ESF Calendar of Events TODAY IS: Wednesday, July 23, 2014

· The Art of Expressive Drawing with artist Frances Gaffney

10:00 am - 12:00 pm | Adirondack Interpretive Center - 5922 State Route 28N, Newcomb NY | More AIC Events!
With the guidance of mushroom expert Susan Hopkins, head out for a mushroom hunt along the trails! The walk will be followed by an exploration and discussion of the specimens found and collected during the walk. Bring a lunch. Call 518-582-2000 or email aic@esf.edu ... Read More
Sponsor: Northern Forest Institute | Contact: Kristin Pasquino, 518-582-2000

· Music in the Woods

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Adirondack Interpretive Center - 5922 State Route 28N, Newcomb NY | More AIC Events!
LIVE MUSIC at the Rich Lake Outlook. Walk or paddle to enjoy the tunes from land or water! Musicians playing acoustic instruments are welcome to join the open session. Call or email for more information.
Sponsor: Northern Forest Institute | Contact: Kristin Pasquino, 518-582-2000

Saturday, July 26, 2014

10:00 am - 3:00 pm | Adirondack Interpretive Center - 5922 State Route 28N, Newcomb NY | More AIC Events!
There is only one way to draw—yours. This drawing workshop is led by skilled teaching artist and AIC's Artist-in-Residence Frances Gaffney. Participants explore artists' processes, build professional drawing tools and techniques and explore new ways of seeing. ... Read More
Sponsor: Northern Forest Institute | Contact: Kristin Pasquino, 518-582-2000

Sunday, July 27, 2014

· Capstone Seminar - Ana Diaz Puskar

Adirondack Interpretive Center - 5922 State Route 28N, Newcomb NY | More AIC Events!
Artist-in-Residence Frances Gaffney will be drawing and painting out along the trails today! Stop by to chat, exchange tips and techniques and observe Frances as she works.
Sponsor: Northern Forest Institute | Contact: Kristin Pasquino, 518-582-2000

Monday, July 28, 2014

10:00 am - 1:00 pm | 314 Bray Hall
"Water for the Poor: An Analysis of a Free Water Measure in Bogota, Colombia"

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

· All About Black Bears

Thursday, July 31, 2014

· Huntington Lecture Series "Greenhouse Gases Dynamics in Forest Streams and Soils, and the Role of Forests at Regulating Climate"

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Adirondack Interpretive Center - 5922 State Route 28N, Newcomb NY | Full Schedule
For over 40 years, this public lecture series has been showcasing the latest science and research in the Adirondacks. This week's topic: "Greenhouse Gases Dynamics in Forest Streams and Soils, and the Role of Forests at Regulating Climate" presented by Dr. Philippe ... Read More
Sponsor: Northern Forest Institute | Contact: Kristin Pasquino, 518-582-2000

Saturday, August 2, 2014

· Adirondack Logging - A Guided Canoe Paddle

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Adirondack Interpretive Center - 5922 State Route 28N, Newcomb NY | More AIC Events!
Join us for a canoe paddle on Rich Lake and learn about the fascinating industry of logging! An industry dating back to the 1700s, logging has extensively shaped the work force, forests, and history of the Adirondacks. Call 518-582-2000 or email aic@esf.edu ... Read More
Sponsor: Northern Forest Institute | Contact: Adirondack Interpretive Center, 518-582-2000

McConnellsville Golf Club, Blossvale, New York | 21st Annual ESF Golf Tournament Details
Mark your calenders now for the 21st Annual ESF Golf Tournament. This year's tournament will be held at the beautiful McConnellsville Golf Club, located approximately 45 minutes from the SUNY-ESF campus. Golfer and sponsorship details will be mailed out in ... Read More
Sponsor: ESF Alumni Association & Friends | Contact: D. Caviness, 315-470-6632

· Huntington Lecture Series "Tiger Beetles and Leopard Frogs: Rare Animals and the New York Natural Heritage Program"

