Introduction

Part 1: General Information about Syracuse

Location

Geography & Climate

The City of Syracuse, established in 1848, is Onondaga抯 major metropolitan center. It is a medium-sized city covering about 28 square miles (72492 km2) with a population of approximately 170,000.Syracuse is located in the geographic center of New YorkState, where the State's two major interstate routes, the east-west New York State Thruway (I-90) and north-south I-81, intersect. New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Harford, as well as Montreal and Toronto in Canada are all 200 to 300 miles away (a driving distance of about 4~5 hours). The area is located in the Finger Lakes region, with hundreds of lakes, waterfalls, wineries, and places for recreation).

City altitude ranges from 364 to 681 feet, while approximately five miles south of Syracuse, the hills mount to about 1,500 feet. Immediately to the west, the terrain is rolling and elevated 500 to 800 feet above the mean sea level.The Syracuse area enjoys a four-season continental climate with marked seasonal changes. In short, it has warm summers and cold winters. During summer and part of spring and autumn, temperatures customarily rise rapidly during daytime to fall rapidly after sunset, so the nights are relatively cool and comfortable. Summer temperature can climb to as high as 90oF (32.2oC) and in the winter plunge to as low as -10oF (-12.2oC). Excessively warm spells are rare. Temperatures average 24oF in January; 46oF in April; 71oF in July and 62oF in September.

雪城市居本州岛中部，素有CENTRAL NEW YORK（中部纽约）之称，本市是纽约州第五
大城，是一中型的城市。治安良好，环境优美，湖光山色，是十分美丽的城市。本市属于大
陆型气候，四季分明，"逢春飘花，临夏荫浓，城秋枫红，瑞雪隆冬"是最佳写照。夏季气温
约介于华氏 65 至 90 度（摄氏18 度至32 度），冬季则介于华氏15 至 40 度（摄氏零下
10 度至零上5 度）之间，因受湖效应的影响，下雪量较多。初雪约在每年 11 月左右，一
直到隔年的三 、四月。雪城的冬天是银装素裹的白雪世界，而其它季节又是绿色的海洋。

雪城原本是纽约州的运盐中心，Erie Blvd. 以前就是当时的运河. 雪城目前人口大约
十五万人. 市中心近几年在从事复兴计划, 因为自从Carousel Mall 出现之后原本已渐没落
的市中心更显得寂聊。

雪城到纽约市及多伦多均只有4-5 小时的行车时间。当天也可赶到波士顿(Boston)、巴
尔地摩(Baltimore)、哈特夫迪 (Hartford)、蒙特利尔 (Montreal)、费城(Philadelphia)
及华盛顿(Washington)。从雪城到与加拿大毗邻的安大略湖开车只需一个多小时，到千岛湖 游览大约需要1.5 小时，到位于布法罗(Buffalo)市的风景绮丽的尼亚加纳(Niagara)大瀑布 也只需3 个小时左右。

如果你喜欢水，这里有上百个湖、溪、河供你游览。如果你喜欢博物馆，这里有40 个博物馆供你参观。如果你喜欢运动，这里有AAA 级棒球俱乐部和曲棍球俱乐部。不要忘了这
里有40 个高尔夫球场以及每逢比赛雪城人就象过节一样蜂拥而致的凯利圆顶室内运动场。如果你是"购物狂"，克拉索超大型购物中心(Carousel Center)随时为你准备丰盛的"晚餐"。显然，雪城为你提供的服务远远不只是这些，每年秋天在雪城举办的纽约州物节吸引着远近的游客，2005 年购物游览人数近100 万。

如果想进一步了解雪城概况和雪城历史，请参考维基百科以及其他相关网站上的介绍。这是维基百科网址http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syracuse,_New_York。

(Courtesy of Great Syracuse Chamber of Commerce and Lillian and EmanuelSlutzkerCenter for International Service)

Part 2: General Information About SyracuseUniversity

SyracuseUniversity is recognized nationally and internationally as a major research and graduate center. It is a private institution with an enrollment of 11,577 full-time undergraduate and 3,229 full-time graduate students representing the 50 states, more than 82 foreign countries, and varied economic and social backgrounds. Undergraduate programs are offered in more than 200 subject areas.

Founded in 1870, SyracuseUniversity has become a nonsectarian, academic community of 13 colleges and schools occupying a 200-acre main campus during the more than 130 years that have passed. On November 18, 1992, Syracuse University Senate adopted the 揝tudent-Centered Research University SU Compact? The statement of the compact commits the various campus constituencies to working together to promote learning and a positive campus culture.SU抯 vision is "to be the leading student-centered research university with faculty, students and staff sharing responsibility and working together for academic, professional and personal growth." The institution has five core values: Quality, Innovation, Caring, Diversity and Service.

Syracuse University and the neighboring SUNY- College of Environmental Science and Forestry enjoy a unique relationship, allowing the institutions to provide outstanding cooperative education programs.

Part 3: StateUniversity of New York-College of Environmental Science and Forestry

The State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse is both old and new, small and large. ESF was established in 1911 as a school of forestry and rechartered in 1972 to reflect the College's broader mission in the environmental sciences. It boasts a small-college atmosphere with only 1,800 students, yet is affiliated with neighboring SyracuseUniversity, which provides ESF students with the additional academic, cultural and social benefits of a large campus. Costs are low, standards high.

The SUNY-ESF and SyracuseUniversity reside on the same campus together. Students from both campuses share most of the facilities. Students at SUNY-ESF may take courses from SyracuseUniversity at no additional cost. This allows each institution to contribute to the programs of the other. As a result, students at ESF not only benefit from the broad range of environmental science programs on their own campus, but also from the collaborating programs at SyracuseUniversity.

(Courtesy of www.syr.edu, www.esf.edu, and www. university-hill.com.