2025-2026 Calendar of Departmental Events
UPCOMING EVENTS
More to be announced.
PAST EVENTS
Tuesday, May 19, 2026 | 2:30 PM - 5:15 PM
Student Presentations: GIS Applications in Social Geography
Thursday, May 14, 2026 | 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Annual Departmental Awards Presentation
Sunday, May 3, 2026 | 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Earth Week Field Trip: Staten Island Serpentinite
Friday, May 1, 2026 | 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Undergraduate Research Conference
Wednesday, April 29, 2026 | All Day
Hunter College Giving Day: Support Geography and Environmental Science
Friday, April 24, 2026 | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
GBS: Kissena Park Restoration and Nature Tour
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 | 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM | 3rd Floor, HW
Department Tabling
Tuesday, April 21, 2026 | 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM | 3rd floor Cafeteria HW
Spring Food Festival: Powered by Plants
Friday-Saturday, April 18, 2026
Alumni Weekend
Friday, April 17, 2026 | 10:00 AM
GBS: Ecology Park Tour and Wetlands Restoration
Tuesday, April 14, 2026 | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
GBS: Alley Pond Park Forest Restoration
Saturday, April 11, 2026 | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
GBS: Inwood Hill Park Tree and Shrub Planting
Thursday, April 9, 2026 | 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
GBS: Fresh Creek Preserve Wetlands Clean-up
Tuesday, March 24, 2026 | 1022 HN
GBS: How do we prepare for our capstones
Wednesday, March 18, 2026 | 3rd floor Cafeteria HW
Hunter College Major Day
Tuesday, March 17, 2026 | 2:30 PM | 1022 HN
GBS: Hiking Essentials 101
Saturday, March 14, 2026 | Email greenbeltsociety1@gmail.com
GBS: Canarsie Beach Clean-up
Tuesday, March 10, 2026 | 2:30 PM - 3:45 PM | 1028 HN
Careers in Mapping for Communities with Olivia Ildefonso, Ph.D., Co-founder of North Arrow
Friday, March 6, 2026 | 5:00 PM
GTU Application Deadline
Tuesday, February 24, 2026 | 2:30 PM - 3:45 PM | 1028 HN
Solidarity Economy with Ali Issa, General Coordinator, Cooperative Economics Alliance of NYC
Tuesday, February 10, 2026 | 2:30 PM - 3:45 PM | 1028 HN
Housing Affordability and CLTs (Community Land Trusts) with Jakob Schneider, East New York CLT
Tuesday, February 3, 2026 | 4:00 PM - 5:15 PM | 1028 HN
Food Sovereignty with Steph Wiley, Co-founder Brooklyn Packers, worker coop and a CSA
Tuesday, February 3, 2026 | 2:30 PM - 3:45 PM | 1028 HN
Food Insecurity with Mark Chatarpal, Executive Director, NYC Food Policy Center at Hunter College
Wednesday, December 17, 2025 | 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | 1028 HN
Faculty Lightning Talks
Thursday, December 4, 2025 | 2:30 PM - 5:15 PM | 1090B2 HN
Geocomputation in Context: Automating Geospatial Workflows for Emergency Management
Wednesday, November 26, 2025 | 5 PM Deadline
Department T-Shirt Design Competition
Submit entries at https://bit.ly/GEStshirts
Thursday, November 20, 2025 | 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM | 1022 HN
Finding Your Path: Environmental Science Career Panel
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 | 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM | 1004 HN (hybrid)
Data Action Using Data for a Public Good
Tuesday, November 18, 2025 | 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Hunter West Lobby
Hunter College Clothing Swap
Tuesday, November 18, 2025 | 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM | 1028 HN
2025 New Books Showcase
Saturday, November 15, 2025 | 8:30 AM | Meet at Grand Central Terminal
Hiking Bull Hill Full Loop (Cold Spring)
Hosted by Greenbelt Society
Wednesday, November 12, 2025 | 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM | 1028 HN
Geographic sciences in water-use permitting: ten plus years of research and consulting in groundwater and wetland discharge mapping
Tuesday, November 11, 2025 | 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM | 1028 HN
Greenbelt Society Discussion on Ecoterrorism (Not Really!)
