GeoPizza! 2017 – A glimpse of the pre-event preparations.

The first GeoPizza! makers of the night (l to r: Taylor Dawson, Natalie Smith, Dhara Patel, Megan Martis, Monica Dimas, and Hayley Pearson)

Pineapple dunes, broccoli vegetation, a cheese beach, and a meat ocean… Natalie Smith & Ellis Van Slyke recreate the dissipative beach they learned about in Marine Geology this term

Relaxing & enjoying good conversation and trilo-crudites (l to r: Oleg Kozel, Nate Taylor, Adam Coles, Glenna Thomas, Hannah Bercovici, and Megan Duffy)

Victoria Arnold & Mark LaPan and their Barrovian Sequence ‘za. (The oven must have been hotter toward the back.) (Adam Coles in the background)

A better look at the Barrovian Sequence ‘za (l to r: Mark LaPan, Victoria Arnold, Isabel Dove, and Hayley Pearson)

GeoPizza! chef Isabel Dove explains the design, while co-chef Hayley Pearson ponders what comes next.

A+ ! to Isabel Dove & Hayley Pearson for correctly remembering and labeling their Centered Uniaxial Optic Axis Figure ‘za!! Tasty right down to the melatope!

Another nice picture of Isabel and Hayley

Oleg & his first garnet corona

Oleg’s thesis topic pizza – Coronitic Anothosite ‘za, complete with scale bar and zircon crystal.

Prof. Martin Wong seems impressed by Oleg Kozel’s GeoPizza! creation.

Oleg proudly displays his Coronitic Anorthosite ‘za, fresh from the oven.

The beauty of diatoms captured in pizza… Fragilariopsis kerguelensis ‘za (Say that 3 times fast!)

Megan Duffy & Aurelia Casarubias ready to bite into their Fragilariopsis Kerguelensis ‘za – winner of this year’s “Name is a Mouthful Award.” It looks mighty tasty too!

Ciara Pettinos & her Bivalve Project Study Area GeoPizza! – a nod to her thesis topic. Who knew ‘clams’ went so well on a pizza!

Some early GeoPizza!s take shape. (pizza makers – l to r: Isabel Dove, Hayley Pearson, Jake Mahr, and Hannah Bercovici; visible faces in background: Jackson Lucas and Aurelia Casarubias)

Hannah & Jake show what Galapa-goes well on their Galapagos Archipelago GeoPizza!

Jackson Lucas, Kaylie Patacca, Kayla Robinson, and Glenna Thomas begin their GeoPizza! with pesto and lots of smiles.

Crustal deformation makes a tasty creation – Nate Taylor and his Crustal Shortening ‘za

Megan Martis (l) and Monica Dimas (r) admire Dhara Patel’s GeoPizza! masterpiece… (see the next slide)

And here it is… Dhara’s T-rex-erriific GeoPizza! (It’s now extinct)

Monica & Megan had a mountain of fun making their own GeoPizza! too – the M & M Orogeny ‘za

It’s a pizza… it’s a PT diagram! Shazamm! It’s a PTzza Diagram!! Sam is shocked by the sheer brilliance their GeoPizza! idea.  (l to r: Sam Timothy, Adam Coles, and Adrian Heath; Mark LaPan and Victoria Arnold int the background)

And here it is… a true masterpizza! by Sam Timothy, Adam Coles, & Adrian Heath

Taylor Dawson & Katie Karnes present their LPO Pattern ‘za

Table of ‘Za
(& salad)

#Seniors #ThesisTears – Seniors: Kaylie Patacca, Jackson Lucas, and Glenna Thomas are Feeling Sedimentary at their last GeoPizza! before graduating.

A GeoPizza! first!!  A two-crust Subduction Calzone (and not just in the continental vs. oceanic crust sense) (The ‘volcano’ even ‘erupted’ tomato paste during cooking)

And here are the creators with their cooked 2-crust Subduction Calzone – Glenna Thomas & Oleg Kozel.

Geophysics Prof. Aubreya Adams pinpoints the epicenter of a fine dessert.

GeoDesserts! – Normal Fault Cake, Zeolite Cookies & Oolitic Limestone Bars

GeoPizza! designs and descriptions clearly show everyone learned a lot this year :- )

A few more descriptions…

And last but not least…

The first GeoPizza! of the night takes shape. (l to r: Martin Wong, Taylor Dawson, Maggie McGuire, and Sarah Katz)

Ciara Pettinos and Becca Siladi proudly display their Lahar Field Pizza.

