Past Schedules
1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 2012, 2012-13, 2014 , 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
2018
Friends of Moon Library/WiSE Professions
Robyn Reed, Head of Access Services, Schaffer Library, Union College
Afrofuturism and the Environment [Read summary here]
April 12, 11 am, 110 Moon Library
Sponsors: Friends of Moon Library and ESF Women's Caucus
Adaptive Peaks/WiSE Professions Speaker Series
Dr. Blandine Marie Ivette Nacoula, Assistant Prof, Univ. Ouga 1, Burkina Faso and Fulbright Scholar at UC Davis
Why do Elephants Attack Baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) in Protected Areas of Burkina Faso? Towards a Strategy for Species Conservation.
Thursday, Feb 22, 2018, 4-5 pm, 5 Illick Hall. [Read summary here]
Sponsored by the Department of Environmental and Forest Biology and the ESF Women's Caucus
WiSE Professions/Environmental Studies Speaker Series/Hydrologic Systems Science Seminar
Dr. Christine O'Connell, Associate Director and Assistant Professor, Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science, Stony Brook University
Speaking About Science and Making it Count [read summary and view presentation]
March 27,3:30 pm, 5 Illick Hall
Sponsors: Department of Environmental Studies; ESF Women's Caucus; Great Lakes Research Consortium
WiSE Professions
Dr. Amy Pruden
W. Thomas Rice Professor, Via Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering& Associate Dean for Interdisciplinary Graduate Education, Virginia Tech
Antibiotic Resistance as an Environmental Contaminant: Balancing Water Sustainability and Public Health Goals (Read summary here)
Wednesday, April 26, 4-5 pm, Alumni (Nifkin) Lounge, Marshall Hall
Sponsored by the ESF Women's Caucus.
Adaptive Peaks & WiSE Professions Speaker Series
Dr. Bridie McGreavy, Assistant Professor, Environmental Communication, University of Maine
How do we communicate for social-ecological resilience? Communication research to connect science with coastal and freshwater management and policy (Read summary here)
Thursday January 26, 2016, 4 pm, 5 Illick Hall
Sponsored by the Department of Environmental and Forest Biology and the ESF Women's Caucus.
WiSE Professions Speaker Series
Gwen Kay, Professor and Graduate Program Director, History, and Director, Honors Program, SUNY Oswego
Not just stitchin' and stirrin'--an alternative view of women's science education
Wednesday, April 13, 2016, 4:00 PM, 408 Baker Lab
Sponsored by the ESF Women's Caucus and the Environmental Scholars Program
WiSE Professions Speaker Series
Jan McDonald, Executive Director, Rochester Roots: Excellence in Community Sustainability Education
Bringing Science to Life: A collaborative Approach to Sustainability Education in Grades PreK-6th grade where Students, Teachers, Citizens, College Students, PhDs, and Businesses Learn Together.
Wednesday, March 9, 2016, 4:00 PM, Gateway A/B
Sponsored by the ESF Women's Caucus and the Graduate Student Association
Adaptive Peaks and Women in Scientific and Environmental Professions Speaker Series
Dr. Katharina Dittmar,
Director, Graduate program, Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, SUNY Buffalo
Evolution and Ecology of Bat Parasites
March 5, 2015
Sponsored by the Department of Environmental and Forest Biology and the ESF Women's Caucus
C. Eugene Farnsworth Memorial Lecture and Women in Scientific and Environmental Professions Speaker Series.
Ms. Katie Fernholz, Executive Director of Dovetail Partners
The Challenges and Opportunities of Sustainable Forestry
March 26, 2015
Sponsored by the Department of Forest and Natural Resources Management
Women in Scientific and Environmental Professions Seminar Series, in conjunction with the Hydrology and Biogeochemistry Seminar Speaker Series.
Dr. Kathy Licht, Associate Professor of Earth Sciences at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
Antarctica’s Ice in Earth’s Climate System
March 31, 2015.
Sponsored by The Department of Environmental Resources Engineering, the Environmental Scholars Program, the Graduate Student Association and the ESF Women’s Caucus.
