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Thursday
Dissertation Defense - Shruti Mokashi
10:30 am - 12:30 pm | 407 Baker | Sponsor: Office of Instruction & Graduate Studies | Contact: Christopher Whipps, 470-4762
Chemistry Department Seminar Series: Dr. Lee T. Murray
11:00 am - 12:00 pm | 145 Baker Laboratory | Dr. Lee T. Murray, University of Rochester will present a seminar on research. Dr. Huiting Mao, host. | Sponsor: The Chemistry Department | Contact: M'Lis Traver, 3154706853
Indigenous Science and Academic Science: Can we learn to see with both eyes?
11:00 am - 1:00 pm | Nifkin Lounge, Marshall Hall, ESF | Event Facebook page | What is your way of knowing? What is your lens? Worldviews shape our ways of understanding, yet it is possible to hold multiple perspectives. In this workshop, we will explore two ways of knowing: Indigenous science and academic science. Through both lenses, ... Read More | Sponsor: Center for Native Peoples and the Environment
Adaptive Peaks Seminar - Josh Millspaugh
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | 5 Illick | Our speakers this semester follow a theme i.e., "Effecting Change from Local to Global Scales." | Sponsor: Dept. of Environmental & Forest Biology | Contact: Jerry Belant, 4826
Friday
Capstone Seminar - Ben Carpenter
9:00 am - 10:00 am | 213 Marshall Hall | Capstone Seminar Gendered Wilderness: Variations in Gendered Perceptions and Experiences in Wilderness Advocacy and Recreation Settings Ben Carpenter MS Candidate (May 2019) Environmental Studies Advisor: Elizabeth Vidon 9:00am April 19th, 2019 Marshall ... Read More | Sponsor: Environmental Studies | Contact: Rebecca Hart, 315-470-6636
ERE's Planning & Design Project's Oral Presentations
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Gateway - Conference Rooms A & B | Event Website | ERE's Planning & Design Project's Oral Presentations 2019.Presentations will be followed by induction ceremony for graduating seniors into the Order of the Engineer | Sponsor: Environmental Resources Engineering | Contact: Doug Daley, 315-470-4760
Thesis Defense - Gregory Kronisch
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Illick 8 | Sponsor: Office of Instruction & Graduate Studies | Contact: Susan Agnost, 470-6837
Monday
10:30 am - 2:00 pm | ESF Quad (Rain Location: 12 Bray aka | ONGOING —continues through Friday, April 26, 2019 | An event for Earth Week where students can come and swap out their gently used clothing/shoes for others! Donations will be accepted all week. At the end of the week, all leftover clothes will be donated to "We Rise Above the Streets" | Contact: Madison L Cullen, 3157775696
11:00 am - 2:00 pm | Nifkin Lounge | Join the Earth Week Committee in celebrating Earth Day 2019 with our first Sustainable Stumpy Potluck! The event will be catered by a few local businesses, as well as your fellow peers & student organizations! Each person gets 3 free tickets for 3 free samples. ... Read More | Contact: Elaina Lomery, 8189357411
1:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Meeting in front of Schine on SU campus | Come celebrate Earth Day and healthy living by joining us for the Monday Mile around Syracuse Campus! Wear tie-dye and hope for good weather as we enjoy music and exploring the Monday Mile pathway.
Earth Week Poetry Coffee House
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | 110 Moon Library | Event Flyer | Michael Czarnecki will share poems and stories. Time allotted for attendees to read their own poetry. Coffee and cookies provided. Free With Support by Moon Library, ESF Writing Program and ESF in the High School. | Sponsor: ESFHS | Contact: Maura H. Stefl, 315-470-6811
Tuesday
7:30 am - 9:30 am | Nifkin | Stop by Nifkin between 7:30 and 9:30am for some free bagels, pastries, fruit, juice, and coffee. Open to all students, faculty and staff | Sponsor: USA | Contact: Madison Cullen, 3157775696
9:30 am - 4:00 pm | ESF 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.
Oakwood Cemetery Cultural Landscape Tour
10:00 am - 11:00 am | Meeting in front of Moon Library | This Earth Week, discover the cultural landscape of Oakwood Cemetery designed by Howard Daniels in 1859. Tour led by Professor George W. Curry. Meet at 9:45am in front of Moon Library. Tour will begin at 10am at Oakwood chapel.
