October 30, 2021 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Adirondack Mini-term Students Group Projects This year’s Adirondack Mini-term included nine students, and eight faculty/staff.  Students learned about the geology of the region from Holli Frey (Geology), who also grew up in the northern […]

Photograph by Prof. Lorraine Cox Zoom Webinar October 5, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. ​Each year the Kelly Adirondack Center sponsors the work of Summer Research Fellows as they examine diverse topics that make the Adirondacks unique. The students interview experts in their fields, work in the Adirondack Research Library using books and collections to examine […]

with David Gibson September 30, 2021 (Rain Date October 7, 2021) 5:00 p.m. Kelly Adirondack Center Amphitheater 897 St. David’s Lane Niskayuna This event is free and open to the public. As the years go by, let us never forget that Paul Schaefer and his allies during the 20th century saved the Forest Preserve and the […]

with Adirondack historian, Phil Terrie and Protect the Adirondacks Executive Director,  Peter Bauer Thursday, May 27, 2021 6:00 p.m.   In a resounding victory for wilderness, the New York Court of Appeals recently issued a historic decision on the construction of snowmobile trails in the Forest Preserve. Established by the New York legislature in 1885 […]

A Zoom Webinar Series The Lived Experience April 15, 5:30 P.M. Dr. Alice Green and Brenda Valentine Moderated by Prof. Becky Cortez Half a century of Adirondack lived experience: two Park residents reflect and share about systemic racism and structural oppression growing up and living in the Park, from the 1950s to today. Dr. Alice […]