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Paul Smith's, The College of the Adirondacks is set in the Adirondacks on the shores of Lower St. Regis Lake. Programs include Biology; Business; Culinary Arts and Service Management; Natural Resources; Recreation, Adventure Travel and Ecotourism, Fish and Wildlife Technology; Forest Recreation or Forest Technician; Liberal Arts; Ecology and Environment Technology; Hotel and Restaurant Management; Outdoor Recreation; Surveying; or Urban Tree Management.
Paul Smith's College is a founding member of NCPR's Adirondack News Fund, and hosts our Adirondack News Bureau.
NCPR's long-running series on the natural world, Natural Selections, is co-hosted by Paul Smith's College biologist, Dr. Curt Stager.
Sue Grimm points out a still-growing poylphemus. Inset: adult polyphemus
Heard Up North: Polyphemus moths, monarchs, and more at the VIC
Paul Smiths, NY, Aug 10, 2011 — All kinds of creatures make their home in the North Country, including a number of native butterflies. Sarah Harris visited the butterfly house at the Paul Smith's Visitor Interpretive Center (VIC) on a rainy Friday afternoon, talked to educator Sue Grimm, and has today's Heard Up North. Go to full article
Farmers Under 40: A farmer and a teacher, too
Jul 25, 2011 — Our Farmers Under 40 series continues throughout the summer. Today we have a profile of Joe Orefice, an assistant professor of forestry at Paul Smith's College.
Orefice taught the school's first sustainable community agriculture course this past year. He also owns and operates a small farm, which he uses as a teaching tool.
This summer Paul Smith's culinary students visited Joe's farm for a lesson in local meats. Sarah Harris joined them and has our story. Go to full article
Orefice taught the school's first sustainable community agriculture course this past year. He also owns and operates a small farm, which he uses as a teaching tool.
This summer Paul Smith's culinary students visited Joe's farm for a lesson in local meats. Sarah Harris joined them and has our story. Go to full article
Readers & Writers: Curt Stager, author of "Deep Future"
Canton, NY, Jun 07, 2011 — Our guest is Dr. Curt Stager of the Paul Smith's College faculty, co-host of NCPR's Natural Selections, and author of Deep Future: The Next 100,000 Years of Life on Earth. Drawing upon the latest works of a handful of climate visionaries, the book explores the possibilities for next hundred millennia of life on Earth. Ellen Rocco and Chris Robinson host. Go to full article
A life and career of watching birds
Paul Smiths, NY, Jun 03, 2011 — Ornithology, the study of birds, is entering a new "golden age" with tens of millions of participants, according to award-winning nature writer and bird expert Scott... Go to full article
"New" Paul Smiths VIC opens with new outlook
Paul Smiths, NY, May 30, 2011 — Early last year after state budget cuts, the Adirondack Park Agency announced it couldn't afford to keep running the visitor interpretive center at Paul Smiths.
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Into the woods for morel mania
Paul Smiths, NY, May 27, 2011 — Those who love edible wild mushrooms, cousins of the grocery store variety, also enjoy the annual spring hunt for one of the most elusive -- the morel. May is morel month in... Go to full article
Paterson presses graduates to overcome challenging time
Paul Smiths, NY, May 16, 2011 — Former New York Gov. David Paterson was in the Adirondacks over the weekend, where he addressed graduates of Paul Smith's College. Paterson, who inherited a massive budget... Go to full article
Writer's group moving to new home at Paul Smiths VIC
Paul Smiths, NY, Apr 19, 2011 — The Adirondack Center for Writing is moving to the Paul Smiths VIC early next month. Todd Moe talks with executive director Nathalie Thill about how its new space will allow... Go to full article
Tracking snowshoe hares in the Adirondacks
Paul Smiths, NY, Apr 08, 2011 — A group of Paul Smiths College students has spent the last few years studying one of the region's smallest mammals. Bears, moose and loons usually come to mind when you... Go to full article
North Country scientist rewrites history of global climate change
Paul Smiths, NY, Mar 01, 2011 — A researcher in the Adirondacks is literally rewriting the history of global climate change.
Curt Stager, a scientist at Paul Smiths College, is publishing an... Go to full article
Curt Stager, a scientist at Paul Smiths College, is publishing an... Go to full article
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