11:00 am - 12:50 pm | Meet at the Robin Hood Oak | Join ESF Alumni on a tour of the Syracuse Connective Corridor. The Connective Corridor is a traffic calming project with emphasis on improving pedestrian and bicycle accommodations and public transportation to create a “Complete Street” and signature urban ... Read More
Climate Change and Human Health
11:00 am - 12:30 pm | 110 Moon Library | Join the Friends of Moon Library as we welcome ESF graduate and Upstate Medical University Assistant Professor of Medicine Dr. Anna M. Stewart Ibarra to present on and discuss climate change and human health. Dr. Stewart Ibarra is currently a Assistant Professor ... Read More | Contact: Matthew Smith, 470-6711
11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Gateway Tables | Citizens' Climate Lobby | Get a free Earth Week sticker if you write a letter to your Senators and state Representatives! 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 ... Read More | Contact: Annabelle Lee
11:00 am - 1:00 pm | Gateway Green Roof Clean-Up | Calling all green thumbs!! Come help get the Gateway Center green roof ready for spring! Dr. Leopold will lead a 30-minute training session (11am-11:30am) to explain proper plant and green roof maintenance. The next hour and a half will be spent trimming, cutting ... Read More
11:00 am - 1:00 pm | ESF Quad (Rain Location: Nifkin) | 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: Plant Propagation Club | Contact: Lina Presutti
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Gateway Event Center | This event is open and anyone can attend. Including off campus guests & community members. Dale Bryk helps leverage the wide variety of skills and expertise that NRDC brings to our climate and energy work. She previously served as chief planning officer, where ... Read More | Sponsor: Earth Week
Hydrological System Science Seminar: Student Presentation
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Moon Library Room 110 | Event Website | This presentation in the HSS Seminar Series on Water Research on the University Hill will be a student presentation given by Shannon Booth, Anne McElwee, Carrick Palmer, and Jane Van Vessem entitled "A New Vision of Onondaga Lake". | Sponsor: Great Lakes Research Consortium | Contact: Gregory L. Boyer, 315-470-6825
6:30 pm - 11:00 pm | The Quad (Rain Location Gateway) | Enjoy live outdoor student performances, free food, and flower crown making at AXS's Woodstock inspired Earth Week Concert! | Sponsor: Alpha Xi Sigma | Contact: AXS Vice President
Wednesday
9:00 am - 11:00 am | Nifkin Lounge | Come enjoy yoga and meditation to start off your Wednesday morning! Feel free to come and go as you please.
9:30 am - 4:00 pm | ESF 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.
Sustainability Management Online Degree Completion Program Informational Webinar
11:00 am - 11:45 am | online | Sustainability Management homepage | The SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry invites you to participate in an upcoming informational webinar about the new upper-division online Bachelor of Science degree program in Sustainability Management. This webinar provides an introduction ... Read More | Sponsor: Open Academy | Contact: Katherine Lang, 315-470-6818
Drive Electric Earth Day - Syracuse
11:00 am - 2:00 pm | SUNY ESF Quad | Event Website | Syracuse (and all of Central New York State) takes Part in Drive Electric Earth Day, a free event held in the ESF quad in conjunction with the SUNY ESF Earth Week 2019. The event is from 11 am until 3 pm (EV owners should arrive at 10 am) and is open to the ... Read More | Sponsor: Earth Week Committee | Contact: Sarah Houck, x4719
11:00 am - 2:00 pm | SUNY ESF Quad (rain location Gateway) | Come join us in our annual Earth Week Farmers Market! We will have vendors from the campus and local community. Be sure to pack a sustainable bag for all of your goodies! See you there! | Sponsor: Earth Week Committee | Contact: Sarah Houck, x4719
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Illick 7 | Sponsor: Office of Instruction & Graduate Studies | Contact: Janine DeBaise, 470-4776
Electric Vehicles: What are they? Why would I want one?