Graduate Student Association Speaker Series
Ms. Kristin Mege
Education Consultant, Boston, MA
Boston Schoolyard Initiative
Wed., February 18, 2015, 12:45 pm, 146 Baker
Sponsored by the Graduate Student Association
EFB
Dr. Becci Foster
Director Belize
Jaguar Program, Panthera
Saving the Mesoamerican Jaguar
Thursday, January 15, 2015, 2 pm, 110 Moon Library
Sponsored by the Department of Environmental and Forest Biology
Earth Lecture Series
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Distinguished Teaching Professor, Environmental and Forest Biology, and Director, Center for Native Peoples and the Environment, SUNY-ESF
Earth: Making a Home on Turtle Island
September 3, 12:45 pm, Gateway Center A& B
Sponsored by ESF's First-Year Experience
Department of Chemistry Seminar
Katrina Cornish
Endowed Chair and Ohio Research Scholar, Bioemergent Materials
Department of Horticulture and Crop Science & Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES), Ohio State Univ. Horticulture
The Long Road to Developing Domestic Sources of Natural Rubber
Friday, September 5, 2014 *3 pm *148 Baker Sponsored by the Department of Chemistry (with assistance of ESF Women's Caucus)
Dale L. Travis Public Lecture Series
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Distinguished Teaching Professor, Environmental and Forest Biology, and Director, Center for Native Peoples and the Environment, SUNY-ESF
The Honorable Harvest: Indigenous Knowledge and Conservation
Wednesday, September 24, 2014 * 7:30 pm * Gateway Center
Sponsored by the Department of Environmental and Forest Biology
Reception and Book Signing to follow. Haven't yet picked up Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants? Campus Bookstore will be open 6-7:15
Earth Lecture Series
Jacqui Frair
Associate Professor, Environmental and Forest Biology, and Associate Director, Roosevelt Wildlife Station, SUNY-ESF
Top Dog? Exploring the Ecological Role of Coyotes in New York
November 19, 12:45 pm, Gateway Center A& B
Sponsored by ESF's First-Year Experience
2014
WiSE Professions, Adaptive Peaks & GSA Speaker Series
Dr. Paige Warren
Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Conservation, U Mass, Amherst.
Human Influences on the Species Interactions in Urban Communities: Insights from nationwide urban ecology research networks.
Thursday, February 6, 4-5 pm, 5 Illick Hall
Sponsored by the Department of Environmental Biology, Graduate Student Association, and the ESF Women's Caucus
WiSE Professions
Professor Helen Domske
Education Coordinator, NY Sea Grant, Cornell University and Associate Director, Great Lakes Program, University at Buffalo
The Great Lakes -- Today's Issues and Tomorrow's Concerns
Tuesday, March 25, 3:30 pm, Nifkin Lounge
Sponsored by the Great Lakes Research Consortium and the ESF Women's Caucus
2012-2013
Adaptive Peaks Speaker Series & ESF Exemplary Researcher Seminar
Dr. Kimberly Schulz
Associate Professor, Department of Environmental and Forest Biology and Director, Center for Integrated Research and Teaching in Aquatic Science (CIRTAS), SUNY ESF, Syracuse, NY
Understanding Stressors in Aquatic Food Webs: The importance of quality and quantity at Multiple levels
Thursday, January 24, 4-5 pm, 5 Illick Hall
Sponsored by the Department of Environmental and Forest Biology and Office of Research Programs
Farhana Sultana
Cross-disciplinary seminar in hydrological and Biogeochemical processes
Associate Professor of Geography, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University
Social Aspects of Arsenic Contamination
Tuesday, February 5, 110 Moon Library
Adaptive Peaks & K Douglas Nelson Lecture Series
Dr. Christina Tauge
University of California-Santa Barbara
Forest Eco-hydrology in a Changing Climate: Integrating modeling and measurements
Thursday, February 7, 2013, 4-5 pm, 5 Illick Hall
Sponsored by the Department of Environmental and Forest Biology (ESF) and the Department of Earth Sciences (SU)
Cross-disciplinary seminar in hydrological and Biogeochemical processes
Laura Lautz
Associate Professor of Geology, Syracuse University
Water Quality and Hydraulic Fracturing
Tuesday, February 19, 4 pm, 110 Moon Library
WiSE Professions & Adaptive Peaks Speaker
Series
Dr. Patricia Chapple Wright
Professor, Department of Anthropology; Founder and Executive Director, Centre ValBio; Founder and Executive Director, Institute for the Conservation of Tropical Environments--Stony Brook University
Lemur Conservation in Madacasgar: Updates from Ranomafana National Park
Thursday, February 21, 4-5 pm, 5 Illick Hall
Sponsored by the Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, ESF Women's Caucus and the Graduate Student Association.
