Month: March 2018

Cayuga Community College’s Harlequin Productions will perform “Alice in Black and White” Thursday to Saturday and March 22-24 at the college’s Bisgrove Theater. The play tells the story of famed Staten Island photographer Alice Austen and her resistance to 19th and 20th century conventions. Above, Alice (played by Hannah Abrams, right) listens to her mother (Marissa Sorber, center). At left is Alice’s Aunt Minn.
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Production at CCC to focus on legendary female photographer

March 15, 2018 Contributor

Cayuga Community College’s student theater group will shine a light on a historic photojournalist whose contributions to photography were matched only by her resistance to societal conventions. Performances are scheduled for March 15-17 and March 22-24 at the Irene A. Bisgrove Community Theatre at Cayuga Community College.

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In the dunes of Sandy Island State Park, SUNY Oswego senior geology major Kimberly Smith worked last summer on a study documenting erosion and higher groundwater levels caused by Lake Ontario's record high water level -- research she said shows damage to wildlife habitat. The Ozone Park student plans to present her study at the college's Quest symposium on April 4.
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High Water Damages Seabird Habitat In Dunes Along Lake Ontario, Student Finds

March 15, 2018 Contributor

The devastation SUNY Oswego geology major Kimberly Smith saw as a volunteer last summer helping with cleanup at Sandy Island State Park drove her to study the impact of high water levels on wildlife habitat in the environmentally unique dunes of eastern Lake Ontario. The senior from Ozone Park, Queens, plans to share her findings April 4 during the scholarly poster presentation session at Quest, SUNY Oswego’s daylong symposium celebrating student, faculty and staff research and creativity.

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