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | 110 Moon | Event Website | Sponsor: Student Involvement & Leadership | Contact: Sarah B Houck, x4719
Green Light NY: Driving Together
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Marshall Hall 111 | Event Website | Join members of the Workers Center of Central NY at a workshop on a key environmental and food justice issue in our region: transportation for the migrant farmworkers who grow our food. How can our communities get involved in supporting this effort alongside ... Read More | Contact: Sarah Howard, 315679-7678
ESF Music Society Presents: Earth Week Concert
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | ESF Quad (Nifkin as a rain location) | Sign up to perform here by 4/21 | Join Music Society for our Earth Week Concert! Come see ESF’s talented musicians perform songs during our favorite week of the year! ALL ESF STUDENTS ARE WELCOME TO PERFORM! Contact us for information about borrowing instruments for the concert! All types of ... Read More | Sponsor: ESF Music Society | Contact: Kimberly Badger, 9142556619
Movie Night: Six Degrees Could Change the World
7:30 pm - 10:00 pm | Illick 5 | Kick back & enjoy plant-based snacks at this Earth Week documentary screening. "Six Degrees Could Change the World" illustrates how climate change is slowly but dramatically altering ecosystems across the globe. Come learn about how small changes truly do make ... Read More | Sponsor: Syracuse Animal Rights Organization | Contact: Elaina Lomery, 8189357411
Thursday
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
9:30 am - 4:00 am | ESF 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.
10:30 am - 2:30 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. This years donation will go to the Onondaga Environmental ... Read More | Sponsor: Society for Conservation Biology - CNY Chapter | Contact: Nathan Kiel
11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Gateway Tabling Center | Learn how to recycle properly in Onondaga County! | Contact: Kayla Conway, 7164745583
Oakwood Cemetery & Centennial Hall Design Workshop
11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Centennial Hall 1st Floor Lobby | Help re-envision the relationship between historic Oakwood Cemetery and Centennial Hall - Participate in a landscape design workshop and have your ideas heard! Workshop will explore issues of access, use, and visual relationship with historic Oakwood in new, ... Read More
12:30 pm - 3:30 pm | Nifkin (Alumni) Lounge | Page Wildlife Center | 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 | Contact: Laura Crandall, 315-470-6658
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | 5 Illick Hall | Event Website | Denise Breitburg, Senior Scientist, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD, is the penultimate speaker in the semester long Adaptive Peaks Lecture Series theme of "Effecting Change at Local to Global Scales". Dr. Breitburg directs SERC’s Marine ... Read More | Sponsor: Department of Environmental and Forest Biology and ESF Women's Caucus | Contact: Sandy Polimino, 315-470-6760
The Dirty Life Project - Featured Speakers: Kristin and Mark Kimball
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Gateway Center | Join author and farmers Kristin and Mark Kimball for an hour presentation exploring their path to Essex Farm and their organic, full diet CSA. Essex Farm is in the Champlain Valley, along the eastern border of the Adirondacks and along Lake Champlain. The ... Read More | Sponsor: The Dirty Life Project partners | Contact: Paul B. Hai, 5185824551
The Dirty Life Project - Farm-to-table reception
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm | Gateway Center | Join us between the Kimballls' presentation and our Alumni Panel for a farm-to-table reception catered by Scratch Farmhouse Catering. The reception will feature a wide range of locally sourced and produced foods, and will include comments from owner and Chef ... Read More | Sponsor: The Dirty Life Project partners | Contact: Paul B. Hai, 5185824551
Sustainability Management Online Degree Completion Program Informational Webinar
7:00 pm - 7:45 pm | online | Event Website | The SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry invites you to participate in an upcoming informational webinar about the new upper-division online Bachelor of Science degree program in Sustainability Management. This webinar provides an introduction ... Read More | Sponsor: Open Academy | Contact: Katherine Lang, 315-470-6818
The Dirty Life Project - Alumni in Agriculture Panel Discussion
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm | Gateway Center | Join our panel discussion with four ESF graduates currently working in agriculture careers. Each has a unique pathway to their current positions, and each is working in a different facet of farming and the new agricultural movement. The panel will field questions ... Read More | Sponsor: The Dirty Life Project partners | Contact: Paul B. Hai, 518.582.4551
Friday
Indigenous Science and Academic Science: Can we learn to see with both eyes?
11:00 am - 1:00 pm | Nifkin Lounge, Marshall Hall, ESF | Event Facebook page | What is your way of knowing? What is your lens? Worldviews shape our ways of understanding, yet it is possible to hold multiple perspectives. In this workshop, we will explore two ways of knowing: Indigenous science and academic science. Through both lenses, ... Read More | Sponsor: Center for Native Peoples and the Environment
PhD Capstone Seminar - Adam Fix
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | 12 Illick Hall | "Allies and Adherentes: Intercultural Encounter Across Haudenosaunee and Zapatista Landscapes." PhD Capstone Seminar Adam Fix | Contact: Adam Fix, 716-510-2554
Managing the Storm: Rainwater Management on Campus
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Meeting outside Jahn/Gateway | Join us for a fun comprehensive campus tour of rainwater management technology around ESF campus. Enjoy the outdoors and learn about storm water runoff, and how to prevent it.