SU WiSE & K Douglas
Nelson & Norma Slepecky Undergraduate Research Prize Lecture
Laurie Leshlin
Dean, School of Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Science on Mars Time: Roving the Red Plant with Curiosity
April 4, 4 pm, Crouse Hinds 010
Sponsored by the Department of Geology, Syracuse University
Cross-disciplinary seminar in hydrological and Biogeochemical processes
Kimberly Schulz
Associate Professor, Department of Environmental and Forest Biology and Director, Center for Integrated Research and Teaching in Aquatic Science (CIRTAS), SUNY ESF, Syracuse, NY
Center for Integrated Research and Teaching in Aquatic Science (CIRTAS)
Tuesday, April 9 , 4 pm, 110 Moon Library
Adaptive Peaks
Cynthia Downs
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Nevada Reno
A tale of two mouse selection experiments: Does selection on metabolic rate or activity alter immune function?
Thursday, April 11, 4 pm, 5 Illick Hall
Chemistry Seminar
Tara Kahan
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Syracuse University - Physical Chemistry
Solid, Liquid, Vapour: Water-mediated Chemistry in the Environment
Friday, April 12, 3:00 pm, 148 Baker Lab
WiSE Professions
Jackie Carrera
President and CEO, Parks and People Foundation, Baltimore, MD
Revitalizing Baltimore
Tuesday, April 23, 3 pm, Gateway Bldg Event Room B
Sponsored by the Graduate Student Association and the ESF Women's Caucus
2011-2012
Dr. Marie Garland and Ms. Sharon Alestalo
Director, ADVANCE & Program Manager, ADVANCE/Women in Science & Engineering, Syracuse University
ADVANCE: Transforming Workplace Culture.
Feb. 7, 3:30-4:30 pm, Alumni (Nikfin) Lounge, Marshall Hall.
Adaptive Peaks Speaker Series
Deborah Delmer
Consultant and Professor Emeritus, University of California, Davis
Harnessing the new sciences in support of agriculture in the developing world
Thursday, March 22, 2012, 4-5pm, 5 Illick Hall
Sponsored by the Department of Environmental and Forest Biology and the ESF Women's Caucus
Cross-disciplinary Seminar in Hydrological and Biogeochemical Processes
Lilian Na'ia Alessa
Professor of Biology and Director, Resilience and Adaptive Management Group, University of Alaska Anchorage
Water, Technology and Sustainability: are we Engineering Vulnerability?
Tuesday, April 17, 2012, 4-5 pm, Nifkin Lounge, Marshall Hall
Sponsored by ESF, Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, Graduate Student Association, SU VP for Research, ESF Women's Caucus
2011
Ms. Nina-Marie Lister
Associate Professor, Urban + Regional Planning, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON and Visiting Associate Professor, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
(Re)Claiming Ground: Landscape, Ecology, and Urbanism
Tuesday, Feb 8, 2011, 4-5 pm, Marshall Hall Auditorium
Sponsored by the Randolph G. Pack Environmental Institute, Department of Landscape Architecture and the ESF Women's Caucus.
Cross-disciplinary Seminar in Hydrological and Biogeochemical Processes
Dr. Lindsey Rustad
Hubbard Brook Team Leader & Research Ecologist, Center for Research on Ecosystem Change, US Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Durham, NH and Associate Research Professor, Department of Plant, Soil and Environmental Sciences, University of Maine.
Climate Change: Can Northern Forests Keep Pace?
Tuesday, March 29, 2011, 4-5 pm, Alumni Lounge, Marshall Hall
Sponsored by the Department of Forest and Natural Resources Management and the Department of Environmental and Forest Biology.