Kevin Varga (background) is very excited to finally make it to a GeoPizza! night. Mike Dubois adds his potluck creation to the dessert table while Connie Soja chats with surprise visitor, alum Giulianna Kafaf. Prof. Aubreya Adams in the foreground.

One of many fabulous GeoPizzas! – Meg Ryan gave a nod to her senior research topic with her Greenops Pizza.

Something tells me that piece of bacon never made it onto a pizza… Dave Linsley, enjoying the “hors d’oeuvres.”

Pizza making in full swing! (visible faces, l to r: Sarah Katz, Jessica Hwang, Becca Siladi, Kate Hardock, Grace Howard, and Annie Preston)

GeoPizza! in full swing – Part 2. (visible faces – l to r: Ciara Pettinos, Taylor Dawson, Oleg Kozel, Martin Wong, Sarah Katz, & Maggie McGuire; in background – Connie Soja, Mike Dubois, Kevin Varga, Dave Linsley)

Geophysics professor, Aubreya Adams, presents her Focal Mechanism Pizza.

Thumbs up! The pizzas taste as good as they look! (l to r: Julia Horne, Taylor Dawson, Megan Duffy, Kaylie Patacca, Ciara Pettinos, Becca Siladi, and Annie Preston)

And the pizzas look really good! Glenna Thomas amid some beautiful creations.

Kate Hardock and Grace Howard with their Olivine Conglomerate Pizza.

Myongsun & Julia Peck work on a Magma Chamber Pizza. (Maybe that should have been a ‘deep crust’ pizza??)

Looking forward to sampling the Magma Chamber… Julia & Henry Peck.

A few more GeoPizzas take shape. (l to r: Giuliana Kafaf, Kevin Varga, Jessica Hwang, Oleg Kozel, Kate Hardock, Glenna Thomas, & Megan Duffy?)

Kevin Varga & Jessica Hwang enjoyed making their “When the Levee Breaks” pizza.

Glenna Thomas & Kate Hardock with their Leonardo Di Caprio’s Plight Pizza

A first for GeoPizza! – The Subduction Calzone

Future geology students, please don’t look too closely at this one… Hopefully Taylor, Meg and Annie answered the question just as masterfully.

Pizza making continues… (l to r: Regina Pimentel, Austin Sun, Alex Taylor, Seamus Crowley, Lily Daggett, & Oleg Kozel)

Oleg and the second of three of his creations – Prograding Shoreline X-Section w/ Gamma Ray Log and Eustatic Sea Level Curve. Even the name is a mouthful!

Megan Duffy & Kaylie Patacca represent Amy Leventer’s diatom lab well with their beautiful Asteromphalus Pizza.

The Rock Hammer Pizza was a smash hit!

Meg Ryan & Annie Preston take GeoPizza! design to a new level…

Oleg Kozel, Glenna Thomas, and Becca Siladi create a 3-D pizza masterpiece of their own.

And here it is: Strike-slip Pizza, complete with tomato-olive seismologist

Oleg slices along the fault…

A few close-ups of some GeoPizza descriptions.

And a couple more…

Last but not least – a few pictures of the calm before the storm…

The first pizza creations of the night take shape. Left to right: Shannon Dillon (front), Giulian Kafaf, Jen Godbout, Emily Holzman, Dave Linsley, Annie Preston, William Peck, Kaylie Patacca, Matt Bosselait, and Glenna Thomas

Annie Preston & Kaylie Patacca present their Isopach Map of the 2015 Ka’iulannie Volcano Eruption Pizza.

Alex Lagowitz’s creates his pepperoni Stegosaurus Pizza.

Oleg’s Pyritohedron Pizza, Jeff & Tom’s Transform Fault Pizza, and Nat & Ciara’s Volcano Pizza wait for their turn in the oven.

Glenna Thomas & Hannah Bercovici look ready to dig into thier Ubehebe Intrusion Pizza

Duncan Keller & Prof. Rich April set to work on their Slightly Off-center Uniaxial Optic Axis Figure Pizza

And here it is!

Jackson Lucas proudly presents his Exsolution and Partial Melting Pizza

Jen Godbout honors her senior research field site with her Roger’s Glen Pizza

Pizza making in full swing. In foreground left to right: Jeff Koch, ?, Tom Bartlett, Prof. William Peck, Giuliana Kafaf, Myongsun Kong, Peter Swiggert, and Oleg Kozel

Some of the desserts we were treated to included “Pan”-gea!, Plagiocake, and Evaporite Nodule Cookies.

