Department of Earth Sciences
K. Douglas
Nelson Lecture Series
Information for Speakers
Thank you very much for agreeing to come to Syracuse University to present a talk to our faculty and students as part of the K. Douglas Nelson Lecture Series here in the Department of Earth Sciences! Below is some information that may be of help to you in planning your visit.
The Lecture:
Our lectures are normally scheduled for 4pm on Thursday afternoons. You should plan to speak for about 50 minutes and round out the hour with a few questions at the end. We have found that the most effective talks are aimed at a general, but geologically literate, audience. In order to put your research into a more accessible context for non-specialists, we encourage you to include some background information about your specific field of interest and how your work fits into the broader picture.
Projection Facilities:
Projection facilities in our lecture room include a PC computer with PowerPoint and digital projector. You can bring your talk on a Zip disk, CD, or memory stick, or you can bring your own laptop and plug it in to our projector (recommended for talks produced on a Mac). Let me know if this will be sufficient, or if you will need additional equipment.
Travel:
If
you will be flying to Syracuse, plan to fly in to Syracuse?s Hancock
International Airport. You can
make your own reservations and we will reimburse you for the cost of the ticket,
or we can book your chosen flight for you on this end and save you the hassle
of reimbursement. We hope that you
will arrange for your flights well in advance so as to get a reasonable price,
as our department?s seminar budget is limited.
If
you plan to drive, we will reimburse you for mileage. Syracuse University is most easily
reached from Interstate 81 (click here for map). If you are coming in on the New York
State Thruway, take Exit 36 and proceed south on I-81 into Syracuse. Both northbound and southbound travelers
on Interstate 81 should exit at Adams/Harrison Streets (Exit 18).
If
you are driving directly to campus, take Adams Street (not Harrison) up the hill
to the east (click here for map). At the traffic light at the top of the
hill, turn right onto Irving Street.
Go through several intersections until you reach a stop sign with a
University kiosk in front of you.
Turn right, then right again at the first street (basically a big
U-turn). Irving parking garage
will be on your right. Tell the
attendant you are a guest of our department - we will let them know you are
coming. Walk to the top floor of
the garage and take the footbridge over to campus. Bear left, and walk up the stairs in front of you. At the top, turn right into the
courtyard of the Law School. There
will be a parking lot in front of you – we are in the brick building with
the big windows along the right side of that lot – Heroy Geology
Lab. The department office is room
204.
Lodging:
We will arrange lodging for you during your stay at the home of one of our faculty or at a hotel near campus. Generally this includes the evening prior to your talk and the night of your talk, unless your travel plans call for something different. If you are staying in a hotel, the one we typically use is the Genesee Grande Hotel, and their phone number is 315-476-4212. We will confirm this with you prior to your visit.
Schedule on the day of the talk:
We will arrange a schedule for you so you will have an opportunity to meet with various faculty and students in order to get a flavor of what is going on in our department. If there is anyone in particular with whom you are interested in speaking, please let the seminar coordinator know and she/he will do their best to arrange it. The lecture is at 4pm. We typically have a departmental reception immediately following your talk, followed by a nice meal in one of our fine local establishments.
About our department (and your audience):
We are a moderately sized department, with 9 regular faculty and several active emeritus faculty, on the order of 20 graduate students, and a comparable number of undergraduate majors. We have particular strengths in crustal studies, including geochronology, and in Quaternary paleoclimatology, with smaller research groups in paleobiology and hydrogeology. Given this, your audience will be a mixed one, including faculty, graduate students, and some undergraduate students from a range of geological disciplines. Please browse our web site to learn more about us!
Please send the seminar coordinator:
- title of your talk
- pdf of a recent publication or two
- a digital image relevant to your talk, e.g., a field photo or figure from a publication, so we can put it on the flyer advertising your talk
For more information, please contact the seminar coordinator:
Dr. Linda C. Ivany
315-443-3626
