ESF Faculty, Students Participate in Ecological Economics Summit

A team of ESF researchers and graduate students will be leading discussions on biophysical economics during a national ecological economics conference in Vermont. (6/12)

Economic Development Project Focuses on ESF Willow Project

The Central New York Regional Economic Development Council has announced that ESF is launching an outreach and training program to develop commercial-scale production of willow biomass as a renewable, sustainable energy source. (6/12)

ESF Partners in $15M NYSUNY 2020 Challenge Grant

Four Central New York SUNY institutions- the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF), SUNY Oswego, SUNY Upstate Medical University and Onondaga Community College-have been awarded $15 million through a competitive SUNY grant program to create the SUNY Institute of Environmental Health & Environmental Medicine. (6/7)

ESF Receives Prestigious Climate Leadership Award

ESF has been received a 2013 Climate Leadership Award by Second Nature, a national nonprofit that works to create a healthy, just and sustainable society by transforming higher education. The awards are presented annually to signatory institutions of the American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) that demonstrate innovative and advanced leadership in education for sustainability and climate mitigation and adaptation. (6/5)

ESF, Upstate Receive Technology Accelerator Award

ESF and Upstate Medical University were among the five SUNY colleges to receive funding from the SUNY Technology Accelerator Fund, which supports innovation by providing funding to accelerate development and commercialization. (5/24)

ESF College Foundation Honors Miller for Teaching Achievement

Anthony J. Miller, an instructor in the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry's (ESF) Department of Landscape Architecture, has received the 2013 ESF College Foundation Award for Exceptional Achievement in Teaching. (5/23)

Fabius-Pompey HEROS Science Club Partners with ESF

When ESF general chemistry students meet a group of elementary students, the reaction is a positive one. This spring students ESF teamed up with Fabius-Pompey Elementary School's HEROS (Homework, Exercise, Recreation On-site) program. For six weeks the group investigated various types of chemistry including polymer chemistry, acid-base chemistry, photochemistry, thermochemistry and electrochemistry. (5/22)

ESF Cheers for Student Athletes

ESF celebrated the success of its athletic teams this spring with a capacity crowd at a banquet held in the college's new Gateway Center. (5/20)

ESF Alumnus Inducted into NGA Hall of Fame

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has inducted SUNY-ESF graduate Curtis B. Ward '72 into its Hall of Fame. (5/17)

Germain's Research Focuses on Working Forests

Rene Germain's ambition is to help people and working forests. He conducts applied research that keeps him in the woods and working closely with the very forest practitioners who benefit from his research findings. (5/17)