Prof. Bruce Selleck (away leading the Wales Study Group) was there “in pizza” thanks to his research students: Emily Holzman, Giuliana Kafaf, JD Schiff, and Peter Swiggert. JD & Peter are missing from photo but Tom Bartlett jumped in to send his regards to Bruce.

Geo Pizza! fell on Earth Day this year so Seamus Crowley, Alex Taylor and Grace Howard celebrated the day with their pizza map of the Earth

Good conversation and pizza. Around the table from the left: Jeff Koch, Oleg Kozel (standing), Mik Redovian, Prof. Amy Leventer (standing), Duncan Keller, Kaylie Patacca, Annie Preston, Jen Godbout, and finally, Emily Holzman laughing at something Tom Bartlett (back to us) just said.

Ciara Pettinos & Natalie Smith had a blast making their Volcano Pizza (pardon the pun)

Rich April gives a “thumbs up” to Oleg Kozel’s Pyritohedron Pizza.

What a team! Oleg Kozel & Duncan Keller make the Silica Polymorph Phase Diagram easier to digest.

Peter Swiggert and his Langerstååten Pizza.

Shannon Dillon’s pizza tribute to her senior research on corals

Can tough guys make a tasty Transform Fault Pizza? Jeff Koch & Tom Bartlett prove they can.

A couple more senior research pizzas – Duncan Keller’s Exsolution Pizza and Matt Bosselait’s Pyroclastic Flow Pizza.

Prof. Bruce Selleck addresses the group in an outdoor classroom with quite a view.

Mikhaila Redovian and Mike Dubois get a feel for the geology

Prof. William Peck and Annie Preston work together on some field mapping.

Taking some notes on a steeply dipping outcrop

We’ll be done for the day after we map all those rocks ahead…

Mike Dubois proudly displays a fine catch.

Tom Bartlett, trout impersonator

A little OC scenery

Taking in the view from the top

Field notes — Prof. William Peck at the helm of a hardworking group of students

Prof. Bruce Selleck describes the geology of a spectacular outcrop to the group

Giuliana Kafaf & Matthew Bosselait – Er… I don’t think those are glacial striations in that tree…

Kevin Varga certainly agrees… Nothing like a good meal after a hard day in the field.

Nick Jones prepares dessert.

Colgate geologists enjoying a fine day together on the rocks.

Tom Bartlett shows how much he appreciates Prof. Martin Wong

Annie Preston, Ryan Clements, Kate Hardock, Jen Godbout, and Avalon Bunge — very deep in thought at the hot springs.

Pondering the outcrop.

OC 2014 students (left to right) front: Tom Bartlett, JD Schiff, Giuliana Kafaf, Avalon Bunge, Sarah Katz, Kate Hardock, Jen Godbout, Mikhalia Redovian, Annie Preston, Mike Dubois, Ryan Clements: back: Kevin Varga, Hunter Robertson, Matthew Bosselait, and Andrew Kingsley.

Giuliana Kafaf looks on approvingly as Mike Dubois displays his pizza-making prowess

Clockwise from left, Amy Leventer, Hannah Berkovici (head turned), Meg Ryan with Julia Peck on lap, Maggie McGuire, Kate Hardock, William Peck, Henry Peck (in chair), Myongsun Kong, and Annie Preston – enjoying good company and good food in the den

Maggie McGuire, Kate Hardock, and Sarah Katz have their Contact Metamorphism of a Himalayan Greenschist Granite Pizza ready for the oven

In the foreground (left to right) Jen Godbout, Emily Butler, Katherine Schultz, Anay Shah, and Sam Brenman share a laugh, while back in the kitchen, Profs. Martin Wong and Connie Soja converse with Sarah Katz, Avalon Bunge, Maggie McGuire, and Giuliana Kafaf

Katherine Schultz and Sam Brenman seem quite pleased with how their BIF Pizza turned out

Annie Preston and Julia Horne present their Igneous Intrusion ‘Za

Josh Solomon and Josh Lasker begin work on their Structure of Life Pizza while Mik Redovian and Hunter Robertson work on creations of their own

