2022-2023 Calendar of Departmental Events
STANDING MEETINGS
Greenbelt Society Weekly Meetings
Tuesdays 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm | 1028 HN (Hybrid)
Zoom link: Email Ramiro Campos at rcampos@hunter.cuny.edu
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
To be announced.
PAST EVENTS
Tuesday, May 16, 2023 | 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm | 8th Floor HW (Hybrid)
Annual Departmental Reception and Awards Presentation
RSVP Required at https://tinyurl.com/GES051623
Wednesday, May 10, 2023 | 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | 1022 (Hybrid)
Dr. Budhendra L. Bhaduri on "Synergy Between Geography and Mapping with the Nation's Energy Mission"
Register at https://tinyurl.com/GES051023
Friday, May 5, 2023 | 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm | 1022 HN
Dr. Willie Wright on Rite Beyond the Site: Otabenga Jones & the Social Practice of Belonging"
Friday, May 5, 2023 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Pugsley Creek Park Tree Planting hosted by
Greenbelt Society
Meeting Location: end of Husson Ave https://goo.gl/maps/jzBsVodvzDeJmtwQ9
Register at TBA
Thursday, May 4, 2023 | 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm | 1022 (Hybrid)
Anthony Albanese on
"Techniques for Tree Species Classification with Hyperspectral Imagery at NEIN Science Sites."
Register at https://tinyurl.com/Albanese050423
CANCELED: Thursday, May 4, 2023 | 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm | 1022 HN
Andy Stock on
"How can computational methods help understand human impacts on marine ecosystems?"
Wednesday, May 3, 2023 | 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | 1022 (Hybrid)
Dr. Michael Goodchild on "GeoEthics"
Register at https://tinyurl.com/GES050323
Tuesday, May 2, 2023 | 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm | 1028 HN
Greenbelt Society End of Semester Celebration
Monday, May 1, 2023 | 4:00 pm - 5:00 | Zoom
Gowri Anand on "Identifying Socially Sensitive Populations Susceptible to New York City's Coastal and Pluvial Flooding: A Vulnerability Analysis"
Register at https://tinyurl.com/GAnand050123
Monday, May 1, 2023 | 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm | 1022 HN
Hilary Wilson on "Rescaling Public Finance Towards Racial Equity? Tax Increment Financing and the Politics of Redistribution in Milwaukee, Wisconsin"
Friday, April 28, 2023 | 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm | 1028 HN
"Who Are My People" Film Screening
Guest Speaker: Director and Emmy Award Winner Robert Lundahl
Friday, April 28, 2023 | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Kissena Park Tree Planting hosted by Greenbelt Society
Meeting Location: Velodrome Parking Lot at Kissena Park (Queens)
Register at https://www.nycgovparks.org/reg/stewardship/13640
Thursday, April 27, 2023 | 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm | 1022 HN
Parvathy Binoy on Remembering Rondo: Black embodied a-spatiality and ecologies of refusal in the Twin Cities
Tuesday, April 25, 2023 | 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm | 1022 HN
Dr. Qian Liu on "Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Spatiotemporal Methodologies for Natural Phenomena Analysis"
Monday, April 24, 2023 | 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm | 1022 HN
Dr. Alex Moulton on "Black Skins, Red Masks: Jamaican Maroons, the Limits of Recognition, and the Potential of Ancestrality"
Monday, April 24, 2023 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm | 1022 HN
Mark England on "Using Large Ensembles to understand the drivers of Arctic climate change"
Saturday, April 22, 2023 | 11:00 am - 1:00 pm
Earth Day Idlewild Park Forest Restoration hosted by Greenbelt Society
Meeting Location: Idlewild Park Preserve Environmental Science Learning Center - 149th Ave & Springfield Lane)
Register at https://www.nycgovparks.org/reg/stewardship/13665
Saturday, April 22, 2023 | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Earth Day Alley Pond Park Tree Planting hosted by Greenbelt Society
Meeting Location: Alley Ponk Park (Queens)
Register at https://www.nycgovparks.org/reg/stewardship/13552
Wednesday, April 19, 2023 | 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | 1022 HN
Research Seminar: Dr. Ghazal Farhani, National Research Council Canada, on "Implementation of Machine Learning Methods in Atmospheric Science"
Wednesday, April 19, 2023 | 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
SEEDS Bioblitz Project
Register at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdnkh67ecylPD8pw_HpnEgDJOU-C9kPSQNlab2KPZHZ0rOAsw/viewform
Wednesday, March 29, 2023 | 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Zoom
Undergraduate GES Open House Zoom
