Students worked with the in Utica over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
2018: Eva Wen '21
The Upstate Institute engages the community in research partnerships through a number of programs during the academic year and over the summer.
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For nearly two decades, the Summer Field School has connected students conducting community-based research with local and regional nonprofit partners. The Field School provides an opportunity for community organizations, nonprofits, municipalities and municipal departments to engage with 糖心vlog官网 through research, and use the resulting data to benefit residents of Hamilton, the surrounding communities, and the wider Upstate New York region.
These longstanding community partnerships have brought 糖心vlog官网 students together with more than 200 local and regional nonprofit organizations since the Summer Field School began in 2005.
In 2023, 31 Field School Fellows partnered with community organizations from Hamilton to the Adirondacks helping to address food justice and access, loon conservation, maternal care in immigrant populations, pollinator health, non-profit structure and funding, and exhibit development at local museums.
The Upstate Institute hosts periodic grant workshops to support local and regional nonprofits learn more about submitting grant applications and securing funding for their organizations.
The Upstate Institute welcomes new partnerships with nonprofit, municipal, and community organizations interested in community research opportunities through the Summer Field School.
Each summer, community partner organizations propose research projects intended to help build capacity and contribute to community knowledge. The Upstate Institute then matches students with these organizations to complete the research project, at no cost to the community partner.
Community partners can propose a new or ongoing research project each year. Each summer, we are able to place 25 students in the Central New York region, and 5-10 students in the Adirondack region, to conduct research identified by the organization. Learn more about the and for the 2025 Summer Field School, which will be open to new applications in fall 2024.
More information on our community partners and for details about the past research projects from Summer Field School Fellows with each organization is available below.
Students worked with the in Utica over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
2018: Eva Wen '21
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2021: Kelly Glenn '21
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2021: Grace Leightheiser '22
2020: Kelsey Bennett '22
2020: Abby Sotomayor '20
2019: Makenna Bridge '20
The in Utica provides English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) to residents of the Utica area, many of whom are newly arrived refugees from more than 25 different countries. The Adult Learning Center, which is a program of the Utica City School District, is developing a pilot program for the New York State Department of Education to create a community-wide "Literacy Zone." This literacy zone will initially focus on the needs of adults whose first language is not English, and will evolve into a program that will benefit all adults in the community.
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Students worked with the agricultural education program at the over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
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Students worked with over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
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Students worked with the over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
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Students worked on a feasibility study for the over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
The , based in Bouckville, aims to preserve the canal that ran from Utica to Binghamton through Hamilton in the 1800's. The CCA also strives to make the public aware of the history of the canal, as well as maintain a towpath trail along the canal.
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Students worked with the over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
The Chenango Greenway Conservancy is working to complete a trail system in and around the town of Norwich where people can walk, jog, or run safely and enjoy the outdoors.
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Students worked with the Chenango Summer Music Fest over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
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Students worked with over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
Students worked with over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
Students worked with the over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
Students worked with the Exhibition Alliance over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
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Students worked with over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
Students worked with the over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
Students worked with over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
Students worked with this community partner over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
For the Good, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization that runs several programs centered around empowering low-income residents in the Utica community to overcome poverty through their own means.
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Students worked with the over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
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Students worked with Hamilton Obstetrics and Gynecology over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
Students worked with the Ho Tung Visualization Lab over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
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Students worked with over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
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Students worked with the over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
The is a regional center for excellence for individuals with autism spectrum disorders and related learning challenges.
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Students worked with over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
Students worked with the over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
Students worked with the over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
The . is a not-for-profit law office which was created in 1952 by the Oneida County Bar Association and local attorneys to provide civil (non-criminal) legal services to low-income people in Oneida County. Throughout the years it has expanded to include thirteen counties in the Central New York region. LASMNY provides legal information, advice and representation to low income clients in civil cases involving public benefits, healthcare, consumer and debt problems, housing, education, employment, family matters and other legal problems. Also provided are community legal education programs for clients, community agencies and the general public regarding legal rights and responsibilities.
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Students worked with the over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
MAD Art, Inc. was a community art space in Hamilton that worked to increase the visibility and appreciation of the arts in Central New York, provide arts education programming, and give local artists a space to exhibit and sell their work.
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Students worked with the Madison County Department of Health over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
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Students worked with the over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
Students worked with over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
Students worked with over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
Students worked with over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
The provides programs, services, and resources that schools might not be able to afford otherwise.
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Students worked with over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
Students worked with over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
Students worked with the over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
The honors exemplary people from three centuries that have dedicated their lives, efforts, and personal wealth to gain equal rights for all. For the purposes of the Hall of Fame, abolition is recognized as both the legal ending of slavery, or the First Abolition, and the moral ending of discrimination, or the Second Abolition.
