DAY 1: LEADING BY EXAMPLE: HOFSTRA’S ROLE IN BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE TOMORROWSESSION1:
NET-ZERO CAMPUS: HOW HOFSTRA CAN BECOME CARBON NEUTRAL (VIRTUAL)
Lincoln Bleveans
Dr. E. Christa Farmer, Professor Department of Geology, Environment, and Sustainability School of Natural Sciences and HofstraMathematicsUniversity
ZOOM
Tuesday, September 20, 2022 11:20 a.m.-12:45 p.m. LINK: hofstra.zoom.us/j/93948738444? ID: 939 4873 8444
Meeting
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What would it take to transform Hofstra into a net-zero emissions campus? Find out how Stanford University recently transitioned from a completely fossil fuel-based heating and energy plant to 100% renewable energy.
Executive Director, Sustainability & EnergyStanfordManagementUniversity
LEADING BY EXAMPLE: HOFSTRA’S ROLE IN BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE TOMORROW
SESSION 2: BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE CAMPUS: FACULTY, STAFF, AND STUDENT INITIATIVES
Moderator: Dr. J Bret Bennington, Professor and Chair Department of Geology, Environment, and Sustainability School of Natural Sciences and HofstraMathematicsUniversity
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Tuesday, September 20, 2:40-4:052022p.m.
Free and open to the public. Advance registration is required. To register, please visit events.hofstra.edu. For further information, please visit hofstra.edu/ps22 or call the Hofstra Cultural Center at 516-463-5669
DAY 1:
• Mike Runkel, Assistant Director of Grounds, Hofstra University
DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, AND SUSTAINABILITY presents
Student presenters from Spring 2022 Intro Sustainability and Intro Food Studies courses
• Natalie Correa, Camryn Gallagher, Conor Latimer-Ireland - Composting/Food Waste
Sustainability begins at home. There is much that Hofstra can and should be doing to transform our campus into a living model of sustainable practices. This panel will explore Hofstra’s role in promoting sustainable horticulture and urban agriculture, and will feature student-generated proposals for future sustainability initiatives on campus.
• Mali Pedone - Multicultural “Foodchella” Festival”
Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater
Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus
• Andrea Millwood, Roosevelt Community Garden/North Shore Land Alliance
• Mala Lall, Deborah Tinnirello - Green Roofs
Panelists:
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DAY 1:
• Kendra Hogan, Chief Operating Officer, Choice for All
Department of Population Health School of Health Professions and Human Services Hofstra University
• Wendy Silverman, Clinic Director, Speech-Language-Hearing Clinic Saltzman Community Services Center
Free and open to the public. Advance registration is required. To register, please visit events.hofstra.edu For further information, please visit hofstra.edu/ps22 or call the Hofstra Cultural Center at 516-463-5669
This panel will provide a model of the actual and potential role of the University in providing otherwise unavailable services to local community members. The provision of low-cost innovative services by doctoral- and master’s-level trainees taps into the rich resources of the academic community and the need for students for the practical and clinical application of that knowledge. Public health justice concerns of local environmental contamination can be remediated through research and advocacy. The key to sustaining this mutually beneficial exchange is to broaden our scope and move into partnership with local organizations. This session will demonstrate how to collaborate with school systems, community-based organizations, social service agencies, and local churches to create and maintain sustainable relationships that mutually meet the needs of the University and the local community at large.
SUSTAINING COMMUNITY HEALTH, SERVICES AND RESEARCH
Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus
Moderator:
Panelists:
LEADING BY EXAMPLE: HOFSTRA’S ROLE IN BUILDING A SUSTAINABLE TOMORROW
• Teresa Grella-Hillebrand, Director of Counseling and Mental Health Professions Clinic, Salzman Community Services Center
Tuesday, September 20, 4:20-5:452022p.m.
SESSION 3:
Dr. Martine Hackett, Associate Professor and Program Director
DEPARTMENT OF POPULATION HEALTH and the SALTZMAN COMMUNITY SERVICES CENTER presents
• Michele Marx, Director Reading/Writing Learning Clinic, and
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DAY 2:
Wednesday, September 21, 1-2:252022p.m.
Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center, North Campus
ADDRESSING AND ADAPTING TO CLIMATEKEYNOTECHANGEADDRESS:
ENERGY STORAGE TO ENERGY SYSTEMS –APPROACHES FOR A SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FUTURE
Co-Director, Institute for Electrochemically Stored Energy Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry Adjunct Faculty, Materials Science and Chemical Engineering Stony Brook University
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AMY MARSCHILOK, PhD
Student Center Theater
Energy Storage Division Manager, Energy Systems Division Manager, and Scientist, Interdisciplinary Science Department Brookhaven National Laboratory
Free and open to the public. Advance registration is required. To register, please visit events.hofstra.edu
Hofstra Cultural Center
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There is an urgent national need to develop a more resilient, lower carbon electric grid. However, this presents multifaceted challenges to utilities, energy providers, and energy users. There are both energy storage and energy systems needs to progress towards a cleaner, greener electric grid. Faster-charging electric vehicle batteries are needed to motivate transition away from fossil fuels and increase penetration of electric vehicles. New chemistry and materials science solutions are needed for large-scale energy conversion and storage, with greater consideration for environmental abundance and safety considerations. At the energy systems level, there is great opportunity to integrate solar energy and wind energy into the grid. However, renewables are by nature intermittent, necessitating new approaches for forecasting and integration of storage. A multifaceted interdisciplinary science effort is underway to address these challenges at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) and Stony Brook University (SBU). Progress and opportunities in these areas will be highlighted in this presentation.
Moderator: Dr. Warren A. Frisina, Dean Stuart and Nancy Rabinowitz Honors College
• Dr. Jase E. Bernhardt, Assistant Professor and Director of Sustainability Studies
Project-based learning (PBL) invites students to address large social problems (e.g., climate change) via open-ended, entrepreneurial, team-based projects. In this workshop, the panel will discuss why PBL is emerging as an important pedagogical strategy on campuses across the U.S. and how we can put it to use in our classrooms. This workshop will begin with a presentation by Dr. Kristin Wobbe, the director of the Center for Project-Based Learning at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Her presentation will be followed by tabletop conversations where faculty and others discuss PBL techniques for teaching about climate change and other subjects.
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PROJECT-BASED LEARNING IN THE 21ST CENTURY: CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGES
• Uzo N. Osuno, Adjunct Associate Professor of Computer Science
• Dr. Robert P. Guttmann, Professor of Economics
Free and open to the public. Advance registration is required. To register, please visit events.hofstra.edu For further information, please visit hofstra.edu/ps22 or call the Hofstra Cultural Center at 516-463-5669
246 East Library Wing
SESSION 4:
• Dr. Kathleen A. Wallace, Professor of Philosophy
Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus
Panelists will include the faculty scheduled to teach Climate Change Challenges:
STUART AND NANCY RABINOWITZ HONORS COLLEGE presents
DAY 2: ADDRESSING AND ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Wednesday, September 21, 9:40-11:052022a.m.
Panelists include:
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DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, AND SUSTAINABILITY presents SESSION 5:
Student Center Theater
• Nelson Vaz, Warning Coordination Meteorologist, National Weather Service New York Office
• Dr. Adam H. Sobel, Professor of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics and of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University, and Author of Storm Surge: Hurricane Sandy, Our Changing Climate, and Extreme Weather of the Past and Future
Free and open to the public. Advance registration is required. To register, please visit events.hofstra.edu For further information, please visit hofstra.edu/ps22 or call the Hofstra Cultural Center at 516-463-5669
ADDRESSING AND ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE
In the fall of 2012, Superstorm Sandy made landfall on the New Jersey coast and brought unprecedented coastal flooding to New York City, New Jersey, and Long Island. Ten years later it is time to look back and take stock of the lessons we have learned and the actions we have taken (and not taken) to make our coastal communities more resilient and adaptable to future storms.
• Dr. Mary Anne A. Trasciatti, Professor of Writing Studies and Rhetoric, Hofstra University, and Long Beach activist
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SUPERSTORM SANDY: 10 YEARS LATER
Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center, North Campus
Moderator: Dr. Jase E. Bernhardt, Assistant Professor and Director of Sustainability Studies School of Natural Sciences and HofstraMathematicsUniversity
Wednesday, September 21, 2:40-4:052022p.m.
Moderator: Dr. Andrew Forman, Associate Professor
ADDRESSING AND ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE
• Kathleen Bakarich, PhD, CPA, Frank G. Zarb School of Business
Frank G. Zarb School of Business
Wednesday, September 21, 4:20-5:452022p.m.
