50th Annual Fall Scientific Paper Session 2024
Call for Abstracts, REGISTRATION, & PAYMENT
TO: Members of the Academy and Science Community
The 50th Annual Fall Scientific Paper Session of the Rochester Academy of Science will be hosted by The State University of New York at Brockport on Saturday, November 16, 2024 from 8:00 AM to 3:00 PM. The address of the meeting building is Edwards Hall, SUNY Brockport, 191 Holley St, Brockport, NY 14420. Oral presentations will be scheduled in the morning. Poster presentations will follow. This session provides a forum for Academy members, the collegiate community, and others engaged in scientific research to present the results of their investigations in an atmosphere that promotes discussion and interaction.
The Academy covers the full scope of basic and applied sciences, including anthropology, archeology, botany, chemistry, computer science, ecology, environmental science, geography, geology, paleontology, physics, physiology, psychology, science education, and zoology. Undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty members are encouraged to attend and to present posters or oral reports. You do not have to be a member of the Rochester Academy of Science to participate. We request that all co-authors, advisors, and other attendees register.
Drinks and pastry will be available during on-site registration starting at 8:00 AM. A schedule and map will be handed out at registration. Lunch break follows the presentations and the Larry King Memorial Lecture is featured after lunch.
REGISTRATION ENTRY IS BELOW.
There is no charge to attend.
For presenters, there is only one $10 fee per abstract submission, either individual or group. If any author or co-author are RAS members including faculty, the fee is $5.
Presentations may be oral presentations or posters. RAS Members may set up table displays. Oral reports are limited to 15 minutes in length: Use 12 minutes for the presentation itself and allow 3 minutes for questions from the audience at the end of your presentation. Posters provide an excellent opportunity for author-audience interaction and students should consider this mode of presentation, particularly if this will be their first scientific meeting.
You must register by Friday, November 1, 2024. An abstract of your presentation must be received by Friday, November 8, 2024.
We cannot guarantee that late submissions will be included.
Parking: Free, on site.
DR. LAWRENCE J. KING MEMORIAL LECTURE
We are pleased that Dr. John A. Tarduno has accepted our invitation to deliver the keynote address as our 2024 Larry King Memorial Lecturer.
If you look for science articles in your daily news, you may have seen one in early May covered widely in the popular press about the origin of multicellular life as we know it. Typical headlines included “Earth's Magnetic Field 'Near-Collapse' Boosted Evolution” (Newsweek) and “Life boomed on Earth half a billion years ago.” (Washington Post). These were from a University of Rochester press release announcing the publication in Nature of a study from their Paleomagnetic Research Group, headed by Dr. Tarduno.
This team specializes in analyzing crystals from ancient igneous rock. When the crystals form in cooling magma, they capture information in inclusions on the strength and polarity of the earth’s magnetic field at that time. Previous studies by this group using zircon crystals have pushed back the known geomagnetic field age from 3.45 billion years ago to 4.2 bya (2015) and found that the field was strong even then (2020).
In the May 2024 published study of feldspar and pyroxene crystals from Ediacaran Era rock, the team found that Earth’s magnetic field strength reached the weakest known to date—up to 30 times weaker than today—and lasted at least 26 million years. This enabled hydrogen to escape into space leaving more free oxygen in the atmosphere instead of water vapor. Solar radiation reaching the surface may also have caused more biologic mutation driving evolution.
The Ediacaran Era was the 96 million years—635 to 539 mya—preceding the Cambrian Period. The Ediacaran had a multicellular fauna apparently unrelated to modern forms. However, modern bilaterially-symmetric mobile animals arose in the Ediacaran and now dominate animal life on Earth. Dr. Tarduno is Dean of Research, Arts, Sciences & Engineering, the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, and Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Rochester.
Make PLans to Attend RAS Annual Fall Paper Session
directions to paper session
From Points East
From NYS Thruway Exit 45 (Victor) take I-490 through Rochester and west to exit 8 (about one mile west of I-390) for Route 531.
Route 531 merges with Route 31, which takes you directly into Brockport (~6 mi) - to Route 19.
Turn right onto 19 North and proceed into the village.
Turn left onto Monroe Avenue (2nd street after the railroad overpass)
Follow Monroe Avenue westward to the Y-intersection of Monroe and Holley. Proceed straight and Lot G will be on the right hand side of the road.
From Points West
From NYS thruway Exit 47 (LeRoy) take Route 19 north to Brockport (about 13 miles).
From Points South***
From Interstate 390 north, take I-490 west. Follow directions from points east, above.
You will cross Route 31 (large intersection). Follow 19 North and proceed into the village.
Turn left onto Monroe Avenue (2nd street after the railroad overpass)
Follow Monroe Avenue westward to Smith Hall, which is at the Y-intersection of Monroe and Holley.
When you arrive on campus, check parking lot G after the Y-intersection of Monroe and Holley. Should this be full, Lots C and D should have space. If those are full, there will be space in lots H and F. Enter Edwards Hall from the East side of the building, in the quad area by the flag poles.
SUNY Brockport is on route 19 north of RT 31
SUNY Brockport is on route 19 north of RT 31
SUNY Brockport is on route 19 north of RT 31
When you arrive, make your way to Parking Lots "G", "C", or "D".
FREE parking.
Proceed to Edwards Hall
SUNY Brockport is on route 19 north of RT 31
SUNY Brockport is on route 19 north of RT 31
Edwards Hall is at 191 Holley St, Brockport, NY 14420.
GPS 43.21269141804548, -77.94904337914512
The entrance is on the east side.
ABSTRACT FEE
There is one fee per abstract submission, either individual or group. The Presenter or sponsoring Faculty member should pay this. There is no charge to attend as an observer. If you are an RAS Member, half your fee will be refunded. Each attendee must register individually above for free admission, but only the abstract submitter should pay the fee.
If also buying lunch, please go to the combined purchase below.
DEPARTMENTS PAYING FOR STUDENTS SHOULD SEE THE SELECTION BELOW.
college department group payment
If your department wishes to pay for one or more students for registration, you may make a single payment here.
Simply enter the amount you are paying. Send an email to our treasurer, Timothy Tatakis <tatakistim@icloud.com>, giving a list of the registrants for whom you are paying and for what you are paying. Copy our coordinator, Michael Grenier <mgrenier@frontiernet.net>. This will show as a "Donation", but we'll apply to Paper Session.
(Photo: SUNY Brockport Student Ambassadors)