Shifting Paradigms and Adaptive Peaks
Dr. Joan Roughgarden
Professor Emerita, Biological Sciences and Geophysics, Stanford University
Evolution of Social Behavior: not the 1970s anymore
Thursday, April 28, 2011, 5-6 pm, Marshall Auditorium
Sponsored by the Department of Environmental and Forest Biology and the Graduate Student Association.
2009-2010
Women in Science and Engineering
Dr. Arlene Blum
Executive Director, Green Science Policy Institute, Berkeley, CA
Breaking Trail: Peaks, Public Health and Policy
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 4-5 pm, 146 Baker Laboratory
Sponsored by the Syracuse University Women in Science and Engineering, ESF Women's Caucus, Department of Environmental Studies, and the Friends of Moon Library
Adaptive Peaks Seminar
Series
Dr. Anne Magurran
Professor, Gatty Marine Laboratory, University of St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
Biological diversity and Time
Thursday, November 5, 2009, 4-5 pm, Illick 5
Sponsored by the Departments of Forest and Environmental Biology, Forest and Natural Resources Management, and the ESF Women's Caucus.
Adaptive Peaks Seminar Series and Standing on the Shoulders of Giants Lecture
Dr. Meredith Gore
Assistant Professor, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife & School of Criminal Justice, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
From lemurs to livelihoods: what can conservation criminology offer for resolving environmental risks in Madagascar?
Thursday, March 4, 2010, 4-5 pm, Marshall Auditorium
Sponsored by the Department of Forest and Environmental Biology, Graduate Student Association, and the ESF Women's Caucus.
Cross-disciplinary Seminar in Hydrological and Biogeochemical Processes
Dr. Kathleen Weathers
Senior Scientist, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, NY and Program Director, Ecosystem Science Cluster, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA
Fog, clouds and the maintenance of ecosystems: mist connections?
Tuesday, March 9, 2010, 4-5 pm, 146 Baker
Sponsored by the Cross-disciplinary seminar in Hydrologial and Biogeochemical Processes, Department of Environmental and Forest Biology, and the ESF Women's Caucus, with assistance from the National Science Foundation
Forest and Natural Resources Management Departmental Seminar
Dr. Susan Stout
(MS'84)Research Project Leader, USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station, Irvine, PA
Deer & Forests in Pennsylvania: Surprises from Long-term Research
Wednesday, March 24, 2010, 12:45 pm, 110 Moon Library
Sponsored by the Department of Forest and Natural Resources Management and the ESF Alumni Association
Women in Scientific and Environmental Profession Speaker Series
Drs. Laura Kenefic (MS '95)
Susan Stout (MS'84) USDA Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Bradley ME and Irvine, PA
USFS Civil Rights Special Project: Influences on Scientists' Career Pathways
Wednesday, April 28, 2010, 5 pm, 110 Moon Library
Sponsored by the Department of Forest and Natural Resources Management and ESF Women's Caucus, with assistance from the US Forest Service
Spring 2009
Dr. Betsy Henry
Senior Managing Scientist, Eponent, Schenectady
Mercury in the Onondaga Lake Remedy
Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 4-5 pm, 145 Baker Laboratory
Sponsored by the Department of Chemistry and the ESF Women's Caucus
Dr. Ann Lemley
Professor, College of Human Ecology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Chemical Remediation of Contaminants in Water and Soil using Fenton Advanced Oxidation Systems
Tuesday, April 7, 2009, 4-5 pm, 145 Baker
Sponsored by the Department of Chemistry and the ESF Women's Caucus
Spring 2008
Women in Science and Engineering & K. Douglas Nelson Lecture Series
Dr. Robin Bell
Doherty Senior Research Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
Subglacial Lakes Linked to Ice Dynamics
Tuesday, March 4, 2008, 4 pm, Marshall Auditorium
