ESF Calendar of Events
TODAY IS:
Saturday, April 4, 2020
Students Calendar
Saturday
SUNY Undergraduate Research Conference
8:00 am - 4:00 pm | Gateway Center | The SUNY Undergraduate Research Conference (SURC) is a multidisciplinary spring semester event that brings together undergraduate students and faculty mentors from across the SUNY system for a full day of activities, including sessions devoted to student presentations ... Read More | Sponsor: SUNY | Contact: Lauren LaTrray, 315-470-6889
Monday
Gateway | The Clothesline Project brings awareness to the issue of sexual assault. Students can create a t-shirt that memorializes their own abuse to further their healing process, or create a shirt to acknowledge and memorialize the abuse of a loved one, or to support ... Read More | Sponsor: Counseling Services | Contact: Ruth A. Larson, 315-470-4716
Environmental Studies Seniors Showcase (CANCELED)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Nifkin Alumni Lounge, Marshall Hall | 7th Annual Environmental Studies Seniors Showcase, juried poster-presentations by seniors graduating in May or December 2020. Open to the campus community. (Note: This Event has been CANCELED due to the Coronavirus.) | Sponsor: Dept. of Environmental Studies | Contact: David Sonnenfeld, 315.470.6636
Tuesday
Gateway | The Clothesline Project brings awareness to the issue of sexual assault. Students can create a t-shirt that memorializes their own abuse to further their healing process, or create a shirt to acknowledge and memorialize the abuse of a loved one, or to support ... Read More | Sponsor: Counseling Services | Contact: Ruth A. Larson, 315-470-4716
Wednesday
Gateway | The Clothesline Project brings awareness to the issue of sexual assault. Students can create a t-shirt that memorializes their own abuse to further their healing process, or create a shirt to acknowledge and memorialize the abuse of a loved one, or to support ... Read More | Sponsor: Counseling Services | Contact: Ruth A. Larson, 315-470-4716
Thursday
Gateway | The Clothesline Project brings awareness to the issue of sexual assault. Students can create a t-shirt that memorializes their own abuse to further their healing process, or create a shirt to acknowledge and memorialize the abuse of a loved one, or to support ... Read More | Sponsor: Counseling Services | Contact: Ruth A. Larson, 315-470-4716
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense - Narayana Raju Jampana
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm | 323 Walters Hall | Dissertation Title: Optimization studies of cellulose fiber hydrolysis using membrane bioreactor and enzyme recycle | Contact: Christina Limpert, 315-470-6722
Friday
Gateway | The Clothesline Project brings awareness to the issue of sexual assault. Students can create a t-shirt that memorializes their own abuse to further their healing process, or create a shirt to acknowledge and memorialize the abuse of a loved one, or to support ... Read More | Sponsor: Counseling Services | Contact: Ruth A. Larson, 315-470-4716
Candidacy Exam -- Oral -- Anne McElwee
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm | TBD | Department: FCH Environmental Chemistry Program: Ph.D. | Contact: Dylan Parry, 315-470-6753
Monday
11:00 am - 1:00 pm | Gateway Center | The Clothesline Project brings awareness to the issue of Sexual Assault. Students can create a t-shirt that memorializes their own abuse to further their healing process, or create a shirt to acknowledge and memorialize the abuse of a loved one, or to support ... Read More | Sponsor: Counseling Services | Contact: Ruth Larson, 315-565-3017
Tuesday
11:00 am - 1:00 pm | Gateway Center | The Clothesline Project brings awareness to the issue of sexual assault. Students can create a t-shirt that memorializes their own abuse to further their healing process, or create a shirt to acknowledge and memorialize the abuse of a loved one, or to support ... Read More | Sponsor: Counseling Services | Contact: Ruth Larson, 315-565-3017
Wednesday
11:00 am - 1:00 pm | Gateway Center | The Clothesline Project brings awareness to the issue of sexual assault. Students can create a t-shirt that memorializes their own abuse to further their healing process, or create a shirt to acknowledge and memorialize the abuse of a loved one, or to support ... Read More | Sponsor: Counseling Services | Contact: Ruth Larson, 315-565-3017