1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Adirondack Interpretive Center - 5922 State Route 28N, Newcomb NY | Full Schedule
For over 40 years, this public lecture series has been showcasing the latest science and research in the Adirondacks. This week's topic: "Tiger Beetles and Leopard Frogs: Rare Animals and the New York Natural Heritage Program" presented by Dr. Matthew Schlesinger, ... Read More
Sponsor: Northern Forest Institute | Contact: Kristin Pasquino, 518-582-2000

Saturday, August 9, 2014

· Northern New York Audubon's Bird Walk

9:00 am - 11:00 am | Adirondack Interpretive Center - 5922 State Route 28N, Newcomb NY | More AIC Events!
Join us for a beautiful 2-3 mile walk in the privately owned Huntington Wildlife Forest. We will be traveling along a level dirt road that visits a lovely marsh, a small pond and includes both conifer and hardwood habitats. Call 518-582-2000 or email aic@esf.edu ... Read More
Sponsor: Northern Forest Institute | Contact: Adirondack Interpretive Center, 518-582-2000

· Mid-Summer Walk with Peter O'Shea

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Adirondack Interpretive Center - 5922 State Route 28N, Newcomb NY | More AIC Events!
Favorite guest naturalist Peter O'Shea joins us for a guided nature walk searching for fruiting plants, singing birds, and other signs of summer along the trails. Call 518-582-2000 or email aic@esf.edu to register.
Sponsor: Northern Forest Institute | Contact: Adirondack Interpretive Center, 518-582-2000

Sunday, August 10, 2014

· The Sun: Earth's Essential Star

11:00 am - 1:00 pm | Adirondack Interpretive Center - 5922 State Route 28N, Newcomb NY | More AIC Events!
Did you know there are telescopes in space that are looking at the Sun 24 hours a day? Led by amateur astronomer Bob Fisher, learn what these telescopes have found and what it means for us on Earth. Weather permitting, participants will go outside to safely ... Read More
Sponsor: Northern Forest Institute | Contact: Adirondack Interpretive Center, 518-582-2000

Monday, August 11, 2014

· Capstone Seminar - Anna Ebers

10:00 am - 11:00 am | 314 Bray Hall
'Policy Impacts on Generating Capacity in Forest Bioenergy Sector in the United States'

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

· All About Black Bears

Thursday, August 14, 2014

· "Meet the President" at the SUNY-ESF North Country Alumni Reunion

5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Sackets Harbor Gazebo across from Visitor's center at 301 West Main Street, Sackets Harbor, NY 13685
Join fellow alumni in welcoming President Quentin Wheeler to the ESF family. Reception with heavy hors d'oeuvres will conclude with President Wheeler presenting "Perspectives on ESF: Building on the Past, Envisioning the Future" A boat tour of the Thousand Islands ... Read More
Sponsor: SUNY-ESF Alumni Association | Contact: Debbie J. Caviness, SUNY-ESF Alumni Relations Director, 3154706632

· Huntington Lecture Series "Rusty Blackbirds: The "Boreal Oriole" in Deep Trouble"

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Adirondack Interpretive Center - 5922 State Route 28N, Newcomb NY | Full Schedule
For over 40 years, this public lecture series has been showcasing the latest science and research in the Adirondacks. This week's topic: "Rusty Blackbirds: The "Boreal Oriole" in Deep Trouble" presented by Shannon Buckley, Syracuse University.
Sponsor: Northern Forest Institute | Contact: Kristin Pasquino, 518-582-2000

Friday, August 15, 2014

· Symposium: Toward A More Diverse Adirondacks

Saturday, August 16, 2014

8:00 am - 5:00 pm | Adirondack Interpretive Center - 5922 State Route 28N, Newcomb NY | Schedule, Registration and More Info
This symposium will explore diversity and the Adirondacks through the multiple perspectives of history, the present and the future in order to recognize and better understand it, to discuss strategies for reducing the diversity gap and finally to forge a regional ... Read More
Sponsor: SUNY-ESF, Adk Council, Adk Almanack, Adk Foundation, Adk Futures, Common Ground Alliance, and others | Contact: Adirondack Interpretive Center, 518-582-2000

Sunday, August 17, 2014

· Managing White Pine in the Adirondacks - A workshop for foresters, loggers and landowners