Sunday
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Thornden Park Amphitheater | Event Website | Join Syracuse University Sustainability Management, NYPIRG ESF/SU and SU Students of Sustainability for EARTHFEST 2019: 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 | Sponsor: SU and ESF | Contact: Paul Otteson, 315-470-4858
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Goldstein Faculty & Alumni Center, SU | Lavender Graduation Sunday, April 28, 2019 5-7 pm, Goldstein Faculty & Alumni Center Please join us for a gathering of faculty, staff, students, and community members to celebrate and send off the members of the 2019 graduating class. Formerly known as ... Read More | Sponsor: Office of Inclusion Diversity & Equity | Contact: Malika Carter, ext.3016
Tuesday
| Contact: Beth Minard, 6654
Hydrological System Science Seminar: Student Presentation
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Moon Library Room 110 | Event Website | This presentation in the HSS Seminar Series on Water Research on the University Hill will be a student presentation given by Justin Beslity, Dominique Derminio, Michelle Herman, and Courtney Nichols entitled "Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation". | Sponsor: Great Lakes Research Consortium | Contact: Gregory L. Boyer, 315-470-6825
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Quad (rain location Gateway) | Catered free food event where students and staff can enjoy food and beverages, mingle with friends, and celebrate the end of the semester! Don't forget to lug your mug and pack your plate! | Sponsor: USA | Contact: Lydia Loan, 3153809821
Wednesday
Candidacy Examination - Mariano Arias
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Illick 8 | Sponsor: Office of Instruction & Graduate Studies | Contact: Susan Agnost, 470-6837
Forest Adaptation Listening Sessions
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Gateway Center | Event Website | Natural resource professionals need scientifically credible, relevant, and timely information on climate change, its effects on ecosystems, and potential management options in order to effectively respond to climate change. The Northern Institute of Applied ... Read More | Sponsor: ESF & NY Society of American Foresters | Contact: Colin Beier, 315-470-6578
Thesis Defense - Gram Townsend
1:30 pm - 3:30 pm | 145 Baker | Sponsor: Office of Instruction & Graduate Studies | Contact: William Powell, 470-6761
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Gateway Center Concourse | Need a break from studying and writing final papers? Come to the Gateway Center on May 1st at 7pm for a “Pizza Party Study Break!” The Alumni Association will be passing out free pizza and soda (lug your mug!) in recognition of your hard work. Just bring yourselves, ... Read More | Sponsor: ESF Alumni Association
Thursday
9:00 am - 4:00 pm | Nifkin Lounge | ONGOING —continues through Friday, May 3, 2019 | ESF's new Move-Out Program will be collecting donations in Nifkin lounge to be "sold" in a free shop in the fall. This program aims to keep items out of the landfill as students pack up at the end of the semester, while also providing incoming students with ... Read More | Sponsor: Office of Sustainability | Contact: Gabriela Wemple, 5187639389
Friday
11:00 am - 2:00 pm | Quad/Gateway | A great way to relieve some finals stress! There will be free food, fun activities, massages, therapy dogs, and more! | Sponsor: USA | Contact: Madison Cullen, 3157775696
Dissertation Defense - Siqi Li
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm | 407 Baker | Sponsor: Office of Instruction & Graduate Studies | Contact: Donald Leopold, 470-6760
Saturday
8:00 am - 11:00 am | Heiberg Memorial Forest- 7393 Maple Ridge Road, Tully, NY 13159 | Come down to ESF's Heiberg Memorial Forest for our annual pancake breakfast! Enjoy all-you-can-eat pancakes topped with ESF's own maple syrup produced right here at Heiberg Memorial Forest, breakfast sausage, potatoes, coffee, tea, and juice. The ESF Woodsmen ... Read More | Sponsor: ESF Quality Work Life Committee | Contact: Jill Rahn, 315-696-5361
Monday
Candidacy Examination - Joseph Makaure
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm | 8 Illick Hall | Sponsor: Office of Instruction & Graduate Studies | Contact: Lindi Quackenbush, 470-4727
Wednesday
9:00 am - 4:00 pm | Nifkin Lounge | ONGOING —continues through Friday, May 10, 2019 | ESF's new Move-Out Program will be collecting donations in Nifkin lounge to be "sold" in a free shop in the fall. This program aims to keep items out of the landfill as students pack up at the end of the semester, while also providing incoming students with ... Read More | Sponsor: Office of Sustainability | Contact: Gabriela Wemple, 5187639389