Thursday
M.S. Thesis Defense - Zainab Tariq
10:00 am - 12:30 pm | 324 Bray Hall | Comparative Lifecycle Assessment of Shrub Willow Evapotranspiration Cover Verses Conventional Clay and Geosynthetic Covers | Contact: Gregory McGee, 315-470-6792
11:00 am - 1:00 pm | Gateway Center | The Clothesline Project brings awareness to the issue of sexual assault. Students can create a t-shirt that memorializes their own abuse to further their healing process, or create a shirt to acknowledge and memorialize the abuse of a loved one, or to support ... Read More | Sponsor: Counseling Services | Contact: Ruth Larson, 315-565-3017
Sustainability Management Webinar
11:00 am - 11:45 am | online | Sustainability Management webinar | ESF’s Sustainable Facilities Manager, Sue Fassler, is featured in this webinar and will discuss her experiences working in the field of sustainability. We’ll also talk about her position and sustainability improvements that have been recently made at ESF during ... Read More | Sponsor: ESF Open Academy | Contact: Katherine Lang, 315470-6817
M.S. Thesis Defense -- Patrick Borges Rodrigues
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm | 141 Baker Laboratory | Title: Skeleton-based Automatic Reconstruction and Classification of Pipes Through Processing Point Clouds and Thermal Images Using MATLAB and Dynamo for Revit | Contact: Matthew Smith, 315-470-6724
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | online or call in | Event Website | Come network with other women across campus! Short breaks help individuals regroup and gain fresh perspectives, and diversity of thought is beneficial for problem solving. Networking and group mentoring are recommended to remove power differentials, and makes ... Read More | Sponsor: ESF Women's Caucus | Contact: Heather Engelman, 315-470-4752
6:00 pm - 6:30 pm | Leaves from Nifkin Alumni Lounge | Formerly known as Take Back the Night, this event is a march through campus to show our solidarity with sexual assault survivors and to call an end to rape culture. | Sponsor: Counseling Services | Contact: Ruth Larson, 315-565-3017
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Nifkin Alumni Lounge | Use your voice. Tell your story. Be heard! | Sponsor: Counseling Services | Contact: Ruth Larson, 315-565-3017
Friday
M.S. Thesis Defense - Xavier R. Schafer
10:30 am - 12:30 pm | Google Meet | Thesis Title: Speciation of Oxidized Mercury Compounds Via Mass Spectrometry and Investigation of Their Uptake in Soil Program: FCH Environmental Chemistry | Contact: Eddie Bevilacqua, 315-470-6697
Saturday
9:00 am - 2:00 am | Bray Rotunda | Come join us as we celebrate both Earth Week & Spring Campus Day of Service! We will be at various locations in our community from Syracuse Grows gardens, local parks and Oakwood. | Contact: Laura Crandall
Sunday
12:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Thornden Park Ampitheater | Join Syracuse University Sustainability Management, NYPIRG ESF/SU and SU Students of Sustainability for EARTHFEST 2020: a sustainable music & art festival to celebrate Earth Day. We'll unite over art, music, and the planet in the Thornden Park Amphitheater. ... Read More | Contact: Melissa Cadwell
Monday
7:30 am - 9:00 am | Nifkin Lounge | Happy Earth Week! Start off your week with a free breakfast! There will be coffee, bagels, fruit and more! | Sponsor: Undergraduate Student Association
10:00 am - 4:00 pm | Gateway Student Tabling Area | Come purchase an Earth Week T-shirt and stickers with designs created by students. | Sponsor: Earth Week Committe | Contact: Gillian Hall
11:00 am - 3:00 pm | Quad (Rain Location: 12 Bray aka Bray Space) | Come drop off old gear or clothes and pick up some other used gear - one's junk is another's treasure. | Sponsor: Global Environment | Contact: Eva Sideris
12:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Nifkin Lounge | Join the Earth Week Committee in celebrating Earth Day 2020. The event will be catered by local businesses. | Sponsor: Earth Week Committe | Contact: Laura Crandall
Earth Week Poetry Coffee House