Tuesday, August 19, 2014

8:00 am - 4:00 pm | Adirondack Interpretive Center - 5922 State Route 28N, Newcomb NY
In this workshop, participants will explore options for managing planted or natural white pine stands based on recent research by natural resource scientists. Presenters include Dr. Rene Germain and Dr. Chistopher Nowak, both professors at SUNY-ESF; and Stacy ... Read More
Contact: Kristin Pasquino, 518-582-2000

Saturday, August 23, 2014

10:00 am - 10:00 pm | NYS Fairgrounds, Geddes. Science & Industry Building
The Department of Environmental Resources Engineering will present a hands-on exhibit for fair-goers from 10 am to 6 pm at the SUNY exhibit in the Science and Industry Building. From 6 to 10 pm, kids can make environmentally friendly arts and crafts.
Contact: Karen B. Moore, 6647

· Our Magnificent Milky Way

8:00 pm - 9:30 pm | Adirondack Interpretive Center - 5922 State Route 28N, Newcomb NY | More AIC Events!
The Milky Way is the destination for the evening! Local amateur astronomer Bob Fisher will lead participants on a tour through the summer sky both indoors and outdoors (weather permitting). Stargazers of all ages are welcome. Call 518-582-2000 or email aic@esf.edu ... Read More
Sponsor: Northern Forest Institute | Contact: Adirondack Interpretive Center, 518-582-2000

Sunday, August 24, 2014

· New Student Ice Cream Social

2:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Gateway Center Concourse | ONGOING —continues through Saturday, August 24, 2013
The ESF Alumni Association will welcome all new incoming students with an Ice Cream Social and Pin Ceremony. This is a great tradition that both alumni and students enjoy!
Sponsor: ESF Alumni Association | Contact: ESF Alumni Office, 315-470-6632

Monday, August 25, 2014

NYS Fairgrounds, Geddes. Science & Industry Building
Make handmade paper with the Department of Paper and Bioprocess Engineering from 10 am to 6 pm at the SUNY exhibit in the Science and Industry Building. From 6 to 10 pm, kids can make environmentally friendly arts and crafts.
Contact: Karen B. Moore, 6647

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

10:00 am - 10:00 pm | NYS Fairgrounds, Geddes. Science & Industry Building
The Department of Forest and Natural Resources Management will be handing out seedlings from 10 am to 6 pm at the SUNY exhibit in the Science and Industry Building. From 6 to 10 pm, kids can make environmentally friendly arts and crafts.
Contact: Karen Moore, 6647

Thursday, August 28, 2014

10:00 am - 10:00 pm | NYS Fairgrounds, Geddes. Science & Industry Building
The Department of Chemistry will present a hands-on science experiments for fairgoers from 10 am to 6 pm at the SUNY exhibit in the Science and Industry Building. From 6 to 10 pm, kids can make environmentally friendly arts and crafts.
Contact: Karen B. Moore, 6647

Friday, August 29, 2014

· Watercolor Workshop with artist Frances Gaffney

Saturday, August 30, 2014

10:00 am - 3:00 pm | Adirondack Interpretive Center - 5922 State Route 28N, Newcomb NY | More AIC Events!
Award winning painter and AIC's Artist-in-Residence, Frances Gaffney will demonstrate her approach, materials, and equipment. Frances will choose a scene to paint and participants will gather around and paint along with her in a step-by-step method. By observing ... Read More
Sponsor: Northern Forest Institute | Contact: Kristin Pasquino, 518-582-2000

Sunday, August 31, 2014

· Adirondack Fly Fishing Retreat

Thursday, September 11, 2014

· Academic Symposium

1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Gateway Center
"Foundation for a New American Environmentalism" academic symposium. Part of the ESF Presidential Inauguration Celebration.
Contact: Valerie Luzadis , 6693

Friday, September 12, 2014

Adirondack Interpretive Center - 5922 State Route 28N, Newcomb NY | ONGOING —continues through Sunday, September 14, 2014 | More AIC Events!
Geared toward beginning fly fishers, this workshop will not only focus on the art of fly casting and fly fishing, but also on the natural science of fly fishing. Led by licensed fly fishing guides with backgrounds in environmental science, the workshop will ... Read More
Sponsor: Northern Forest Institute | Contact: Kristin Pasquino, 518-582-2000