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Students worked with the over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
Students worked with the over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
The assists and prepares the general public in obtaining and retaining suitable employment. The Division also assists businesses in securing a qualified workforce.
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The Oneida Community was a 19th century Utopian religious community. The Mission of the Oneida Community Mansion House is to maintain, preserve and restore the community's house, its ambiance and contents and such products and publications or possessions of the original Community and its members for the benefit of present and future generations of scholars, students and an interested public.
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The in Utica aims to protect and exhibit the history of Oneida County through a museum and research library open to the public. Students worked with the Oneida County History Center over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
Students worked with the over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
(OFC, Inc.) is a community action agency, serving the citizens of Chenango County, NY. The agency helps families and individuals recognize their strengths, set realistic goals, make responsible choices, and become successful, self-sufficient members of the community. OFC, Inc. programs focus on child and family development, housing security, life-skills training, education, literacy, health and nutrition, community, employment and economic development.
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The in Hamilton fosters economic development and community vitality. Students worked with Partnership for Community Development over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
is a non-profit residential community for children and adults with Down syndrome and other developmental disabilities. Currently, the Village serves the needs of 70 full-time residents, offering a wide range of recreational activities, health care services, and opportunities for community involvement. The village, which has a school, chapel, and dedicated staff, also provides schooling and a range of enrichment opportunities to its residents. Students worked with Pathfinder Village over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
Students worked with the over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
The (RCIL), a Utica-based civil rights organization serving the disabled community, promotes a dynamic environment where society and the individual mutually benefit from a world with 鈥渘o limits.鈥 The center coordinates over 100 programs, include elderly, employment, youth, and interpreting services, and offers assistance to people with all types of disabilities, including cognitive, physical, mental and sensory disabilities. Students worked with Resource Center for Independent Living over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
RSVP Volunteers for Madison County matched volunteers over age 55 with local non-profit organizations. Though the RSVP program is no longer in existence, students worked with this community partner over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
Students worked with the over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
Students worked with over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
Students worked with over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
works to conserve, for public benefit, natural resources in and around the townships of Brookfield, Eaton, Hamilton, Lebanon and Madison in Madison County, N.Y. The trust strives to protect land, water, unique habitats, scenic landscapes, recreational sites and historic features through public education and support of practices that advance natural resource conservation. Students worked with SMHT over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
Students worked with the over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
Stop NYRI, Inc., was a coalition of citizens from Madison and Chenango counties committed to exploring the impact of the 8-county, 200-mile long New York Regional Interconnect, Inc. 400,000-watt power line project. The goal of the coalition is to use grounded and accurate research to educate and inform regional citizens, as well as national, state and local officials, about the impact of this project on the area. Students worked with Stop NYRI over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
(formerly the Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees) strives to promote the well-being of culturally diverse individuals and families within the community by welcoming refugees and immigrants and by providing individual and community-centered activities designed to create opportunity and facilitate understanding. MVRCR offers a combination of programs and services, including refugee resettlement, health services and referrals, interpretation, translation, ESL education and technical assistance.
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Students worked with the over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
Students worked with the over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
Students worked with the over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
Students worked with over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
was founded in 1950 as the United Cerebral Palsy Association of the Utica Area, Inc., by a group of parents and grandparents of children with cerebral palsy who wanted to ensure that their children would have every opportunity for success regardless of their abilities. The agency has become a comprehensive community services agency serving children and adults who exhibit some level of developmental, intellectual or emotional disability. Students worked with Upstate Cerebral Palsy over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
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Students worked with the Foundation over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
The is an ambitious collaborative project between Utica College of Syracuse University and the Utica City School District dedicated to motivating disadvantaged students towards, and making possible, a successful academic career both during and beyond the teenage years. Aiming not only to redress the appalling drop-out rate and poor attendance, Young Scholars LPP established itself as a comprehensive program, a source of cultural and social capital for students largely deprived of such support and opportunities. However, Young Scholars LPP does not simply strive for daily attendance or completion of high school, but for academic excellence. Reflecting a belief in the power of the program and the potential of the students, an academic average of a C or better is required to maintain Young Scholar status and students are encouraged to strive not just for a New York State Regents Diploma, but for a Regents Diploma with the Advanced Designation. Students worked with Young Scholars over the summer during the following years. Click each year to learn more about their projects:
The Youth Philanthropy Council is a project at Norwich High School in which high school juniors and seniors learn about the importance and impact of philanthropy in society and how philanthropists find and fund worthy causes. The program began in the fall of 2008 with 16 high school students and six 糖心vlog官网 student mentors.
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