Sponsored by Syracuse University's Department of Earth Sciences, Women in Science and Engineering, and ESF Women's Caucus
C. Eugene Farnsworth Lecture Series
Dr. Margaret Shannon
Associate Dean, The Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont
The Essential Role of Research for Sustainable Forest Management: Feminist Theory and Practice
Friday, April 4, 2008 3:30 pm, 146 Baker Laboratory
Sponsored by the Faculty of Forest and Natural Resource Management, C. Eugene Farnsworth Memorial Endowment and the ESF Women's Caucus
Ms. Patricia Riexinger
Director of Fish, Wildlife, and Marine Resources, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Albany, NY
Freshwater Wetlands: Conservation Policy in New York State
Tuesday, April 8, 2008, 4-5 pm, 146 Baker
Sponsored by the Environmental Studies Randolph G. Pack Environmental Institute and the ESF Women's Caucus
Ms. Susan Crow
Packard Fellow, PlaceMatters, Denver, Co
Creating Resilient Communities: tools for regional land-use planning in the face of coastal hazards in South Carolina
Tuesday, April 22, 2008, 4-5 pm, 146 Baker Laboratory
Sponsored by the Department of Landscape Architecture and the ESF Women's Caucus
Spring 2007
Dr. Lauren Heine
Director of Applied Science, GreenBlue, Charlottesville, VA
Green Chemistry and Cradle to Cradle Product Design
Tuesday, February 6, 2007, 4-5 pm, 140 Baker Laboratory
Sponsored by the Faculty of Chemistry, Faculty of Paper and Bioprocess Engineering and the ESF Women's Caucus
Women in Science and Engineering-Syracuse University Speaker Series
Dr. Brenda Ekwurzel
Climate Scientist, Global Environment Program, Union of Concerned Scientists, Washington, DC
Global warming: the science behind the headlines
Tuesday, March 6, 2007, 4-5 pm, Marshall Hall Auditorium
Presented by Syracuse University's WISE initiative, Syracuse University Graduate School, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and the ESF Women's Caucus
Dr. Sharon Todd
Associate Professor, Recreation and Leisure Studies, and Co-Director, Outdoor Recreation Practicum, SUNY Cortland
Cut from the Same Cloth: Quiltmakers, SCUBA Divers, and Outdoor Adventurists. Taking Your Leisure Seriously!
Tuesday, April 10, 2007, 4-5 pm, 140 Baker Laboratory
Sponsored by SUNY-ESF and the ESF Women's Caucus
Dr. Rosemary O'Leary
Distinguished Professor of Public Administration and Co-Director, Program for the Analysis and Resolution of Conflict, Maxwell School, Syracuse University
Managing Guerilla Government: Scientists' Dissent in Environmental Organizations
Tuesday, April 17, 2007, 4-5 pm, 140 Baker Laboratory
Sponsored by SUNY-ESF and the ESF Women's Caucus
Spring 2006
Dr. Joanne Westphal
Professor, School of Planning, Design, and Construction, Michigan State University
Gardens, Medicine & Health Care: Past, Present, and Future
Tuesday, February 7, 2006, 4-5 pm, 140 Baker Laboratory
Sponsored by the Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Graduate Student Association and the ESF Women's Caucus
Dr. Lorna Gibson
Matoula S. Salapatas Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, MA
Biomimicking: Engineering Design from Natural Structures
Tuesday, February 14, 4-5 pm, 140 Baker Laboratory
Sponsored by the Faculty of Environmental Resources and Forest Engineering, Graduate Student Association and the ESF Women's Caucus
Dr. Nancy Grulke
Plant Ecophysiologist, Pacific Southwest Research Station Forest Fire Laboratory, Riverside, CA
Air pollution and the Californian wildfires: an insidious link
Tuesday, March 28, 4-5 pm, 140 Baker Laboratory
Sponsored by the Faculty of Environmental and Forest Biology, Graduate Student Association and the ESF Women's Caucus
23rd Annual C. Eugene Farnsworth Memorial Lecture and Fellowship Ceremony
Sally Fairfax
Henry J. Vaux Distinguished Professor of Forest Policy, College of Natural Resources, University of California-Berkeley
The Erosion of Public Space: Acquiring and Allocating Conservation Lands
Friday, April 7, 3:00 pm, 140 Baker Laboratory
