May 29 Event:: Superstorm Sandy: Are We Ready for the Next One?

News Release Date: 05/22/2013

Experts from the City University of New York, public and nonprofit sectors, and city government will discuss lessons learned from Superstorm Sandy in three sessions, all free and open to the public, on Wednesday, May 29, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Elebash Recital Hall.

SCIENCE, CLIMATE, AND STORM PREDICTION, 9–10 a.m.

Dr. William Solecki, Professor of Geography; Director, Institute for Sustainable Cities, Hunter College; and Cochair, Mayor’s Panel on Climate Change

Dr. Frank Buonaiuto, Associate Professor of Geography, Hunter College, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Dr. Allan Frei, Professor, Chairperson, and Deputy Director, CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities, Hunter College

Moderator: Dr. William J. Fritz, Professor of Geology; Interim President, College of Staten Island

NEW YORK CITY NATURAL DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE, 10:15–11:30 a.m.

Andrew Boyarsky, project director, NYC Coastal Storm Plan Training Project, School of Professional Studies, CUNY

Donald A. Winters, Assistant University Director of Public Safety, CUNY; and Liaison Unified Operations Resource Center Steering Committee, NYC Coastal Storm Plan

Brian Hartig, NYC Department of Homeless Services; Emergency Sheltering for the City’s Coastal Storm Plan

Dr. Michael Kress, Vice-President for Information Technology and Economic Development, College of Staten Island, and Executive Director, CUNY Interdisciplinary High Performance Computer Center

Moderator: Dr. Stephen Brier, Professor of Urban Education and Special Assistant to the President for Legislative Affairs, The Graduate Center, CUNY

PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE SERVICES POST-SANDY, 11:45 a.m.–1 p.m.

Kate McKenzie, Director, Policy and Planning for City Harvest

Jack Carvanos, Associate Professor of Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Hunter College

Dr. Irwin Redlener, Director, National Center for Disaster Preparedness, Columbia University School of Public Health

Moderator: Dr. Nicholas Freudenberg, Distinguished Professor of Public Health, Hunter College and CUNY School of Public Health

For further information, call 212-817-8215.

Doctor of Public Health (DPH) Program Information Session

Event Date: 5/29/2013 5:00:00 PM

The CUNY Doctor of Public Health (DPH) Program welcomes you to our next Information Session. We look forward to assisting as you take this exciting step toward the pursuit of a DPH degree.

The DPH Program was created in 2007 and is a part of the Graduate Center, CUNY, which serves as home to the program. The GC awards the DPH degree with the CUNY School of Public Health (SPH) at Hunter College. Courses are taught by doctoral faculty from the Public Health Programs at Brooklyn, Hunter, and Lehman Colleges, and the Graduate Center. Additional DPH faculty are from other participating CUNY campuses. By drawing on faculty from throughout CUNY, the DPH program offers comprehensive interdisciplinary perspectives on public health and related fields.

CUNY DPH Program Specialization Tracks: Community, Society and Health (including a sub-track Nutrition Concentration), Epidemiology, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Health Policy and Management.

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May 29 Event:: Superstorm Sandy: Are We Ready for the Next One?

Doctor of Public Health (DPH) Program Information Session