2023-2024 Calendar of Departmental Events

 

STANDING MEETINGS (Fall and Spring Semesters)

Greenbelt Society Weekly Meetings
Tuesdays 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm | 1028 HN

SEEDS Weekly Meetings
Mondays 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Zoom or in person
Wednesdays 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Zoom or in person
For meeting location: fill out this form!




UPCOMING EVENTS

Saturday, March 16, 2024 | 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM | in-person
Geology Field Trip: Orchard Beach, NY
RSVP by March 7

Saturday, March 23, 2024 | 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM | in-person
Geology Field Trip: Sterling Hill Mining Museum, NJ
RSVP by March 7

Saturday, May 11, 2024 | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM | in-person
Field Trip: Sandy Hook Beach, NY
RSVP by April 15

Thursday, May 16, 2024 | 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM | Faculty Dining Room (hybrid)
Departmental Annual Reception and Awards Presentation
RSVP at http://tinyurl.com/GES051624

More to be announced.




PAST EVENTS

Friday, March 8, 2024 | 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Roosevelt House (hybrid)
Jack Eichenbaum in Memoriam

Tuesday, February 6, 2024 | 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1022 HN (hybrid)
Environmental Studies Majors Meeting

Wednesday, December 6, 2023 | 4:00 PM | 1022 HN (in-person)
Geography and Environmental Science Department Holiday Party

Saturday, December 2, 2023 | 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM | Staten Island
Willowbrook Tree Planting

Hosted by Greenbelt Society and NYC Parks
Register at https://www.nycgovparks.org/reg/stewardship/14422

Friday, December 1, 2023 | 1:30 PM | In-person
Walking Tour - Environmental Justice Class Project
Students will conduct a tour of the area of Two Bridges in Manhattan.
Meeting Location: Meet by the statue of Sun Yat-Sen in Columbus Park, Baxter and Bayard Streets. One block east, one block south from Canal Street on the 4,5,6 line. (new meeting location)

Thursday, November 30, 2023 | 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM | 1022 HN (in-person)
Career Paths in the Geosciences
RSVP at https://tinyurl.com/GAW-AGILE-113023

Wednesday, November 29, 2023 | 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM | 1022 HN (Hybrid)
Current issues in energy and the environment

RSVP at https://tinyurl.com/GAW112923

Tuesday, November 28 | 2:30 PM - 3:45 PM | 1022 HN (Hybrid)
Visualizing Geography - Conversations about Geography and the Arts
Speaker: Argentinian photographer and filmmaker Ignacio Leonidas
RSVP at https://tinyurl.com/GAW112823

Friday, November 17, 2023 | 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Zoom
Comparing Twitter and LODES Data for Detecting Commuter Mobility Patterns
Hosted by Maddalena Romano, NYC DOT
Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/96843503253?pwd=SnJiaGQxbHFLbGF2VVZNcS9tc1d5UT09 b

Thursday, November 16, 2023 | 1:20 PM - 2:30 PM | 1028 (In-person only)
Student Internship Experiences

RSVP to Marina Avanesyan at ma9413@hunter.cuny.edu

Wednesday, November 15, 2023 | 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | Zoom
Navigating Housing with Geospatial Tools
Organized by San José State University
Zoom link: https://sjsu.zoom.us/j/82893632085?pwd=VlMzRHZyalAxSnppMVRFZHZlZXhKQT09

Tuesday, November 14, 2023 | 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | 1028 HN
Student Presentations with Greenbelt Society
Hosted by Greenbelt Society

Saturday, November 11, 2023 | 8:30 AM | Penn Station
Hiking Tour to the Harriman State Park

Hosted by Greenbelt Society

Tuesday, November 7, 2023 | 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | 1022 (Hybrid)
Geography Awareness Week Alumni Panel

RSVP at https://tinyurl.com/GAW110723

Monday, November 6, 2023 | 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM | 1022 HN (Hybrid)
Open Classroom: A Career in Sustainability

RSVP at https://tinyurl.com/GAW110623

Saturday, November 4, 2023 | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Queens
Alley Pond Park Tree Planting

Hosted by Greenbelt Society and NYC Parks
Register at https://www.nycgovparks.org/reg/stewardship/14377

Sunday, October 22, 2023 | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | In-person
Marine Park Tree Planting
Meeting Location: Veterans Memorial Way & Burnett Street
Register at https://www.nycgovparks.org/reg/stewardship/14364

Tuesday, October 17, 2023 | 4:00 PM | In-person
Ecological Walking Tour: Central Park to Grand Central Station
Meeting Location: Lexington Ave and East 68th Street
Hosted by Greenbelt Society

Saturday - Sunday, October 14-15, 2023 | In-person
Hiking / Camping in Delaware Water Gap, PA
Hosted by Greenbelt Society

Wednesday, October 11, 2023 | 9:30 AM | In-person
Museum Tour of "Planet Earth" and "Biodiversity" sections with students from Pratt Institute.
Meeting Location: American Natural History Museum
Hosted by Greenbelt Society

Wednesday, October 4, 2023 | 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM | HW Lobby
Energetic Game Night
Hosted by the Institute for Sustainable Cities and City Atlas

Wednesday - Thursday, October 4-5, 2023 | 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM | HW Lobby
Hunter EcoFair for Campus Sustainability
Hosted by The Green Initiative Fund and the Institute for Sustainable Cities

Tuesday, October 3, 2023 | 4:00 PM | POSTPONED
Ferry Tour
Meeting Location: Ferry Station at East 90th Street
Hosted by Greenbelt Society

Tuesday, September 26, 2023 | 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM | HN 1022
30-in-30 Challenge: Open House - Geography and Environmental Science
RSVP to Amy Jeu at ajeu@hunter.cuny.edu

Thursday - Friday, September 21 - 22, 2023 | @ CUNY ASRC & via Zoom
Scientific Conference: Climate Stress Across the Biosphere: From Molecules to Organisms to Earth and Social Systems

Saturday, September 16, 2023
International Coastal Clean-Up Day
Hosted by Greenbelt Society in collaboration with the American Littoral Society / Ocean Conservancy