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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.
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
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
Capstone Seminar - Siqi Li MPS Candidate
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | 315 Bray Hall | Capstone Seminar-"Modeling the Random-Effects in Poisson Models for Predicting the Number of Children with Lead Poisoning" | Contact: Stephanie Melnyczuk, 6536
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | 217 Bray Hall | Peer facilitated group for survivors of sexual assault and relationship violence. All identities welcome. | Sponsor: Counseling Services | Contact: Ruth Larson, 315-565-3017
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
Capstone Seminar -Ryan Quinn M.S. Candidate
9:25 am - 10:10 am | 324 Bray | Capstone Seminar-"Life cycle assessment of forest residue bioenergy pathways in Northeast United States" | Sponsor: FNRM | Contact: Stephanie Melnyczuk, 6536
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
Environmental Studies Seminar Series 2018-19
11:00 am - 12:20 pm | 212 Marshall Hall | Environmental Studies Seminar Series 2018-19 Engaging Diverse Publics Around Complex Environmental Issues Food Justice Forum Panelists: Angela Ferguson: Onondaga Nation seed steward Brandy Colebrook: Syracuse Refugee Agricultural Program Leader Leader Evan ... Read More | Sponsor: Environmental Studies | Contact: Rebecca Hart, 315-470-6636
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
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
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.
10:00 pm - 2:00 am | Nifkin Lounge | Come play sustainability-themed bingo with ESF Insomniacs to win some prizes that help you become more sustainable! There will be free vegan food from Strong Hearts Cafe and Insomnia Cookies! LYMPYP!!! | Sponsor: Insomniacs | Contact: Kristen Tan, 6463188105
Saturday
9:00 am - 2:00 pm | 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. | Sponsor: Student Involvement & Leadership | Contact: Sarah Houck, x6658
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
Monday
Behind the Post - A Conversation About Healthy & Unhealthy Relatinships
10:30 am - 11:15 am | Baker 408 | Behind the Post – a conversation about healthy and unhealthy relationships and social media. Please join us at one of the listed days/times below. Space is limited and everyone is encouraged to sign up prior so that materials can be sent to them prior to the ... Read More | Sponsor: Office of Inclusion Diversity & Equity | Contact: Amy McLaughlin, 315-565-3012
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
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
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
Behind the Post - A Conversation About Healthy & Unhealthy Relatinships
9:30 am - 10:15 am | Baker 408 | Behind the Post – a conversation about healthy and unhealthy relationships and social media. Please join us at one of the listed days/times below. Space is limited and everyone is encouraged to sign up prior so that materials can be sent to them prior to the ... Read More | Sponsor: Office of Inclusion Diversity & Equity | Contact: Amy McLaughlin, 315-565-3012
ESF CCRT Student Advisory Group
11:00 am - 12:00 pm | 254 Baker | This group provides guidance and insight and ensures the student voice is part of the implementation of the Coordinated Community Response Team’s efforts to address campus sexual assault, domestic/dating violence and stalking. For more information please contact ... Read More | Sponsor: Division of Student Affairs | Contact: Jennifer Keating, 315-470-4867
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
Saturday
Variable | Event Website | Help clean up in various parks around NY. Click on the link to register and see what parks near you are hosting these events. | Sponsor: Parks & Trails NY | Contact: Sarah Braymer, 518-434-1583
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
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
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
| Contact: Beth MInard, 6654
Thursday
| Contact: Beth Minard, 6654
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
Lecture - Night Moves: Natural History of Adirondack Flying Squirrels
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm | Adirondack Interpretive Center 5922 State Route 28N Newcomb NY | Event Website | Although seldom seen, two species of flying squirrel inhabit that Adirondack Park. Both play an important role in our ecosystem, but the occurrence of one species can be a great detriment to the survival of the other. Learn about these beautiful nocturnal critters ... Read More | Sponsor: Adirondack Interpretive Center | Contact: Adirondack Interpretive Center, 5185822000
Monday
| Contact: Beth Minard, 6654
Tuesday
| Contact: Beth Minard, 6654
Friday
| 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 13, 2019 | Contact: Beth Minard, 6654
Monday
Last day to withdraw from a class with a grade of W or WF
| Contact: Beth Minard, 6654