Olivine Pizza — a plane-light view of dunite in thin section

A full table – (clockwise from left) Giuliana Kafaf, Rachel Walsh, Ashlynne Rando, Ryan Clements, Josh Riefler, Mike Dubois, Jen Godbout, Hunter Robertson (standing), Emily Butler, Rick Cummings, and Anay Shah

Structural geologist, Martin Wong enjoys watching Sarah Katz and Maggie McGuire brainstorm about their contact metamorphism pizza

Giuliana Kafaf writes up a description of the Gumball Pizza that she and Avalon made

And here it is!  Avalon Bunge and Giuliana Kafaf proudly display their Gumball Pizza

A happy crew – (front) Hannah Bercovici, Kate Hardock, Annie Preston, Maggie McGuire, and Meg Ryan; (back) Josh Riefler, Josh Lasker, and Megan Switzer

With graduation approaching, Josh Solomon and Josh Lasker use pizza to relate this turning point in their lives to the Earth’s internal structure

I’m not sure what William said when he took this picture but Avalon Bunge, Mik Redovian, and Martin Wong clearly enjoyed it. Also pictured here – Hunter Robertson (left), Dave Linsley (back), and Emily Butler right)

Profs. Bruce Selleck and Martin Wong share some laughs with Josh Lasker and Josh Solomon, while in the background Shannon Dillon, Mik Redovian, Avalon Bunge, and Sarah Katz talk with Prof. Rich April

A few of the other pizzas we enjoyed

Everyone was anxious to Try-A-Bite of this trilobite pizza.

Halley Goldman and Molly Gilligan proudly display their Soil Profile Pizza – a nod to their senior research projects

Mike Leidl surveys the pizza making from behind while Halley Goldman and Molly Gilligan contemplate their first steps and watch Kara Vadman and Clem Dunne lay the base for their creation.

Rita Van Kirk – excited to try her creation

Pizza making in full swing – (back row, from left to right) Molly Gilligan, Kara Vadman, Caitlin Cunningham, and Jacky Baughman: (in the foreground. l to r) – Rita Van Kirk and Matt Shramko

Megan Switzer, Avalon Bunge, and Josh Riefler are very happy with how their BIF Pizza turned out.

Visiting Prof. Jeni McDermott’s Diffusion Pizza  (P.S. The oven was actually at 260˚C – I’m not sure if that interfered with the diffusion but the taste was great)

Duncan Keller’s Mylonite Pizza was a ‘shear’ success.

Molly Clinton works on a Wine Bottle Pizza in honor of her senior thesis on vineyard soils

Megan Switzer and Mik Redovian pay tribute to Dave Linsley’s thin section making techniques, with their “Eh, Roughfully 30 Microns” Pizza.

Halley Goldman honors James Hutton by portraying his famed unconformity

Amy Leventer’s diatom crew, Allegra Bianchini, Mik Redovian, and Kara Vadman prepare a beautiful and truly delicious Siliceous Diatom Pizza. In background, Mike Fusco (red shirt) for scale :- ) In foreground Caitlin Cunningham and Jacky Baughman work on a pizza of their own

Soil Profile and Trilobite Pizzas take shape

Lava Flow PIzza

A delicious Connie Soja dessert

Prof Connie Soja delivers a fresh ‘blank canvas’ as Danny Roesler samples the fare, Caitlin Cunningham and Chris Guiney look on, Kara Vadman and Jacky Baughman brainstorm over what to add next and Clem Dunne works on her creation

Molly Gilligan chats with Megan Switzer, while Megan and Andrew DeGory enjoy some excellent pizza

Rapakivi Granite pizza – a Josh Lasker & Josh Solomon creation

Karen Alley and Rich April enjoy a good conversation while the pizzas are cooking

Sam Ely surveys the scene as Caroline LaBriola and Molly Gilligan chat, and Andrew DeGory writes up a description of his Geo Pizza creation

Brittany Phillips and Rachel Walsh

The Geochem Lab research crew – Halley Goldman, Lauren Frisch, and Sarah Lemon (missing from picture: Barbie)

Di (yes, it is hot work putting pizzas in and out of the oven) happy to be with her geochem lab crew.