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | 110 Moon Library | Come listen to poetry and stories. Time allotted for attendees to read their own poetry. Coffee and cookies provided. Free with support from Moon Library, ESF Writing Program and ESF in the High School. | Sponsor: Earth Week Committee | Contact: Maura Stefl
Tuesday
ESF's Clean Energy Master Plan
9:00 am - 10:00 am | Gateway | Learn more about the present status of ESF's Clean Energy Master Plan. There will be updates on campus energy-use, emission reductions, fossil fuel use, and the path moving forward. | Sponsor: Earth Week Committee | Contact: Justin Heavey
9:00 am - 1:00 pm | Parking Lot P22 (Near Centennial Hall) | We have partnered with Onondaga Earth Corps to plant 40 trees around parking lot P22 (by Centennial Hall) and we need your help! Multiple teams of volunteers will plant trees, under the guidance of trained team leaders. Please come and go as you are able! | Sponsor: Grounds Crew | Contact: Sue Fassler
9:00 am - 12:00 pm | Gateway Student Tabling | Let Congress know what you think about the state of our government's stance on the environment, climate change, plastic use, the health of our water systems, or any other issue you feel they should address. | Sponsor: Earth Week Committee | Contact: Danielle Follet
9:30 am - 4:30 pm | Quad (Rain Location: Marshall Foyer) | Come join us for this ESF tradition! Tie-dye a Earth Week t-shirt or bring something of your own. Earth Week shirts and stickers will be available for sale. | Sponsor: Earth Week Committee | Contact: Gillian Hall
11:00 am - 1:00 pm | ESF Quad (Rain Location: Nifkin Lounge) | Come enjoy creating your own terrarium while sipping on a delicious cup of tea with the Plant Propagation Club! Bring your own jar or pick up one from us, then get planting with succulents, moss, and other decor. | Sponsor: Earth Week Committe & PPC | Contact: Matthew Carras
Writing Workshop: Citation Formatting
11:00 am - 12:00 pm | Moon 19 | Event Website | WRC tutors will review both in-text citation formats and reference list formatting for research papers, essays, and reports. We will address the basics of citation, as well as the unique challenges (No author? No date? No problem!). Students are encouraged to ... Read More | Sponsor: The Writing Resource Center | Contact: Karin Patzke , 315-470-6756
Wednesday
9:30 am - 4:30 pm | Quad (Rain Location: Marshall Foyer) | Come join us for this ESF tradition! Tie-dye a Earth Week t-shirt or bring something of your own. Earth Week shirts and stickers will be available for sale. | Sponsor: Earth Week Committee | Contact: Gillian Hall
10:00 am - 4:00 pm | ESF Quad (Rain Location: Gateway) | Multiple local farms and other vendors will be coming to campus to display and sell their goods. Come check it out and support local business! | Contact: Caitlin Spurling
11:00 am - 3:00 am | Quad (Rain Location: 12 Bray aka Bray Space) | Come drop off old gear or clothes and pick up some other used gear - one's junk is another's treasure. | Sponsor: Global Environment | Contact: Eva Sideris
Thursday
Postponed: Take our Kids to Work Day (new date TBD)
Nifkin Lounge, Quad, + | Event Website | Celebrate more than 25 years of sharing ESF careers with hands-on workshops for 8-11 yr olds with an adult who works or studies here. | Sponsor: ESF Women's Caucus | Contact: Heather Engelman, 315-470-4752
9:00 am - 12:00 pm | Gateway Student Tabling | Let Congress know what you think about the state of our government's stance on the environment, climate change, plastic use, the health of our water systems, or any other issue you feel they should address. | Sponsor: Earth Week Committee | Contact: Danielle Follet
9:30 am - 4:30 pm | Quad (Rain Location: Marshall Foyer) | Come join us for this ESF tradition! Tie-dye a Earth Week t-shirt or bring something of your own. Earth Week shirts and stickers will be available for sale. | Sponsor: Earth Week Committee | Contact: Gillian Hall
MS Thesis Defense - Zainab Tariq
10:00 am - 12:00 pm | TBD | Thesis Title: Comparative Lifecycle Assessment of Shrub Willow Evapotranspiration Cover Verses Conventional Clay and Geosynthetic Covers | Contact: Gregory McGee, 315-470-6792
Ph.D. Dissertation Defense – Chelsea Jahant-Miller
10:00 am - 12:00 pm | 217 Bray Hall | Dissertation title: Environmental Drivers of Mrophological and Physiological Adaptation in an Invasive Defoliator, Lymantria dispar | Sponsor: Environmental and Forest Biology | Contact: Giorgos Mountrakis, 315-470-4824