Champagne Toast for May Graduates
3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Gateway Center | The ESF Alumni Association would like to "raise our glasses" to the College's newest graduates. Please join us for a champagne toast honoring the Class of 2019 May graduates! The event will take place in the Gateway Center immediately following commencement ... Read More | Sponsor: ESF Alumni Association
Thursday
Inclusive Excellence Graduation Reception
11:30 am - 1:00 pm | Nifkin Lounge | You are formally invited by the Chief Diversity Officer, Office of International Education, CSTEP and EOP Director, and the ESF Graduate School to attend the Inclusive Excellence Graduation Reception. This event is to honor our graduating Graduate Diversity ... Read More | Sponsor: Office of Inclusive Diversity and Equity | Contact: Malika Carter, 315-565-3016
Candidacy Examination - Dustin Hill
12:00 pm | Marshall 213 | Sponsor: Office of Instruction & Graduate Studies | Contact: Michael Schummer
EFB Adaptive Peaks Seminar - Gene Likens - Univ of Connecticut
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | 5 Illick | Adaptive Peaks Seminar Series theme is: "Effecting Change from Local to Global Scales" | Sponsor: Dept. of Environmental & Forest Biology | Contact: Sandy Polimino, x6760
Friday
9:30 am - 10:30 am | 110 Moon Library | Event Website | Network with other women on campus! Short breaks help individuals regroup and gain fresh perspectives. Networking and group mentoring are recommended to remove power differentials, and makes for some rich discussions. And don’t forget about the research that ... Read More | Sponsor: ESF Women's Caucus | Contact: Heather Engelman, 315-470-4752
Saturday
| Contact: Beth Minard, 6654
Sunday
| Contact: Beth Minard, 6654
Monday
Candidacy Examination - HakSoo Ha
10:00 am - 12:00 pm | TBD | Sponsor: Office of Instruction & Graduate Studies | Contact: James Gibbs, 470-6764
Thursday
| Contact: Beth Minard, 6654
Candidacy Examination - Andres Urcuqui
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Marshall 213 | Sponsor: Office of Instruction & Graduate Studies | Contact: Charles Kroll, 470-6699
Saturday
Ranger School | Contact: June McWharf, 315-848-2566
Sunday
Global i-Tree Science & Users Symposium: Discovering the Value of Your Forest
6:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Gateway Center | ONGOING —continues through Wednesday, June 19, 2019 | Global i-Tree Science & Users Symposium Homepage | This event is intended bring i-Tree users and developers together to help attendees: - Learn how to use i-Tree to create successful projects to improve urban forest management and enhance local human health and well-being - Discover how it is has been successfully ... Read More | Contact: Katherina Bendz Searing, 315-470-6888
Thursday
Lecture - Unveiling the Secret Lives of Nesting Adirondack Loons
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm | Adirondack Interpretive Center 5922 State Route 28N Newcomb NY | AIC events | Dr. Nina Schoch of the Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation will discuss the results of her most recent research on the iconic Adirondack species, the common loon. | Sponsor: Adirondack Interpretive Center/Adirondack Park Institute | Contact: Adirondack Interpretive Center, 5185822000
Thursday
Lecture - The Quest for a Heritage Lake
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm | Adirondack Interpretive Center 5922 State Route 28N Newcomb NY | AIC events | Dr. Curt Stage of Paul Smiths College will present on his quest to locate pristine lakes in the Adirondacks. Wolf Lake, a water body located on the ESF Newcomb Campus, features prominently in his presentation. | Sponsor: Adirondack Interpretive Center | Contact: Adirondack Interpretive Center, 5185822000
Thursday
The Pompey Club, Jamesville, NY | Event Website | Attention ESF golfers and sponsors! We’ll be at the scenic Pompey Club in Jamesville, NY on August 8th for our annual tournament to benefit student scholarships. Mark your calendars to join us for this fun event! | Sponsor: ESF Alumni Association
Monday
| Contact: Beth Minard, 6654
Thursday
Alumni Reception @ SAF National Convention
Louisville, Kentucky | Join other ESF alumni at a gathering held in conjunction with the SAF National Convention in Louisville, Kentucky in the fall of 2019. Enjoy hors d'oeuvres, beer, wine, and soda while mingling with ESF faculty members and students. | Sponsor: ESF Alumni Association | Contact: ESF Alumni Office, 315-470-6632
