<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large"><span style="color:rgb(39,78,19);font-family:"times new roman",serif;background-color:transparent">The CEES Seminar Series presents:</span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Dr. Jamie Shinn</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">, SUNY ESF, Environmental Studies<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><i><span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Building flood resilience in rural mountain communities: Insights from Appalachia </span></i></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt;background-color:transparent"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt;background-color:transparent">This talk explores findings from research on community flood resilience in West Virginia, one of the most flood-prone states in the U.S. Through multidisciplinary, multisector collaborations among scientists, policymakers, and community members, the work identified local vulnerabilities and co-developed community-based solutions. The findings of this work from central Appalachia offer broader insights for rural mountain communities elsewhere, including the Adirondacks, where a new research project on community flood resilience has just started.  </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent;color:black;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:15.6933px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Friday Oct 30</b><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"> 3:30</b><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">pm. </b></p><div><div><div><div><div><b>Hudson 106</b></div></div><div><b>Reception prior to the talk at 3:00</b></div></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><img src="cid:ii_mvjj67g61" alt="Slide1.JPG" width="542" height="407" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;"><br></div><div><br></div><div>You can add the full seminar schedule to your <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=Y18xMDhkNjVlMjY1ZGVmNjI5MTU3NDJhNzU0ZmQyMTE4ZjBhNmRhYmJjNDg2MDE0MGU3NmUwMTU0YzNiOGFmZTQwQGdyb3VwLmNhbGVuZGFyLmdvb2dsZS5jb20" target="_blank">Google Calendar</a><br></div></div><div><div><div>You can also get weekly updates by following our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SUNYPlattsburghCEES" target="_blank">Facebook</a> or <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cees_sunyplattsburgh/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> pages<br></div><div><br></div><div>Please advertise broadly and distribute to anyone you think might be interested.<span class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large"></span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div>