Zoom registration at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwudOigqjwoGdNKFnPutlmjnP1pfcsLp2o0
Tuesday, March 28, 2023 | 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm | 1022 HN
Undergraduate GES Open House In-person
RSVP to
Mimoza Frankfurt (mf111@hunter.cuny.edu) and Marina Avanesyan (ma9413@hunter.cuny.edu)
Tuesday, March 21, 2023 | 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm | HW 3rd floor cafeteria
Hunter College Major Day
Wednesday, March 15, 2023 | 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | 1022 HN
Puerto Rico Earthquakes - EPA Responses
Wednesday, March 8, 2023 | 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | 1022 HN
Guest Speaker: Peter Batty, Chief Research Officer, SSP Innovations, LLC
Wednesday, December 14, 2022 will be rescheduled to Spring 2023
Holiday Social Hour / Departmental Party
Register at https://tinyurl.com/GESpartyDec14
Monday, December 12, 2022 | 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm | 1501 HN (Hybrid)
Geography Internships: Student Experiences
Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0rfuCpqDIpHddoK4Q7h1dbm43rHOoBHPsP
Friday, December 9, 2022 | 10:00 am - 11:15 pm | Zoom
Professional Talk - Careers in Climate Change
Zoom Link to Attend: https://gc-cuny-edu.zoom.us/j/9530100673
Wednesday, November 30, 2022 | 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Zoom
Post-Graduate Panel Discussion
RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeKdEH6YvMoY2i8ka3fHIL5v7oRBnCXn7m7th0vgXwe3VHhXA/viewform
Tuesday, November 29, 2022 | 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm | 1022 HN (Hybrid)
Blue Ecology in Urban Environment
Register at https://pratt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0kdeGsqT0uGdyi4uhdv7AfXJTKiL4mplUJ
Tuesday, November 22, 2022 | 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm | 1022 HN (Hybrid)
"Unconquering the Last Frontier" Film Screening
Guest Speaker: Director and Emmy Award Winner Robert Lundahl
Register at https://pratt.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvcOqtqTMqHdZQzBrk16r_Zup8xaDwFyam
Thursday, November 17, 2022 | 11:30 am - 1:45 pm | 717 HN (lecture) & 1022 (lunch)
Career Paths in the Geosciences
Guest Speakers: Jessica Luo and Bor-Ting Jong, Scientists from Princeton University and NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
RSVP by Nov 10 at https://tinyurl.com/RSVPgeosciences1117 or email Olivia at OLIVIA.USZYNSKI85@myhunter.cuny.edu
Monday, November 14, 2022 | 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Zoom (Hybrid)
Geography Awareness Week Keynote Speaker
Bringing together Indigenous Knowledge and Science; a need for a paradigm shift
Keynote Speaker: Carolina Behe, Cultural Resource Coordinator, NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUlduqpqTgjEtXf40P_mKNL6Xfyr9Iw2Qc4
Thursday, November 10, 2022 | 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Van Cortlandt Park Street Tree Care hosted by Greenbelt Society
Meeting Location: Riverdale Riding Stables Parking Lot
Register at https://www.nycgovparks.org/reg/stewardship-private/13089
Tuesday, November 8, 2022 | 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm | 1022 HN (Hybrid)
Visualizing Geography - Conversations about Geography and the Arts
Guest Speaker: Harold Garcia V, Artist
Register for in-person attendance at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/visualizing-geography-a-conversation-with-artist-harold-garcia-tickets-454046133207
Zoom option is available at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwod-2vqz0oGt2mJm73JcJcJ3g-DIT98K8W
Saturday, November 5, 2022 | 2:00 pm | Zoom
Solar Power in New York State: Utility Scale Development and Community Response
Guest Speaker: Jessica Stretton, Recipient of the 2021 Society of Woman Geographers Adelene Moffat Fellowship
Join at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84402939102
Saturday, November 5, 2022 | 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Marine Park Tree and Shrub Planting hosted by Greenbelt Society
Meeting Location: Salt Marsh Nature Center
Register at
https://www.nycgovparks.org/reg/stewardship/13019
Tuesday, October 18, 2022 | 2:30 pm - 3:45 pm | 1022 HN
Undergraduate Open House
RSVP by October 14 to Olivia Uszynski and Mimoza Frankfurt
Olivia.uszynski85@myhunter.cuny.edu and mf111@hunter.cuny.edu
Saturday, October 8, 2022 | 9:30 am - 12 pm
Inweed Hill Park Plug Planting hosted by Greenbelt Society
Meeting Location: Inwood Hill Park
Register at
https://www.nycgovparks.org/reg/stewardship/13049
Wednesday, October 5, 2022 | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Upper East Side Street Tree Care hosted by Greenbelt Society
Meeting Location: East 68th Street and 2nd Avenue
Register at https://www.nycgovparks.org/reg/stewardship-private/13086