coast using archived video from the OOI CamHD collection. Julia Sandke and a team of researchers use VIAME (Video and Image Analytics for a Marine Environment), a machine learning tool, to automate the classification of vent organisms. By integrating VIAME with JupyterHub and Nvidia GPUs, the team speeds up video analysis, enabling them to develop models that predict species patterns, especially after volcanic eruptions. This research aims to improve understanding of hydrothermal vent ecosystems.
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Colloquium
Wednesday, April 09, 2025
12:15 pm to 1:30 pm, Science Building C207
Zoom ID: 843 0287 5858 Password: 672323
Mike Gurnis
Seismological Laboratory California Institute of Technology
The Churning Interior of Planet Earth
A view of the Pacific over the Cenozoic
For the last 50 years, plate tectonics has been proven to be an extraordinarily successful framework for understanding processes near the surface Despite its kinematic success, uncovering the underlying dynamics and linkage of plate tectonics to the deeper mantle has proven to be more elusive. This is exemplified by our poor understanding of the time-dependence of plate tectonics, like the formation of new plate boundaries, changes in plate direction, and a supercontinent cycle. This lecture will detail key research breakthroughs that span different disciplines from ocean drilling to global seismology, computational science, and earth physics to elucidate the forces driving plate tectonics.
Contact Us
Department Office
Office Hours:
Monday – Thursday
9:30 am – 4:30 pm
Summer Office Hours
(June 14th – August 9th)
Monday – Thursday
10 am – 4 pm
Department Contact
Email: sees@qc.cuny.edu
Phone: (718) 997-3300
Questions? Concerns? Contact us!
Administrative Staff
Chair of Department
College Office Assistant
Maria Silvestri
Anne Marie Devlin
College Laboratory Technicians
Mustafa Kamal
Ilias Georgalis