Newburgh Resident Juanita Gordon Presents Research at Geological Society of America Northeastern Section Meeting
Gordion graduaetd from Hamilton College in May
Clinton, NY (07/15/2021) — Newburgh resident and recent Hamilton College geosciences graduate Juanita Gordon presented her senior thesis work as an ePoster at the Geological Society of America Northeastern Online Section Meeting. Her poster was in the Sedimentology, Stratigraphy, and Paleontology Session. Hamilton Professor of Geosciences Cynthia Domack was a co-author. Gordon's project was creating a guidebook for the geology of the Caribbean island of St. Kitts (carbonate grains of biological origin in the beach sands).
Gordon has accepted an AmeriCorps internship in New Orleans for a program focused on STEM with under-represented youth.
Gordon is a graduate of Newburgh Free Academy.
Originally founded in 1793 as the Hamilton-Oneida Academy, Hamilton College offers an open curriculum that gives students the freedom to shape their own liberal arts education within a research- and writing-intensive framework. Hamilton enrolls 1,850 students from 49 states and 49 countries. Additional information about the college can be found at www.hamilton.edu.
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Newburgh resident and recent Hamilton College graduate Juanita Gordon