Sharon Owens, Deputy Mayor of Syracuse
11:00 am - 12:20 pm | Marshall Auditorium | Event Website | Join Sharon F. Owens, Deputy Major for the City of Syracuse, as she talks about lead paint remediation. | Sponsor: Earth Week Committee | Contact: Laura Crandall, 3154704921
11:00 am - 1:00 pm | Gateway Green Roof | Calling all green thumbs!! Come help get the Gateway Center green roof ready for spring! Dr. Leopold will lead a 30-minute training session to explain proper plant and green roof maintenance. The next hour and a half will be spent trimming, cutting back and ... Read More | Sponsor: Earth Week Committee | Contact: Sue Fassler
11:00 am - 1:00 pm | Gateway Concourse | Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) is hosting our annual art symposium, exhibiting artwork created by students on campus and auctioning them off to raise funds for a local conservation organization. | Sponsor: The Society for Conservation Biology | Contact: Bryn Giambona
12:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Nifkin Lounge | Join Cindy Page of the Page Wildlife Center as they come to campus for a birds of prey exhibition. Come share a room with eagles, hawks, owls, and falcons. | Sponsor: Earth Week Committee
Candidacy Exam -- Oral -- Sarah Caltabiano
1:00 pm - 3:30 pm | TBD | Department: EFB Enviromental Physiology Degree: Ph.D. | Contact: Susan Anagnost, 315-470-6837
Friday
11:00 am - 3:00 pm | Quad (Rain Location: 12 Bray aka Bray Space) | Come drop off old gear or clothes and pick up some other used gear - one's junk is another's treasure. | Sponsor: Global Environment | Contact: Eva Sideris
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm | Nifkin | Join Dr. Matthew Hayek, Dr. Kristiansen, and others to learn more about how to eat sustainably. | Sponsor: Earth Week Committee | Contact: Sofia Abuqube
MS: Thesis Defense -- Geoffrey Golick
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Baker Laboratory Room 107 | Thesis Title:Pollutant Removal Performance of Biofiltration Soil Medium | Contact: Lee Newman, 315-470-4937
9:00 pm - 1:00 am | Nifkin Lounge | Join ESF Insomniacs for a late night safe space on campus. Food and fun for all that come! | Sponsor: ESF Insomniacs | Contact: Kristen Tan
Tuesday
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Quad! or Nifkin (rain location) | Woohoo! Last day of classes! Come celebrate the end of the Spring 2020 semester with free food and drinks! | Sponsor: Undergraduate Student Association
Global Conservation Lectures (Canceled)
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Gateway Center | Event Website | The Global Conservation Lectures have been canceled until further notice. Precision conservation at the scale of a nation. Presented by Dr. Healy Hamilton, Chief Scientist at NatureServe. Thanks to NatureServe, conservation intelligence is now available ... Read More | Sponsor: Camp Fire Conservation Fund, ESF Alumni Association, Dale Travis ’59, Environmental Forest & Biology | Contact: ESF Alumni Association, x6632
Wednesday
Campus Wide | Denim Day is a worldwide event that began in the 1990s. An Italian court overruled a rape conviction citing that the victim had been wearing jeans and had to have been complicit in their removal. We wear denim to call an end to victim blaming. | Sponsor: Counseling Services | Contact: Ruth Larson, 315-565-3017
Campus wide | The Choose Action Network is asking the entire campus to wear Denim to show we believe that it is never the victim's/survivor's fault when they experience sexual violence. | Sponsor: Choose Action Network | Contact: Jennifer Keating, 315-470-4867
MS: Thesis Defense -- Amanda Charette
1:00 pm - 3:30 pm | 122 Jahn Laboratory | Title: Assessing Residential Socioeconomic Factors Associated with Pollutant Releases using EPA's Toxic Release Inventory | Contact: Shannon Farrell, 315-470-6757
Thursday
MS: Thesis Defense -- Xue Dong
11:00 am - 1:00 pm | Moon Library 110 | Thesis Title: Investigating Impacts on Visitors' Environmental Attitudes and Behavior through Innovative Interpretive Media: A Design-Based Research Study. | Contact: Anthony Miller, 315-470-6551
Friday