• Richard C. Jones, PhD, Frank G. Zarb School of Business
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FRED DEMATTEIS SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE, MAURICE A. DEANE SCHOOL OF LAW, AND THE FRANK G. ZARB SCHOOL OF BUSINESS present
• J. Scott Colesanti, Esq., LLM, Maurice A. Deane School of Law
Student Center Theater
DAY 2:
Sondra and David S. Mack Student Center, North Campus
Free and open to the public. Advance registration is required. To register, please visit events.hofstra.edu For further information, please visit hofstra.edu/ps22 or call the Hofstra Cultural Center at 516-463-5669
SUSTAINABILITY – SCIENCE, REGULATION, AND COMPLIANCE
SESSION 6:
Department of Marketing, International Business and Legal Studies
Should containment of environmental pollutants remain in the purview of the states, and does the attention of an additional mammoth federal agency serve primarily to blur empirical findings? In turn, the most pressing questions possibly center on the components of effective science-driven regulations to tackle multifaceted issues related to climate change, the authority of a federal agency to reinterpret its mission, and the practical accounting, reporting, and auditing considerations attending such newly required filings.
This expert panel will explore a primary question in an age of dedicated government response: Does science drive regulation, or vice versa, in the new age of blunt government rulemaking, as both main street and Wall Street are being forced to confront green street?
Panelists:
• Minjeong Suh, PhD, Fred DeMatteis School of Engineering and Applied Science
• Dr. Patricia Geyer, Head of School at Long Island School for the Gifted, and Adjunct Professor, Hofstra University
A panel of alumni of the School of Education’s leadership and teacher education programs present what their K-12 classrooms are doing to educate the generation who will be most affected by climate change. School teachers, administrators, and School of Education faculty share their theory and practice for engaging students as informed, active citizens, as they research current and future effects of this existential threat to humanity, as well as their roles, responsibilities, and rights in addressing the threat.
LOCAL INITIATIVES: HOFSTRA’S ROLE IN SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES
Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus
• Mitchell Bickman, Director of K-12 Social Studies, Oceanside
DAY 3:
Panelists:
Moderator:
Dr. Alan Singer, Professor of Teaching, Learning and Technology, and Director of Secondary Education Social Studies, Hofstra University Author of Teaching Climate History (Routledge, 2022)
• Dr. Lorna Lewis, Superintendent of Malverne Public Schools
Thursday, September 22, 9:40-11:052022a.m.
Free and open to the public. Advance registration is required. To register, please visit events.hofstra.edu For further information, please visit hofstra.edu/ps22 or call the Hofstra Cultural Center at 516-463-5669
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• Brendalon Staton, Hempstead School District
SESSION 7: CLIMATE CHANGE EDUCATION IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater
DEPARTMENT OF TEACHING, LEARNING, AND TECHNOLOGY presents
• Dr. Robyn Tornabene, Science Teacher, Long Beach High School
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• Waylyn Hobbs III, Mayor, Village of Hempstead
• George Siberon, Executive Director of the Hempstead Hispanic Civic Association
• Richard Koubek, Secretary of the Huntington Township Housing Coalition, and Chair of the Welfare to Work Commission of Suffolk County
• Brandy Watson, President of the Board Hempstead Community Land Trust
Moderator: Dr. Christopher W. Niedt, Associate Professor of Applied Social Research, Department of Sociology, and Academic Director of the National Center for Suburban Studies Hofstra University
Dr. Philip Dalton, Director, Hofstra Center for Civic Engagement and Associate Professor of Writing Studies and Rhetoric (organizer)
Panelists:
Free and open to the public. Advance registration is required. To register, please visit events.hofstra.edu For further information, please visit hofstra.edu/ps22 or call the Hofstra Cultural Center at 516-463-5669
Thursday, September 22, 2022 11:20 a.m.-12:45 p.m.
SUSTAINABLE HOUSING: CAN LONG ISLAND’S HOUSING POLICY SUSTAIN ITS GROWING DIVERSE POPULATION?
This session will discuss the challenges and obstacles to providing adequate housing on Long Island. This area has a long history with segregation and red lining, which has left lasting impacts on communities in terms of racial and ethnic composition, design, and income.
Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus
CENTER FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT presents SESSION 8:
LOCAL INITIATIVES: HOFSTRA’S ROLE IN SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES
DAY 3:
Governments and not-for-profit organizations work to reverse the harms of housing practices, but face various challenges including questions about whether deconcentrated race, ethnicity, and poverty are necessarily beneficial to the communities these efforts are intended to help.
