IDMH director to support 9/11 survivors, families at Memorial Museum opening
Dr. James Halpern, director of SUNY New Paltz’s Institute for Disaster Mental Health (IDMH), will join a handful of Red
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Latest CRREO discussion brief focuses on public education
The Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach (CRREO) at SUNY New Paltz has released its 12th discussion brief, “Public
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CRREO discussion brief looks at food insecurity in the City of Poughkeepsie
NEW PALTZ – The Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach (CRREO) at the State University of New York at New Paltz has released its eleventh discussion brief titled “Poughkeepsie Plenty: A Community Food Assessment.” Authored by KT Tobin and Joshua Simons of CRREO, Leonard Nevarez, professor of urban studies at…
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Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach to host “Water at SUNY New Paltz” Symposium
NEW PALTZ – This past year the Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach (CRREO) at SUNY New Paltz undertook a wide-ranging project to improve watershed resiliency in the Saw Mill Brook, a tributary of the Wallkill River in the Hudson River estuary watershed. SUNY New Paltz students, faculty, and…
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Institute for Disaster Mental Health to host training workshop at SUNY New Paltz
NEW PALTZ — The Institute for Disaster Mental Health (IDMH) at the State University of New Paltz, in collaboration with the Center for Deployment Psychology (CDP), will hold a workshop, titled “Military Culture, Military Sexual Assault, and Sleep Issues,” from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 11,…
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CRREO releases tenth Discussion Brief, “Energy Action Consortia: Moving Municipalities Toward Collective Sustainability”
NEW PALTZ – The Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach (CRREO) at SUNY New Paltz has released its tenth discussion brief, “Energy Action Consortia: Moving Municipalities Toward Collective Sustainability.” The report is a case study of how the national economic crisis in 2008 produced local opportunity for a collaborative group of…
Read MoreThe Institute for Disaster Mental Health awarded second grant to build a network of Palestinian and Israeli psychological first aid practitioners
NEW PALTZ – The Institute for Disaster Mental Health (IDMH) at the State University of New York at New Paltz has been awarded a $93,169 grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to support the Mitigating Conflict via Early Mental Health Interventions Program. This is the second grant of…
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CRREO awarded grant to measure impact of the arts in the Mid-Hudson Valley
New Paltz―The Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach (CRREO) at SUNY New Paltz has been awarded a grant from the New York Community Trust’s Arts & Culture Research Fund to measure the economic impact of the arts in the seven counties of the Mid-Hudson region. CRREO was among six nonprofits awarded…
Read MoreCRREO releases eighth Discussion Brief, “Federal Mandates on Local Education: Costs and Consequences – Yes, it’s a Race, But is it in the Right Direction?”
NEW PALTZ – The Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach (CRREO) at SUNY New Paltz has released its eighth discussion brief, “Federal Mandates on Local Education: Costs and Consequences – Yes, it’s a Race, But is it in the Right Direction?” The author, Kenneth Mitchell, district superintendent of South Orangetown School…
Read MoreStudy of New York State government and politics published; edited by New Paltz professor
NEW PALTZ – Oxford University Press has published “The Oxford Handbook of New York State Government,” edited by Gerald Benjamin, director of the Center for Research, Regional Engagement and Outreach (CRREO) and professor of political science at the State University of New York at New Paltz. “The Oxford Handbook of New York…
Read MoreCRREO releases seventh Discussion Brief, Water Conservation and Long-term Water Supply Planning in the Hudson Valley: A Rockland County Case Study
NEW PALTZ – The Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach (CRREO) at SUNY New Paltz this week released its seventh Discussion Brief, Water Conservation and Long-term Water Supply Planning in the Hudson Valley: A Rockland County Case Study. Authors Stuart Braman (Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory) and Simon Gruber (CUNY Institute for Sustainable…
Read MoreSUNY New Paltz’ Center for Research, Regional Education, and Outreach part of sustainability consortium awarded a $800,000 NYSERDA Cleaner, Greener Communities Program grant
NEW PALTZ – The Center for Research, Regional Education, and Outreach (CRREO) at the State University of New York at New Paltz is one of 10 members of the Mid-Hudson Sustainability Planning Consortium, a group that recently received an $800,000 grant from the <a href="http://www.nyserda.ny.gov/Cleaner-Greener">New York State Energy Research and…
Read MoreNew York State ESD statewide director of regional economic development councils to deliver keynote at “Is There a Regional Agenda for the Hudson Valley?” a conference at SUNY New Paltz
NEW PALTZ – Irene Baker, executive vice president, director of the regional economic development councils for Empire State Development and director of cabinet affairs in the New York State Governor’s Office, will deliver a luncheon keynote address at the “Is There a Regional Agenda for the Hudson Valley?” conference. The conference…
Read MoreAdvocacy Coalition of the Hudson Valley conference asks “Is There a Hudson Valley Regional Agenda?”