Sponsored by the Faculty of Forest and Natural Resources Management, Graduate Student Association and the ESF Women's Caucus
2004-2005
Nature/Religion/Knowledge/Politics Speaker Series
Dr. Ursula Goodenough
Professor, Biology, Washington University, St. Louis
Exploring the Concept of Religious Naturalism
Thursday, Oct. 28, 7 pm, 1916 Bird Library
Sponsored by EnSPIRE, Syracuse University's Departments of Biology and Religion, and Religion and Society Program, and ESF Women's Caucus
Dr. Caryl Fish (CHE '91)
Associate Professor, Chemistry, St. Vincent College, Latrobe, PA
Abandoned Mine Drainage: A Resource for Undergraduate Education
Tuesday, February 22, 4 - 5 pm, 140 Baker Laboratory
Sponsored by the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Faculty of Chemistry, ESF Alumni Association, ESF Graduate Association, and ESF Women's Caucus
Diversity Council Lecture Series and CGMA Speaker Series
Dr. Ann-Margaret Esnard
Associate Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
The Nexus of Disasters, GIS and Land Use Strategies
Tuesday, March 22, 4-5 pm, 140 Baker Laboratory
Environmental Justice in Real and Virtual Communities
Wednesday, March 23, 9-10 am, 313 Bray Hall
Sponsored by the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, ESF Graduate Student Association, ESF Women's Caucus, ESF's Council of GeoSpatial Modeling and Analysis, and the ESF Diversity Council/Office of Multicultural Affairs
Ms. Frances Dunwell
Director, Hudson River Estuary
Program, NYDEC, New Paltz, NY
Transforming the Hudson River
Tuesday, March 29, 4-5 pm, 140 Baker Laboratory
Sponsored by the the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, ESF Graduate Student Association, ESF Women's Caucus and the Faculty of Environmental and Forest Biology
2nd Annual C. Eugene Farnsworth Memorial Lecture and Fellowship Ceremony
Dr. Ann Bartuska
Deputy Chief of Research and Development, US Forest Service, Washington, DC
Setting the Stage: A National and Global Perspective on Non-Native, Invasive Species
Friday, April 15, 3:00 pm, 140 Baker Laboratory
Sponsored by the Faculty of Forest and Natural Resources Management and ESF Women's Caucus with the assistance of the US Forest Service
Spring 2004
Dr. Deborah Swackhamer
Professor, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota--Twin Cities
Estrogen Mimics and Sex Education for Fishes
Tuesday, January 27, 4-5 pm, 140 Baker Laboratory
Sponsored by the Faculties of Chemistry and Environmental and Forest Biology, ESF GraduateStudent Association, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and the ESF Women's Caucus.
Dr. Karla Henderson
Professor and Chair, Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Leisure and the (Secret) Lives of Women and Girls
Tuesday, February 17, 4-5 pm, 140 Baker Laboratory
Sponsored by the Faculty of Forest and Natural Resourcesand The Kaleidoscope Project, a diversity initiative between the Division of Academic Affairs and Student Affairs to broaden the understanding of diversity and promote healthy dialogue about related issues at Syracuse University, ESF Graduate Student Association, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and the ESF Women's Caucus.
Diana Bendz
Senior Location Executive, IBM Corporation, Endicott, NY
Environmentally Friendly Computers: New Concepts of Design, (Re)Use and Recycle
Tuesday, March 2, 4-5 pm, 140 Baker Laboratory
Sponsored by the Faculty of Chemistry, ESF Graduate Student Association, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and the ESF Women's Caucus, with the assistance of IBM.
Dr. Christine Sloane
Director, FreedomCAR and Technology Strategy, General Motors Inc.,Warren, MI
Sustainable Transportation: Hydrogen and Fuel-Cell Cars
Tuesday, April 6, 2004, 4-5 pm, 140 Baker Laboratory
Sponsored by the Office of Student Affairs and Educational Services, ESF Graduate Student Association, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and the ESF Women's Caucus.
