Upcoming Lunch & Learn Programs

Here are the programs scheduled for the next few months.

• November 8

Darrin Fresh Water Institute on Lake George

       Chuck Boylen, professor of biology and Associate Director of the Darrin
       Fresh Water Institute in Bolton Landing, has promised to talk about
       either the problem of invasive zebra mussels in Lake George or
       the Darrin Fresh Water Institute and some of the work performed
       there. One of Chuck's graduate students may join him.  



Zebra Mussels

Photo courtesty of NYS Department of Environmental Conservation

• December 7

       RPI Athletic DirectorJim Knowlton will present “Athletics at RPI--An
       Inspiring Story!” Jim plans to start off with a quiz (with prizes!) to
       see how knowledgeable the audience is about Rensselaer's athletic
       programs.  In case one of the questions is "What percentage of our
       students participate in some form of organized athletics?" the answer is
       70%.  Pretty surprising, don't you think?
 
       Please note:  This program will take place on the first Friday of the
       month rather than the second.

• January

       No program is planned and the Retirees Forum will not meet.

• February 8

       Rensselaer County Historical Society Curator Stacy Pomeroy Draper will
       talk about "The Great Fire of Troy."  Stacy sent me this photo.  The
       burnt district is in the foreground. The many-spired building on top of
       the hill was the Troy University, which later became St. Joseph's
       Seminary.  After it was razed, the Folsom Library was built on the site.

       This year (2012) marks the 150th anniversary of the fire.


Aftermath of The Great Fire of Troy (1862)

Image courtesy of the Rensselaer County Historical Society

      

Adrienne Birchler
Coordinator
Friends of the Folsom Library