2013 News Archives
January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013, reverse chronological order
- ESF in the News
References to stories about ESF appearing in non-ESF media, plus short news items from the ESF community.
ESF News
- ESF Alumnus Inducted into NGA Hall of Fame (5/17)
- Germain's Research Focuses on Working Forests (5/17)
- ESF Student Named Scholar Athlete (5/16)
- College Begins Expansion of Centennial Hall (5/16)
- Loon Race, Guide Boat Celebrate Summer at Newcomb Campus (5/15)
- High-tech, Remote-controlled Vessels Gather Data in Lake Ontario (5/15)
- And They're Off: Graduates Move on to New Lives (5/13)
- Honoree Sets Path for Grads to Improve Their World (5/13)
- Dr. Thomas Amidon Honored as ESF Exemplary Researcher (5/10)
- Three ESF Employees Honored with Chancellor’s Awards (5/9)
- Rosen Fellowships Allow Students to Pursue Exciting Projects (5/9)
- ESF Professor Earns Highest Faculty Honor (5/8)
- ESF to Confer Degrees at May Commencement Ceremony (5/3)
- ESF Awards Steingraber an Honorary Degree (5/3)
- Bike Library Rolls onto ESF Campus (4/30)
- ESF Offers Summer Research Ethics Workshop (4/29)
- ESF Student Debuts Original Composition at Music Society Concert (4/29)
- Take Our Kids to Work Day Comes to ESF (4/25)
- ESF Joins Effort to Make Climate Change Data Available (4/25)
- Greenfield Named Executive of the Year (4/24)
- ESF Scientist Rediscovers Long-lost Giant Fish from Amazon (4/23)
- SUNY Honors ESF Student Excellence (4/18)
- ESF Earns Spot in Guide to Green Colleges from Princeton Review (4/16)
- Elevator Pitch Brings Big Payoff for Brief Presentation (4/11)
- ESF Presents Documentary ‘Switch’ (4/5)
- From the Forest: Introducing Maple Syrup from ESF (4/4)
- ESF Offers Radiation Curing Program (4/3)
- ESF Launches Bicycle Safety Committee (4/2)
- SUNY-ESF among Leaders in Celebrating Sustainability Series (4/1)
- College Book Store Opens in Gateway Center (3/29)
- New York Sea Grant Seeks Students to Work as Launch Stewards (3/28)
- ESF Heads to SEA (3/28)
- Spotlight Put on Student Research & Outreach (3/28)
- Trailhead Café Debuts ‘Big Neil’ Burger (3/26)
- Patrick Lawler to Read Award-winning Poetry at SUNY-ESF (3/26)
- Diane Brandli Named Green Building Advocate of the Year (3/22)
- New Café Opens on SUNY-ESF campus (3/22)
- Conservation Efforts Give Snow Leopards a Chance in Russia (3/21)
- Rubber Loons Flock Back to Adirondacks (3/20)
- Symposium Honors Success of ESF Landscape Architects (3/20)
- James Gibbs to Lecture on Snow Leopard Conservation (3/15)
- From Science Fair Participant to Judge (3/14)
- Oakie Advances to Round 2 of Mascot Madness (3/12)
- ESF President Murphy Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award (3/11)
- SUNY-ESF to Screen ‘Switch’ (3/11)
- ESF Named to Community Service Honor Roll (3/11)
- Resilient Design, Energy Technology Focus of NYS Green Building Conference (3/11)
- ESF Climate Change Research: Land Use, Ocean Waves, Forests and Invasives (3/5)
- ESF’s Oakie the Acorn Enters SUNY’s Mascot Madness (3/1)
- Career Fair Gives Students a Look at Future (2/27)
- Darwin Celebrated in Moon Library (2/27)
- Murphy Honored as ‘F.O.C.U.S. 2013 Wisdom Keeper’ (2/21)
- ESF Joins SUNY in ‘Smart Track Campaign’ to Battle Student Debt (2/21)
- USCAA Honors ESF Basketball Player Danny MacElrath (2/20)
- Mighty Oaks Finish Basketball Season with Win (2/18)
- ESF Landscape Architecture Students Receive National Award (2/18)
- ESF to Host Environmental Career Fair (2/18)
- Louis Marshall Scholar to Speak in Syracuse (2/18)
- Mighty Oaks Drop Close Game to Paul Smith's (2/15)
- Davis College Tops ESF Basketball Team (2/8)
- SU, ESF Reaffirm Commitment to Course-Offering Agreement (2/6)
- ESF One of Princeton Review's Best Value Colleges (2/5)
