
Sunday, May 19, 2013
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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)
ESF Student Named Scholar Athlete
ESF student Zachary Kalette has received the Chancellor's Scholar Athlete Award. Kalette, a member of ESF's basketball team, is a senior in the college's five-year landscape architecture program. He is a resident of Fayetteville, N.Y.
(5/16)
College Begins Expansion of Centennial Hall
ESF has embarked on a project to expand its first residence hall, Centennial Hall, in a response to student interest that has kept the building at capacity for its first two years. A five-story, 84-bed addition will be constructed on the west end of the residence hall. (5/16)
Loon Race, Guide Boat Celebrate Summer at Newcomb Campus
The Adirondack Interpretive Center (AIC) kicks off the summer season with plans for its second rubber loon race and the return to Newcomb of a 100-year-old Adirondack guide boat May 25. The two events will be the centerpiece activities of the AIC's second annual Loons and Logs Day, celebrating the AIC's second year of operation as part of the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry's (ESF) Newcomb Campus (5/15)
High-tech, Remote-controlled Vessels Gather Data in Lake Ontario
Dr. Gregory Boyer is participating this week in a project that launches two autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) in Lake Ontario to produce intensive data for analysis of nearshore-offshore interactions, fish productivity, changes to the lower food web and algal abundance. (5/15)
And They're Off: Graduates Move on to New Lives
Careers, interships and new ways to learn await the newest ESF graduates who celebrated their accomplishments May 11 and 12. (5/13)
Honoree Sets Path for Grads to Improve Their World
Sandra Steingraber was a natural choice to receive an honorary degree from ESF. Steingraber, an ecologist, author and cancer survivor has been heralded as "the new Rachel Carson'' by the Sierra Club. The scholar in residence at Ithaca College is at the forefront of the clean energy and anti-fracking movement in New York state. She is recognized around the world as a leading authority on the environment and the role it plays in cancer and human health. (5/13)
Dr. Thomas Amidon Honored as ESF Exemplary Researcher
Dr. Thomas Amidon has been honored with the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry's (ESF) Exemplary Researcher Award. (5/10)
Three ESF Employees Honored with Chancellor’s Awards
Three ESF employees have been honored with SUNY Chancellor's Awards. The honorees are Dr. Charles A.S. Hall, Ragan Squier and Mark Storrings. (5/9)







