• Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to secondary sidebar

New York Almanack

History, Natural History & the Arts

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • Adirondacks & NNY
  • Capital-Saratoga
  • Mohawk Valley
  • Hudson Valley & Catskills
  • NYC & Long Island
  • Western NY
  • History
  • Nature & Environment
  • Arts & Culture
  • Outdoor Recreation
  • Food & Farms
  • Subscribe
  • Support
  • Submit
  • About
  • New Books
  • Events
  • Podcasts

Rochester Institute of Technology

NYS Department of State Partners With Universities On Climate Issues

February 17, 2023 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

New York Department of StateNew York Secretary of State Robert J. Rodriguez has announced the launch of the University Partnerships for Innovative Climate Solutions Initiative at the New York Department of State (DOS).

As part of this initiative, DOS is partnering with seven universities from across the State to engage graduate and undergraduate students in DOS programs and projects that focus on climate change and climate justice. [Read more…] about NYS Department of State Partners With Universities On Climate Issues

Filed Under: Nature Tagged With: Bard College, Climate Change, Education, Environmental Justice, NYS Department of State, Rochester Institute of Technology, Science, SUNY Albany, SUNY Buffalo, SUNY ESF, SUNY Stony Brook, Syracuse University

New Mural Project Finishes in Old Forge

September 18, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Old Forge Mural courtesy Living ADKLiving ADK and View, the Center for Arts and Culture, have teamed up to create a new mural that is hanging on the side of Souvenir Village by the five corners/Point Park in Old Forge, NY.

The mural was designed and painted by Char Miller, a View summer intern and current Rochester Institute of Technology graphic design student, over the course of multiple days in August. [Read more…] about New Mural Project Finishes in Old Forge

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts Tagged With: Adirondacks, Herkimer COunty, Old Forge, painting, Rochester Institute of Technology, View

Traveling Art: Gustav Stickley’s 1903 Exhibitions

September 9, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

 Symbiotic PartnershipContrary to conventional wisdom, the very first modern traveling art exhibition was not the three-venue, 1913 New York City “Armory Show.” Instead, and a decade earlier, Syracuse and Rochester, New York hosted an important art exhibit.

The novelty of a traveling art exhibition in 1903 is matched by the surprising reason it occurred: a furniture maker’s business deal with an educational institution. [Read more…] about Traveling Art: Gustav Stickley’s 1903 Exhibitions

Filed Under: Arts, Books, History, Western NY Tagged With: Art History, Arts and Crafts Movement, Furniture, New York City, Rochester, Rochester Institute of Technology, Syracuse

New York Sustainable Brewery Summit Planned

April 29, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Paradox BreweryRochester Institute of Technology’s New York State Pollution Prevention Institute (NYSP2I) has announced a NY Sustainable Brewery Summit set for May 4th and May 11th, from 1 to 3:30 pm.

The two-part virtual event will discuss sustainability and pollution prevention best practices. [Read more…] about New York Sustainable Brewery Summit Planned

Filed Under: Events, Food, Nature Tagged With: Rochester Institute of Technology

Primary Sidebar

Help Support The Almanack

Subscribe to New York Almanack

Subscribe! Follow the New York Almanack each day via E-mail, RSS, Twitter or Facebook updates.

Recent Comments

  • Carol Caruso on Remembering Goldwater Hospital in NYC
  • Claire Deroche on The Return of the Ospreys
  • Susan Moore on How Animals Stay Warm In Winter
  • Arlene Steinberg on How Animals Stay Warm In Winter
  • FIY Local News-March 19 – Found in Yonkers on Hot To Avoid Coyote Conflicts
  • Caroline Booth Stafford on Smugglers & The Law: Prohibition In Northern New York
  • Craig DuMond on Wild Center Hosting Adirondack Building Conference
  • Olivia Twine on Men Arrested For Drinking, Driving and Hunting
  • Brian Madigan on Atlantic Yacht Club: A Brief History
  • Olivia Twine on The Return of the Ospreys

Recent New York Books

american inheritance
Norman Rockwell's Models
The 1947 Utica Blue Sox Book Cover
vanishing point
From the Battlefield to the Stage
field of corpses
Madison's Militia
in the adirondacks
The Extraordinary Journey of David Ingram

Secondary Sidebar

Mohawk Valley Trading Company Honey Syrup Candles
preservation league