- Basketball Team Defeats Culinary Institute (2/4)
- AIC in Newcomb Closed Because of Water Main Break (2/1)
- ESF Alumnus, Dr. Jean Fréchet, Honored With Japan Prize (1/30)
- Mighty Oaks Drop One to Cazenovia (1/30)
- ESF’s New Eatery to be Named Trailhead Café (1/29)
- ESF Finalist for Climate Leadership Award (1/24)
- ESF Scientists Research New Way to Battle Bacteria (1/23)
- Poor Shooting Leads to Mighty Oaks' Downfall in New York (1/23)
- Reicher, Wilson to Speak at NYS Green Building Conference (1/22)
- Science Alliance Dean’s Dinner Announced (1/22)
- It’s Not to Early to Plan For ESF Summer Session (1/22)
- Berkeley Tops Mighty Oaks (1/22)
- Fish Journeying Upstream Are Hampered By Hydropower Dams, Study Says (1/16)
- ESF Basketball Team Falls to Penn State Wilkes-Barre (1/16)
- SUNY-ESF Offers Adirondack Residential Semester (1/9)
- ESF Named Top Environmental Programs College (1/8)
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2013 ESF in the News
References to stories about ESF appearing in non-ESF media, plus short news items from the ESF community. Please note that external links may break as media outlets modify their websites.
Chemistry Senior Receives ACS Award (5/17)
Congratulations to SUNY-ESF Chemistry Senior, John Richardson - recipient of the American Chemical Society Undergraduate Student Award in Environmental Chemistry. This award recognizes outstanding students currently enrolled in a United States education institution in chemistry, environmental engineering, environmental science or other program emphasizing environmental chemistry.
Students Skype with Jerry Coyne (4/24)
In EFB Professor Rebecca Rundell's Evolution course (EFB 311), 170 students had a live Skype conversation with renowned evolutionary biologist and author Dr. Jerry Coyne. Jerry is the author of the recent book "Why Evolution is True," which the students read in the class. Students asked Jerry a wide range of questions, on topics ranging from species concepts, the nature of viruses, endosymbioses' role in evolution, the evolution of homosexuality, colonization of vertebrates on islands, to the origins of life and the creationism debate. The discussion was lively and stimulating and enjoyed by all. More information on Jerry Coyne can be found HERE
Woodsmen Host Lumberjack Roundup (3/26)
The ESF Woodsmen’s Team hosted the 8th Annual East Coast Lumberjack Roundup in Tully at the Tully Experiment Station March 23. Seven colleges fielded 24 teams for the competition. First-place in the men’s division went to Finger Lakes Community College (FLCC), SUNY Cobleskill won the women’s division and Alfred State finished first in the Jack-and-Jill competition. View a gallery of images from the roundup.
The Big Apple, The Nation's Capital, and Anywhere You Are! (3/21)
Get out of the classroom with some unique Summer Session courses. In addition to on-campus and field-based courses, you are invited to take a course:
- in New York City: 7 Days in NYC – Exploring Contemporary Urban Landscapes (LSA 496/696)
- in Washington DC: Natural History Museums and Modern Science (EFB 404)
- or take ESF with you anywhere you are with ESF Online
SUNY-ESF courses are offered at SUNY’s favorable tuition rates (in-state undergraduate: $232/credit; in-state graduate: $390/credit*).
*Tuition costs referenced here are based on currently published rates and are subject to change: www.esf.edu/bursar/costs.htm
For more information on these and other Summer Session courses, visit www.esf.edu/outreach/summer/
Emerging Leaders Initiative 2013 Kickoff (2/18)
Small Business Administration (SBA) District Director Bernard J. Paprocki will announce the 2013 Emerging Leaders (formerly e200) Initiative Feb. 19. ESF is a partner in the program.