· Presidential Installation Ceremony

10:00 am - 12:00 pm | Hendricks Chapel, Syracuse University
Installation of ESF President Quentin Wheeler in Hendricks Chapel. Reception to follow in the Gateway Center for campus community.
Contact: Karen Moore, 3154706647

· Onondaga Lake Bioblitz

3:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Onondaga Lake | ONGOING —continues through Saturday, September 13, 2014
An inventory of all the flora and fauna identified during a 24-hour period at Onondaga Lake will be conducted beginning Sept. 12 at 3 p.m.
Contact: Dr. Donald Leopold, 470-6743

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

· The Honorable Harvest: Indigenous Knowledge and Conservation

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

7:30 pm - 12:00 am | Gateway Center
In 2014, we commemorate the 100th anniversary of the extinction of the passenger pigeon, as EFB Professor Robin Wall Kimmerer shares insights from indigenous environmental ethics on species conservation. Dr. Kimmerer is the Director of the ESF Center for Native ... Read More
Sponsor: Dale L. Travis Public Lecture Series | Contact: Catherine Landis

Saturday, September 27, 2014

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

9:00 am - 1:30 pm | Gateway Center
ESF in the High School partner schools campus visit. The program includes presentation by Dr. Beal and campus tour.
Sponsor: ESF Outreach | Contact: Richard E. Beal, 470-4867

Thursday, October 2, 2014

9:00 am - 1:00 pm | Nifkin Lounge, Marshall Hall
Campus visit by partner schools with faculty presentation and tours.
Sponsor: ESF Office of Outreach | Contact: Richard E. Beal, 470-4867

Tuesday, October 7, 2014

· Senior Reunion and Alumni & Family Fall BBQ Weekend

9:00 am - 1:30 pm | Gateway Center
ESF in the High School partner schools campus visit. Program includes presentation by Dr. Beal and campus tour.
Sponsor: ESF Outreach | Contact: Richard E. Beal, 470-4867

Thursday, October 9, 2014

SUNY-ESF Campus | ONGOING —continues through Saturday, October 11, 2014 | Overnight Accommodations with Group Rates
Make plans now to attend the Senior Reunion and Alumni and Family Fall BBQ Weekend 2014, October 9th through October 11th. We have a full weekend of activities planned for you, with some special Senior Reunion events on Thursday and Friday. You will be joined ... Read More
Sponsor: ESF Alumni Association | Contact: ESF Alumni Association, 315-470-6632

· SAF National Convention Alumni Reception

9:00 am - 1:30 pm | Nifkin Lounge, Marshall Hall
ESF in the High School partner schools campus visit. Program includes presentation by Dr. Beal and campus tour.
Sponsor: ESF Outreach | Contact: Richard E. Beal, 470-4867

7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Salt Lake City, UT
If you are attending the SAF National Convention, or just live in the Salk Lake City area, come out and join fellow alumni for a special ESF alumni reception. Location TBA.
Sponsor: ESF Alumni Association | Contact: ESF Alumni Office, 315-470-6632

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Thursday, October 16, 2014

· ESF in the HS Teacher Professional Development

9:00 am - 1:00 pm | Nifkin Lounge, Marshall Hall
Campus visit by partner schools with faculty presentations and tours.
Contact: Richard E. Beal, 470-4867

Friday, October 17, 2014

8:00 am - 4:00 pm | 408 Baker
Teacher professional development day for ESF in the HS Global Environment teachers.
Sponsor: ESF Outreach | Contact: Richard E. Beal, 470-4867

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Thursday, October 23, 2014

9:00 am - 1:00 pm | Nifkin Lounge, Marshall Hall
Campus visit by partner schools with faculty presentations and tours.
Contact: Richard E. Beal, 470-4867

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Thursday, October 30, 2014

Thursday, November 6, 2014

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Thursday, November 13, 2014