Geology, Environment, and Sustainability at Hofstra

12/11/2025

Another semester is wrapping up! Today we celebrated our wonderful students with a poster session showcasing their research and a little holiday party afterwards.

01/29/2025

https://news.hofstra.edu/event/science-night-live-botanizing-in-the-galapagos-islands-with-charles-darwin/

Hofstra Cultural Center presents Science Night Live Join Us for Our Annual Darwin Day Celebration: Botanizing in the Galápagos Islands with Charles Darwin Most people associate Charles Darwin with finches, giant tortoises, and human evolution, but he was also a pretty accomplished botanist.

11/12/2024

Wonderful weather at the metamorphic and igneous rocks and structures at Orchard Beach in Bronx, NY. A field trip with Dr. Marsellos class.

10/13/2024

Finally caught a look at comet A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS tonight! Viewing should improve over the next week as the comet climbs higher in the sky.

10/09/2024

https://news.hofstra.edu/2024/10/08/bringing-the-bird-sanctuary-to-full-bloom/

In a scene that evokes memories of reading The Secret Garden, Hofstra students from a variety of majors have been working under the direction of Dr. Bret Bennington, chair of the Department of Geology, Environment, and Sustainability, to tend to the bird sanctuary located behind the Hofstra Universi

09/18/2024

Partial lunar eclipse tonight! Just a little bite out of the Moon as it grazed the Earth's umbra.

08/22/2024

https://news.hofstra.edu/2024/08/22/news12-tours-hofstras-native-garden-with-dr-bennington/

Dr. J.B. Bennington, chair and professor of geology, environment, and sustainability, gave News12 a tour of Hofstra’s native garden and discussed the importance of native plants to pollinators. Head to the News12 site to see the full story.

08/16/2024

Setting up a native planting in the Hofstra Bird Sanctuary thanks to Nate Milow who we are fortunate to host for his Eagle Scout project. In addition to helping us with native plantings, Nate will be building bird and ground-nesting bee houses to install in the sanctuary!