Saturday, November 8, 2025 | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Brooklyn
Greenbelt Society joins Marine
Park Tree Planting
Saturday, November 1, 2025 | 9:45 AM - 6:00 PM
Earth Science Field Trip: Edelman Fossil Park and Museum
Thursday, October 30, 2025 | 2:30 PM | 1022 HN
Exploring the Frontlines of Climate Change through Photographs and Conversation
No RSVP required.
Wednesday, October 29, 2025 | 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM | 3rd Floor HW
Department Tabling
Tuesday, October 21, 2025 | 2:45 PM - 4:00 PM | 1028 HN
Greenbelt Society Round-Robin Discussion on Forest Restoration & Climate Change
Saturday, October 18, 2025 | Email greenbeltsociety1@gmail.com
GBS: Ecological Walking Tour to understand and share the city processes from Central Park to Grand Central Terminal
Wednesday, October 15, 2025 | 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Roosevelt House
Roosevelt House Science-to-Sustainability Forum: The Role of Science in the New World Order
Saturday, October 11, 2025 | Email greenbeltsociety1@gmail.com
GBS: Hiking Tour of Harriman State Park
Wednesday, October 8, 2025 | 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM | 1028 HN
Experiences conducting interdisciplinary research focused on human-environment interactions
Wednesday, October 8, 2025 | Email greenbeltsociety1@gmail.com
GBS: Scientific/Educational visit to the Planet Earth section at the American Museum of Natural History
Sunday, October 5, 2025 | Email greenbeltsociety1@gmail.com
GBS: Ecological Restoration with New York Restoration Project in Highbridge Park in Manhattan
Friday, October 3, 2025 | Email greenbeltsociety1@gmail.com
GBS: Fieldwork: Air Quality and Noise Exercise in Alphabet City
Friday, September 26, 2025 | Email greenbeltsociety1@gmail.com
GBS: Fieldwork: NYC Parks 2025 Fall Tree Survey at Dry Lock Pool (Avenue D and E 10th Street)
Thursday, September 25, 2025 | 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | 1028 HN
Pathways in Geography & Environmental Studies: Lunch & Learn
Sunday, September 21, 2025 | Email greenbeltsociety1@gmail.com
GBS: Ecological Restoration iwth NYC H2O in Ridgewood Reservoir, Queens
Sunday, September 21, 2025 | Email greenbeltsociety1@gmail.com
GBS: Climate Week NYC Celebration with Jenille Scoot (Climate Director for ALIGN: The Alliance for a Greater New York) in Jackson Heights, Queens
Friday, September 19, 2025 | Email greenbeltsociety1@gmail.com
GBS: Fieldwork: Heat Risk around Hunter College
Thursday, September 18, 2025 | 10:00 AM | Zoom
Undergraduate Geography and Environmental Studies Majors Internships and Capstone Informational Session
Wednesday, September 17, 2025 | 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM | 1028 HN
Elevating Spatial Evaluation: Satellite-driven confounder adjustment
Monday, September 15, 2025 | 12:00 noon | Zoom
Undergraduate Geography and Environmental Studies Majors Internships and Capstone Informational Session
Join link: https://us06web.zoom.us/my/geoffreyfouad
Saturday, September 13, 2025 | Email greenbeltsociety1@gmail.com
GBS: Hiking Tour at Harriman State Park
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 | 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM | 1028 HN
Earth Observation and Causal Machine Learning for the Social Sciences
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 | 6:00 PM | Zoom
Undergraduate Geography and Environmental Studies Majors Internships and Capstone Informational Session
Friday, September 5, 2025 | 12:00 noon | Zoom
Undergraduate Geography and Environmental Studies Majors Internships and Capstone Informational Session
Monday, August 25, 2025 | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM | Graduate Center
Departmental Faculty Retreat
Thursday, August 21, 2025 | 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM | Bronx Community College
Geospatial Technologies for the Earth, Commemoration & Showcase Day
Monday, August 18, 2025 | 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM | 3rd Floor Hunter West Main Cafeteria
School of Arts and Sciences New Graduate Students Welcome Reception
