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Dowling College's Educational Efforts Inspire the Public to Be
Environmentally Conscious and Responsible
Protecting human health and the environment, including our delicate water system, is a critical issue and Dowling College's Department of Earth and Marine Sciences is encouraging personal responsibility in these areas through a series of educational lectures. The Earth Science Lecture Series will take place from 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. in the Fortunoff Hall Hunt Room at Dowling's Rudolph Campus in Oakdale and the schedule is as follows:
Tuesday, October 16
Water, Water Everywhere and Not a Drop to Drink….The Creation Of Our Groundwater System
Tuesday, October 23
Coastline New York: Into the Creeks and Crevices Along the Shore
Tuesday, November 13
Waste Not, Want Not: NYC Drinking Water…..The Best In the World!
These lectures will feature Sidney Horenstein, American Museum of Natural History Geologist and Environmental Educator Emeritus, (retired). Horenstein is also author of The Geology & History of Inwood Hill and Isham Parks in Manhattan, Linnean Society Special Publication (2007); Rocks Tell Stories (1993); co-author of Simon & Schuster's Guide to Fossils (with Paolo Arduini & Giorgio Teruzzi) (1987). This lecture series is free & open to the public. Space is limited and reservations are requested. Please R.S.V.P. your attendance to Dr. John T. Tanacredi, Chair of the Department of Earth & Marine Sciences at Dowling College. Please contact Dr. Tanacredi via email at TanacreJ@dowling.edu or call 631-244-3394.
About Dowling College
Dowling College is an independent, coeducational college that serves more than 6,500 students at
its historic Rudolph Campus on the banks of the Connetquot River in Oakdale, NY, and the 105-acre
Brookhaven Campus in eastern Long Island and a business center located near the Nassau-Suffolk
border in Melville. Dowling offers Bachelor′s, Master′s, and Doctoral degrees in several
disciplines through its four schools: Arts and Sciences, Aviation, Business, and Education.
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