Shifting Paradigms Conference: Human Health and the Environment
Dr. Sandra Steingraber
Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
Women's Bodies as the First Environment: Ecological Threats to Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Breast Milk
Wednesday, April 14, 4 pm, Marshall Auditorium
Followed by a panel discussion at 5 pm, and a reception and book signing--Sandra Steingraber, 2001, Having Faith: An Ecologist's Journey to Motherhood, Berkley Publishing Group,and 1997, Living Upstream: An Ecologist Looks at Cancer and the Environment, Perseus Books--at 6 pm
Spring 2003
Dr. Susan Powers, PhD, PE
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY
Ethanol in your Gasoline: Energy and Environmental Implications
Tuesday, February 4, 4-5 pm, 140 Baker Laboratory
Sponsored by the Faculty of Environmental Resources and Forest Engineering, GraduateStudent Association, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and the ESF Women's Caucus
Laura Musacchio
Assistant Professor, School of Planning and Landscape Architecture, Center forEnvironmental Studies, and Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research Project
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
The Dynamics of Cities as Ecosystems and Places: The Challenge of Integrating Ecological Knowledge into Urban River Corridor Design, Planning, and Policy
Tuesday, February 25, 4-5 p, 140 Baker Laboratory
Sponsored by the Faculty of Landscape Architecture, Graduate Student Association, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and the ESF Women's Caucus
Ms. Virginia Silver
Laboratory Director, Research and Development, Corporate Research Center
International Paper, Tuxedo, NY
Career Paths in Science: Who leads? Who manages?
Tuesday, April 8, 4-5 pm, 110 Moon Library
Sponsored by the Faculty of Paper Science Engineering, Graduate Student Association, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and the ESF Women's Caucus, with the assistance of International Paper
Great Lakes Research Consortium Speaker Series
Dr. Christiane Hudon
Research Scientist and Research Program Coordinator, Centre Saint-Laurent
Environment Canada, Montréal, QC
Managing St. Lawrence River discharge in times of climatic uncertainty: how water quantity impacts wildlife, recreation, and the economy
Tuesday, April 22, 4-5 pm, 140 Baker Laboratory
Sponsored by the Great Lakes Research Consortium, Graduate Student Association, SUNYCollege of Environmental Science and Forestry, and the ESF Women's Caucus
Dr. Devra Lee Davis, MPH, PhD
Finalist for 2002 National Book Award in Non-fiction
When Smoke Ran Like Water: Documentary film excerpts from PBS and discussion of her book.
Thursday, May 1, 12-1 pm, Weiskotten Hall, SUNY Upstate Medical University, 766 Irving Ave.
Sponsored by Faculty Interested in Environmental and Occupational Disease, the Central NY Occupational Health Clinic, the ESF Women’s Caucus, and the Upstate Chapter of American Medical Students Association (AMSA)
Spring 2002
Dr. Eleanor Sterling
Director, Center for Biodiversity and Conservation,
American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
Conserving biodiversity in Viet Nam and Bolivia: The need for adaptive management
Tuesday, January 29, 4-5 pm, 140 Baker Laboratory
Sponsored by the Faculty of Environmental and Forest Biology, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and the ESF Women's Caucus
Dr. Marla R. Emery
Research Geographer, USDA Forest Service,
Northeastern Research Station, Burlington, VT
Living by gathering in a forested landscape: non-timber forest products in the Northeast
Tuesday, February 19, 4-5 pm, 140 Baker Laboratory.
Sponsored by the Faculty of Forest and Natural Resources Management, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and the ESF Women's Caucus with the assistance of the US Forest Service
Dr. Audrey Zink-Sharp
Associate Professor, Wood Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
Architecture of a wood cell wall: concentric rings or helical plates?
March 5, 4-5 pm, 140 Baker Laboratory
Sponsored by the Faculty of Construction Management and Wood Products Engineering, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and the ESF Women's Caucus, with the assistance of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
19th Annual C. Eugene Farnsworth Memorial Lecture and Fellowship Ceremony
Dr. Susan Stafford
Forest Sciences Department Head and Professor of Applied Statistics and Research Information Management, Colorado State University
Facing the Future: Meeting the Information Challenges for Natural Resources Management
April 9, 3-4:30 pm,140 Baker Laboratory
Co-sponsored by the Faculty of Forest and Natural Resources Management, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and the ESF Women's Caucus
Dr. Ellen Druffel
Professor, Earth Systems Science Department, UC-Irvine
Unstable oceans and the long memory of coral reefs
Tuesday, April 16, 4-5 pm, 140 Baker Laboratory.