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Wetland Restoration Courses Offered this summer (2/12)
Renowned wildlife biologist and wetland ecologist Tom Biebighauser will teach online and field courses this summer on the subject of wetland restoration.
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Migratory Fish; Dams (1/25)
('New Research Shows Fishways Have Not Helped Fish"; 1/18/13)
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CNY Biotech Accelerator (1/25)
("Kennedy Square buildings come down to make way for more redevelopment"; 1/17/13)
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Water Resources (1/25)
("Lake Ontario's troubled waters"; 1/14/13)
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Deconstruction; Sustainability (1/25)
("Waste not, want not: ESF students lead proposal to salvage houses"; 1/14/13)
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Water Resources, Snow (1/25)
("Snowpack is important to our useable water needs"; 1/10/13)
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Peace Corps (1/25)
("Peace Corps at SUNY ESF Career Fair"; 1/9/13)
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Cougar (1/25)
("Professor suggests cougar reintroduction to Adirondacks"; 1/9/13)
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Cougar (1/25)
("SUNY Oswego prof says Adirondack forest preserve could accommodate reintroduction of cougars"; 1/8/12)
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House Committee on Science, Space and Technology (1/25)
("Rep. Dan Maffei appointed to House Committee on Science, Space and Technology": 1/4/12)
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White Pine, Forest Harvesting (1/24)
("How Much Wood Could a Woodchuck Truck? - Huntington Forest White Pine Harvest'; 1/4/13)
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Renewable Energy, Sustainability (1/24)
("The New Year means new laws for New Yorkers"; 1/2/12)
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Deconstruction; Sustainability (1/14)
("SUNY ESF students finding new uses for old buildings"; 12/28/12)
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Willow Biomass; Sustainability (1/14)
("Energy from willows comes of age in upstate NY"; 12/28/12)
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Willow Biomass; Sustainability (1/14)
("N.Y. willow farms begin production for biofuel"; 12/24/12)
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Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign; Climate Change (1/14)
("Syracuse college students push for climate change divestment"; 12/24/12)
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N.Y. State Regional Economic Development (1/14)
("SUNY Institutions Receive Financial Support through New York State Regional Economic Development Council Funding"; 12/19/12)
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American Chestnut; Biotechnology (1/14)
("SUNY-ESF duo celebrate the success of blight-resistant trees"; 12/15/12
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Dr. Cornelius B. Murphy, Jr., SUNY-ESF President (1/14)
("Murphy steps down at ESF"; 12/13/12)
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Dr. Cornelius B. Murphy, Jr., SUNY-ESF President (1/14)
("Board of Trustees looks to the future of SUNY-ESF upon Murphy's departure"; 12/12/12)
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Dr. Cornelius B. Murphy, Jr., SUNY-ESF President (1/14)
("SUNY ESF president says he's ready to let someone else take over"; 12/11/12)
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Dr. Cornelius B. Murphy, Jr., SUNY-ESF President (1/14)
("SUNY-ESF president stepping down"; 12/11/12)
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Dr. Cornelius B. Murphy, Jr., SUNY-ESF President (1/14)
("SUNY-ESF president announces plans to resign"; 12/11/12)
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Christmas Trees (1/14)
("Christmas Tree Types"; 12/3/12)
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Sustainable Food and Energy Systems (1/14)
("SUNY-ESF, Czech Tech to examine sustainable systems in Caz"; 12/10/12)
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Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign; Climate Change (1/14)
("Syracuse University students join climate change divestment campaign"; 12/10/12)
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Invasive Species; Conservation Biology (1/14)
("The Buzz: Dial 1-800-180 million"; 12/9/12)
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Deconstruction, Sustainability (1/14)
("Demolition continues on Kennedy Square complex"; 12/7/12)
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Community Incubator (1/14)
("Collaboration Turning Syracuse Into Incubator Of Great Ideas"; 11/20/12)
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