11:30 am - 12:45 pm | online or call in | Event Website | “No time to lounge during finals!” Of course not! Short breaks help individuals regroup and gain fresh perspectives, and diversity of thought is beneficial for problem solving. Networking and group mentoring are recommended to remove power differentials, and ... Read More | Sponsor: ESF Women's Caucus | Contact: Heather Engelman, 315-470-4752
Monday
ONGOING —continues through Wednesday, May 6, 2020 | Contact: Beth Minard, 6654
Wednesday
Candidacy Exam - Oral - Nicholas Fowler
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Online | Program of Study: EFB Ecology | Contact: Ruth Owens, 315-470-4780
Thursday
Inclusive Excellence Graduation Reception
Gateway Center | The Inclusive Excellence Graduation Reception honors our graduating Graduate Diversity Fellows, International students, students of color, CSTEP and EOP students, and members of Kings, LASS, and the Rainbow Scholars. Each graduating student will receive a special ... Read More
Saturday
11:00 am - 12:00 am | Chemistry, 1st floor Baker Atrium, near canoe Environmental and Forest Biology, Illick Hall Foyer Environmental Resource Engineering, Gateway Center Environmental Science, 408 Baker Lab Environmental Studies, Alumni (Nifkin) Lounge Forest and Natural Resources ... Read More
Thursday
| Contact: Beth Minard, 6654
Wednesday
Candidacy Exam - Oral - Kalyani Mer
10:00 am - 12:00 pm | TBD | Department: Environmental Resources Engineering Degree: Ph.D. | Sponsor: Environmental Resources Engineering | Contact: Kurt Stavenhagen, 315-470-4942
Monday
| Contact: Beth Minard, 6654
Candidacy Exam -- Oral -- Moory Romero Fernandez
9:00 am - 11:00 am | 407 Baker Lab | Program: ESC Environmental and Natural Resources Policy Degree: Ph.D. | Contact: Lindi Quackenbush, 315470-4727
Monday
| Contact: Beth Minard, 6654
Tuesday
| Contact: Beth Minard, 6654
10:00 am - 1:00 pm | Gateway Center | Stop by the annual Study Abroad fair to meet with representatives from SUNY institutions and study abroad partners. Learn about short-term, summer, and semester long study abroad programs around the world! | Sponsor: Office of International Education | Contact: Kerrie Findlay, 315-470-4903
Friday
| Contact: Beth Minard, 6654
Tuesday
Graduate and Professional School Fair
11:00 am - 1:30 pm | Gateway Center | Event Website | Interested in furthering your education? Attend the Graduate and Professional School Fair to speak with representatives from graduate schools, law schools, medical programs, etc. Log into Handshake now to see the list of institutions that will be here! Consider ... Read More | Sponsor: Career Services Office | Contact: Casey Duffy, 3154704738
Monday
ONGOING —continues through Tuesday, November 3, 2020 | Contact: Beth Minard, 6654
Friday
Last day to withdraw from a class with a grade of W
| Contact: Beth Minard, 6654
Wednesday
ONGOING —continues through Friday, December 11, 2020 | Contact: Beth Minard, 6654
Sunday
ONGOING —continues through Sunday, November 29, 2020 | Contact: Beth Minard, 6654
Friday
Last day to withdraw from a class with a grade of W or WF
| Contact: Beth Minard, 6654
Friday
| Contact: Beth Minard, 6654
Saturday
ONGOING —continues through Sunday, December 13, 2020
Monday
ONGOING —continues through Wednesday, December 16, 2020 | Contact: Beth Minard, 6654
Tuesday
Thursday
8:00 am - 12:00 pm
12:00 pm - 10:00 pm | Contact: Beth Minard, 6654
Friday
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Thursday
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Monday
Martin Luther King Day - no classes
| Contact: Beth Minard, 6654
Tuesday
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Tuesday
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Friday
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Sunday
ONGOING —continues through Sunday, March 21, 2021 | Contact: Beth Minard, 6654
Tuesday
Last day to withdraw from a class with a grade of W
| Contact: Beth Minard, 6654
Tuesday
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Gateway Center | Event Website | The Internship and Engagement Expo will have sophomores/juniors/seniors tabling about their internship/engagement experiences to other ESF students. A variety of experiences will be represented including i.e. internships (industry, research, government), field ... Read More | Sponsor: Career Services Office | Contact: Casey Duffy, 315-470-4738
