The Office Administrator will play a vital role in supporting the smooth day-to-day operations of Community Science Institute. They will be responsible for a variety of administrative and laboratory-support tasks including providing excellent customer service, ensuring the efficient functioning of our office, supporting the certified testing laboratory, and advancing CSI’s outreach and programming goals. ClickRead more
CSI’s Outreach & Programs Coordinator, Alyssa Johnson, collects a sample from Cliff Brook Park on 4/23/26. On April 23, CSI received an email from a concerned community member who had noticed a cloudy, dark brown discharge flowing into the Cayuga Inlet in the City of Ithaca. Within two hours, our team mobilized. Armed with sampleRead more
What Lurks in the Lake? From Reports to Reality: Making Sense of Harmful Algal Bloom Data Dive into the world of harmful algal blooms (HABs) with Alyssa Johnson from the Community Science Institute in What Lurks in the Lake?, a lively exploration of HABs occurring on Cayuga Lake. This engaging presentation will review the 2025Read more
Come with a question —or discover one on the spot— and take part in an engaging exploration of community-generated water quality data! Saturday, February 21, 2026 @ 1:00–3:00 PM Tompkins County Public Library, Borg Warner Room Free to attend | Pre-registration preferred (click here to register) Participants should bring a laptop/charging cable and have accessRead more
The SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) held its first annual meeting of their University Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. Their motto, “No Fish too Big, No Macroinvertebrate too Small”, perfectly encapsulated the diversity of participants, speakers, supporters and guests. Presenters ranged from worldwide business leaders like Innovasea to first year environmentalRead more
Please enjoy this article written by one of CSI’s longterm HABs Harriers, James Edwards. This article was first included in the 7th HABs Newsletter of the 2025 season, compiled by the Cayuga Lake Watershed Network. James has been monitoring for harmful algal blooms on Cayuga Lake since our monitoring program began in 2018 on theRead more
Community Science Institute has long been known for our environmental monitoring partnership programs. Our partnerships with groups of volunteers are at the core of our mission to empower citizens to monitor and protect water quality. However as CSI grows, our needs for volunteer engagement are increasing. We have developed new ways for community members toRead more
Today is Giving Tuesday, a global celebration of generosity. This Giving Tuesday, we hope that you will consider making a difference by becoming a member of CSI. Just take a look at what your support of CSI means to one of our valued members and longtime volunteers, Di Florini: “CSI taught James and IRead more
It is a pleasure to announce that Community Science Institute’s (CSI’s) board of directors and staff have adopted a new mission statement as well as a vision statement for our organization. As part of CSI’s recent strategic planning process, CSI’s staff and board concluded that our previous mission statement did not fully encapsulate all partsRead more
On December 4th, join Cayuga Lake Watershed Network and the Cayuga Lake Hydrilla Task Force for an informational session that will include background on the program, annual reports from the NYSDEC, the US Army Corps of Engineers, and a Q&A panel. Our second session on December 11th will include presentations and an expert panel onRead more
From the desk of CSI Executive Director, Grascen Shidemantle, PhD. To visit this article on the Ithaca Times website, visit: 8/15/24: Guest Opinion: Correcting the Record on Cayuga Lake Pollution To read the 8/8/24 article on the Ithaca Times website, visit: 8/8/24: Guest Opinion: Pollution of Inlet and Cayuga Lake On August 8th, 2024, theRead more
Community Science Institute (CSI) is excited to announce the completion of our organization’s first strategic plan. This comprehensive roadmap outlines our vision for the future and identifies key strategies to make CSI’s operations more sustainable while deepening our impact on our community and our shared water resources. CSI’s strategic planning process was guided by localRead more
We thank you for your interest in participating! However the precipitation monitoring program is closed at this time and all rain gauges have been deployed around the region. Many thanks to the Legacy Foundation of Tompkins County for funding this collaborative project between CSI and CoCoRaHS. If you would like to monitor precipitation, you mustRead more
With this new feature on our database, you can: Monitor active blooms on the lake – just like you could with our HABs reporting page last year. Explore data from all previous years of the Cayuga Lake Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring Program! Download HABs data to analyze patterns yourself. We are so excited to unveilRead more
The Office Administrator will play a vital role in supporting the smooth
CSI’s Outreach & Programs Coordinator, Alyssa Johnson, collects a sample from Cliff
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