Sponsored by the Faculty of Chemistry, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, and the ESF Women's Caucus
Spring 2001
Dr. JoAnn Burkholder
Professor and Director, Center for Applied Aquatic Ecology, NCSU
The Toxic Pfiesteria Complex: A Story of Water Pollution, Fish Kills and Human Health at the Science/Policy Border
January 30, 5 Illick Hall
Sponsored by SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry and the ESF Women's Caucus
Dr. Marilyn L. Fogel
Senior Scientist, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Searching for Life on Mars--Would we recognize it, if we found it? Chemical Clues to Life
February 20, 5 Illick Hall
Sponsored by SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry and the ESF Women's Caucus
18th Annual C. Eugene Farnsworth Memorial Lecture and Fellowship Ceremony
Dr. Susan Stout
Research Project Leader, USDA Forest Service,
Northeastern Research Station, Irvine, PA
Are we asking the right questions? Thoughts about a silviculture and biophysical forestry research agenda for North America
March 27, 5 Illick Hall
Sponsored by the Faculty of Forestry, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry and the ESF Women's Caucus
Dr. Shirley Malcom
Head, Directorate for Education and Human Resources Programs, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and past Chair of NSF's National Science Board
Bringing Science to People and People to Science: New Faces --New Places
Tuesday, April 24, 5 Illick Hall
Sponsored by ESF’s Urban Initiative, ESF Women's Caucus and the Office of Multicultural Outreach
Frances Spivy-Weber
Exec. Director of the Mono Lake Committee, Lee Vining, CA
Environmental Organizing: a woman's local, national, and international leadership experience
April 17, Moon Library Conferernce Room
Sponsored by SUNY College ofEnvironmental Science and Forestry and the ESF Women's Caucus
Spring 2000
Dr. Kristina Hill
Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture, University of Washington
Fuzzy Sets and Categorical Ambiguity
Tuesday, February 1, 5 Illick Hall
Sponsored by SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry and the ESF Women's Caucus
Ms. Jeannine Siembida
Supervisor of Technical Services, Champion International, Oswego, NY
From Bark to Boxes
Tuesday, February 29
Sponsored by SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry and the ESF Women's Caucus
17th Annual C. Eugene Farnsworth Memorial Lecture and Fellowship Ceremony
Dr. Sandra Brown
Winrock International, Corvallis, OR
Kyoto, forests, and Climate Change
uesday, March 28, 5 Illick Hall
Sponsored by the Faculty of Forestry
Ms. Suzanne LaLonde
Director of Recycling and Waste Reduction, Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency, Syracuse, NY
Recycling 101
Tuesday, April 18
Sponsored by SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry and the ESF Women's Caucus
Spring 1999
Dr. Ellen Ketterson
Professor of Biology and Co-Director of the Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior, Indiana University.
Phenotypic Engineering: Using Hormones to Explore Adaptation and Constraint
February 2, 5 Illick Hall
Sponsored by SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry and the ESF Women's Caucus
Dr. Tarla Rai Peterson
Associate Professor,Department of Speech Communication, and Research Associate, Center for Science and Technology Policy and Ethics, Texas A&M University.
Defining Sustainability in Wood Buffalo National Park
February 23, 5 Illick Hall
Lecture sponsored by SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry and the ESF Women's Caucus, Reception and book signing (Tarla Rai Peterson, 1997, Sharing the Earth: The Rhetoric of Sustainable Development, University of South Carolina Press) courtesy of the Friends of Moon Library.
16th Annual C. Eugene Farnsworth Memorial Lecture and Fellowship Ceremony
Dr. Donna Perison
Manager, Environmental Health and Safety, Forest Resources South Central Region, International Paper, Jackson, MS
Meeting the Challenge of Change
March 23, 5 Illick Hall
Sponsored by the Faculty of Forestry
Annual Albrecht Lecture
Dr. Ann Whiston Spirn
University of Pennsylvania
The Language of Landscape
April 5, Marshall Auditorium
Sponsored by the Faculty of Landscape Architecture. Reception and book signing (Anne Whiston Spirn, 1998, The Language of Landscape, Yale University Press, 1998),courtesy of the Friends of Moon Library.
Marilyn Wakeland Hoskins
Anthopologist and independent consultant with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, Washington, DC
Community Forestry--Evolution and Future Prospects of a Global Movement
Sponsored by SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