NEW PALTZ – “Is There a Hudson Valley Regional Agenda?” will be the topic for discussion at a conference to be held on June 15 from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Student Union Building on the State University of New York at New Paltz campus. The event is sponsored…
Read More"Zeroing in on New Paltz: How our community can be a national model for sustainable resource management" at SUNY New Paltz, March 29
NEW PALTZ – The State University of New York at New Paltz’s Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach (CRREO), in collaboration with the League of Women Voters of the Mid-Hudson Region, the Town and Village governments of New Paltz, the SUNY NP Environmental Task Force, the New Paltz…
Read MoreCRREO releases sixth Discussion Brief: Toward progress in creating a solar Hudson Valley
NEW PALTZ – The Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach (CRREO) at SUNY New Paltz has released its sixth Discussion Brief, A Solar Hudson Valley: Toward Further Progress. A joint project of CRREO and The Solar Energy Consortium, the report surveyed the state of the solar industry in the nation and…
Read MoreOrange County hosts SUNY New Paltz’s CRREO Study on Jail Consolidation
Counties in Hudson Valley may benefit from working together NEW PALTZ –Orange County Executive Edward A. Diana today hosted researchers from SUNY New Paltz’s Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach (CRREO) as they announced their findings at the County’s Emergency Services Center in Goshen from a study they authored called “A…
Read MoreThe Ulster County Charter After Five Years: A Conference
NEW PALTZ –The State University of New York at New Paltz’s Center for Research, Regional Education, and Outreach (CRREO) and the League of Women Voters of the Mid-Hudson Region will hold a conference, “The Ulster County Charter After Five Years” on Tuesday, December 13th, at the Terrace Restaurant on the New…
Read MoreRemembering 9/11
The College has scheduled two events to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. The Honnors Center has organized a panel discussion on Thursday, Sept. 8, and a flag-planting ceremony in remembrance of those who lost their lives and in recognition of all first responders. The ceremony will take…
Read MoreDennis O’Keefe Memorial Lecture to focus on unity of college and community in New Paltz and America
NEW PALTZ –Gerald Benjamin, director of the Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach (CRREO) at the State University of New York at New Paltz, will deliver the fifth annual Dennis O’Keefe Memorial Lecture sponsored by the Friends of the Sojourner Truth Library at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, September 21, in…
Read MoreCRREO Releases 5th Discussion Brief: Agriculture Supporting Communities in the Mid-Hudson Region
NEW PALTZ – The Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach (CRREO) has released its fifth Discussion Brief: Agriculture Supporting Communities in the Mid-Hudson Region. The CRREO Discussion Brief series focuses on regional issues, in order to inform citizens and decision makers of key public policy choices and issues in our…
Read MorePresident of the New York Fed to speak at SUNY New Paltz
NEW PALTZ– The State University of New York at New Paltz is pleased to be welcoming the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, William Dudley, to speak on its campus on May 19. President Dudley’s speech, entitled “The US Economic Outlook — Where Are We Headed,” is expected to…
Read MoreFellows of American Institute of Certified Planners discuss smart and sustainable growth
NEW PALTZ – The Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach (CRREO), in collaboration with the American Planning Association’s (APA) New York Metro Chapter, will host the forum “An Evening with the Fellows: Financing Smart and Sustainable Place-making” held in the State University of New York at New Paltz’s College Terrace,…
Read MoreSecond annual UlsterCorps Service Summit to be held at New Paltz
NEW PALTZ –The State University at New Paltz will be hosting the 2nd annual UlsterCorps Service Summit on April 26th from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the College Terrace. The event will focus on the End Hunger Project and is co-sponsored by the Center for Research, Regional Education and Outreach (CRREO),…
Read MoreNew Paltz launches interactive town and village map
NEW PALTZ – In 2009 the Town of New Paltz Historic Preservation Commission applied for and received a grant from the New York State Historic Preservation Office to develop an online interactive map that displays information collected from prior surveys about the properties of historic significance in the Town and Village…
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