THE HOFSTRA NORTHWELL SCHOOL OF NURSING AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT STUDIES presents
Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater
Free and open to the public. Advance registration is required. To register, please visit events.hofstra.edu
Thursday, September 22, 2:40-4:052022p.m.
• Debora A. Riccardi, DNP, Assistant Professor of Nursing & Ideals coordinator, and
Moderator: Renee McLeod-Sordjan, DNP, Vice Dean and Professor of Nursing Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies Assistant Professor, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
SESSION 9: COMMUNITY EQUITY FOR A SUSTAINABLE TOMORROW
Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus
LOCAL INITIATIVES: HOFSTRA’S ROLE IN SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES
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Panelists:
DAY 3:
• Shari Jardine, MPH, Northwell Health
For further information, please visit hofstra.edu/ps22 or call the Hofstra Cultural Center at 516-463-5669
To improve population health, health equity needs to become a priority and measures to reduce disparities must be integrated into health care, academic services, and training programs. Training public health providers, physicians, nurses, and other allied health workers to address the social determinants of medical care is one of the key principles for promoting more equitable health outcomes for patients, families, and communities. This moderated roundtable will describe how to create and sustain community equity, locally and globally, in premedical education and healthcare settings.
• Micheal Cassara, MD, Associate Dean and Associate Professor of Nursing, and Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and Science Education Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies
THE LAWRENCE HERBERT SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION presents
Free and open to the public. Advance registration is required. To register, please visit events.hofstra.edu For further information, please visit hofstra.edu/ps22 or call the Hofstra Cultural Center at 516-463-5669
• Adrienne Esposito, Executive Director, Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Farmingdale
Moderator: Mario Murillo, Vice Dean and Professor of Radio, Television, Film Herbert School of Communication
Thursday, September 22, 4:20-5:452022p.m.
• Rob Weltner, President, Freeport SPLASH (Stop Polluting Littering and Save Harbors)
DAY 3:
COVERING THE CLIMATE CRISIS: LOCAL REPORTING ON THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE LONG ISLAND ADVOCATE
Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater
Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus
SESSION 10:
• Madeline Armstrong, Editor, Long Island Advocate
• Scott Brinton, Assistant Professor of Journalism, Herbert School of Communication
Panelists:
LOCAL INITIATIVES: HOFSTRA’S ROLE IN SUPPORTING SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES
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Long Island juts 118 miles into the Atlantic Ocean and is incredibly vulnerable to the dual perils of sea level rise and the increased intensity of hurricanes and tropical storms caused by the climate crisis. Through a roundtable discussion, this panel will examine how The Lawrence Herbert School of Communication and its hyperlocal, multimedia online publication, The Long Island Advocate, have covered local threats to the environment, with a focus on climate change.
• Urvi Gandhi, Editor, Long Island Advocate
Facilitators:
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• E. Christa Farmer, Department of Geology, Environment, and Sustainability School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
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• Marrakech Cunliffe, Leaders in Environmental Activism and Fellowship (LEAF) Club, Hofstra University
Wednesday, September 28, 6:302022p.m.
Free and open to the public. Advance registration is required. To register, please visit events.hofstra.edu
Leo A. Guthart Cultural Center Theater Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus
For further information, please visit hofstra.edu/ps22 or call the Hofstra Cultural Center at 516-463-5669
HOFSTRA CULTURAL CENTER DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, AND SUSTAINABILITY and HOFSTRA LEADERS IN ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM AND FELLOWSHIP (LEAF) CLUB presents
The film YOUTH v GOV follows the story of 21 American youths who filed a groundbreaking lawsuit against the U.S. government for creating the climate crisis. The youths claim that the environmental damage caused by the government’s willful actions for more than six decades endangers their constitutional rights to life, liberty, and property. The Juliana plaintiffs, represented by the legal nonprofit, Our Children’s Trust, present the diversity of America’s youth impacted by the climate crisis. Hailing from across the country, they encompass cultural, economic, racial, and geographic diversity, with many from marginalized communities. Their diversity speaks not only to the impacts of climate change, but to the inclusion required if we are to build a better, more just future together. If these young people are successful, they will not only make history, they will change the future.
Held in collaboration with the second annual Presidential Symposium on Solutions for a Sustainable Tomorrow