Prof. Martin Wong and a group of students enjoy a good conversation around the table.  (clockwise from Martin: Josh Solomon, Molly Gilligan, Caroline LaBriola, Max Ephraim, ?, Tyler Peters, Anay Shaw, Megan Switzer, and Sam Ely

Anay & Sam prepare their Geo Pizza! creation

Structure of the Earth Pizza

Martin & Olivia Wong

Enjoying good friends and good pizza

Caroline proudly displays talk poster autographed by the distinguished speaker, Prof. Wong

Hilary, Susie & Gary

Two thumbs up from Brandon & Matt

William, Caroline, Gary & Andrew

Why did the geology student cross the road? Well – look at that roadcut! – Phil Clayton

Taking e a bearing

Rebecca Tortorello, Seghan MacDonald, and Katie Garman enjoy the scenery

A little R & R at Seminoe Reservoir

Exploring at Craters of the Moon

Mellissa Cross and Stephanie McClellan are amazed by the wide variety of Will Cushman’s photo faces

back row l to r: Steffan Pierre, Phil Clayton, Will Cushman, Trevor Halfhide, Seghan MacDonald, Ilona, Matulaitis, Karen Harpp; front row l to r: Nick Pollock, Christian Rathkopf, Hilary O’Brien, Emmett Weatherford?, ?, Katie Garman, and Mellissa Cross

Yellowstone hot springs

Yellowstone hot springs

Wowed by the geology at Seminoe Reservoir

Seminoe Reservoir plunge

Climbing the columnar basalts at Sheepeater Cliffs, Yellowstone

Hang on Christian!

Lauren Idleman, Miguel Rodriguez, and Elin Brown dig a pit to examine Adirondack soils

Water testing – left to right: Lauren Idleman, Miguel Rodriguez, Veronica Hanus, Christian Rathkopf, Elin Brown, and Sam Hunt

Sam Hunt, Christian Rathkopf, and Miguel Rodriguez

Prof. Rich April talks to the group about water pH and alkalinity

Miguel looks a bit shocked at what Rich had to say

Jason Fredricks collects a water sample from a tributary stream

A nice quartz vein through the granitic gneiss – unfortunately it won’t do a lot to buffer the effects of acid precipitation

Layers of heavy minerals in a sandy glacial outwash deposit

A large glacial erratic – Jason Fredricks for scale

Rich April points out something interesting in the bouldery till

Pre-hunt anticipation sets in

The garnet hunt is on

Wow! Now that’s a big garnet!

Garnet hunting at the Barton mine

Garnet hunting

Stephanie Tubman and a very nice sample that’s just a bit too big to take home

Alexis Coplin – a very happy garnet hunter

Alexis Coplin and Steph Tubman – It was a stormy day at the garnet mine.

Great Scott! It’s a newt!

Braving the elements

This is what we came for

Morning mist over Seminoe Reservoir

Feeling inspired at Inspiration Point, Bryce Canyon – Frank Cherena, Bruce Selleck, Darren Karn, Jimmy Maritz, and Kristi Woodworth

That’s a Kevin sandwich! Mapping in the Seminoes – Kristi Woodworth, Kevin Kelly, and Tricia Hutchins

Group at Loveland Pass, Continental Divide. Back row: Michael Scherr, Tricia Hutchins, Adam Mansur, Ashley Nagle, Liz Rampe, Victor Matos, Alison Koleszar, Emma Barth; Front row: Mike Meredith, Darren Karn, Kevin Kelly, Jimmy Maritz, Kristi Woodworth, Frank Cherena

The group in Seminoe State Park, Wyoming – Back row: Dennis Geist, Darren Karn, Ashley Nagle, Alison Koleszar, Victor Matos, Adam Mansur, Frank Cherena, Michael Scherr, Jimmy Maritz; 2nd row standing: Liz Rampe, Kristi Woodworth, Tricia Hutchins; Seated: David Linsley, Mike Meredith, Emma Barth, Kevin Kelly

Liz Rampe, Alison Koleszar and Karen Harpp – ‘Butt’ mapping

Braving the elements, Seminoe State Park

Frank Cherena, Ashley Nagle, Liz Rampe, and Emma Barth – Coloring outside the lines

Kickin’ the rock around – Michael Scherr, Darren Karn, Victor Matos, and Jimmy Maritz

Coming back from the ol’ swimmin’ hole – Jimmy Maritz and Tricia Hutchins

Victor Matos, Michael Scherr, and Emma Barth – A happy group after unearthing Quaternary ‘fossils’

Faithful paleontological expert, Dave Linsley and Mike Meredith, faithful TA

Mike Meredith and Kevin Kelly at camp – Seminoe State Park