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ESF Highlights Student Research on National GIS Day
The SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) along with the College's Council for Geospatial Modeling and Analysis (CGMA) is celebrating National Geographic Information System (GIS) Day by featuring the GIS-related work of Ph.D. students working with Dr. Bahram Salehi, assistant professor in ESF's Department of Environmental Resources Engineering.
GIS day is a worldwide event that celebrates the technology of Geographic Information Systems (GIS). (11/17)
Dr. Theresa Selfa Appointed Environmental Studies Chair
The SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry's (ESF), the most distinguished institution in the nation that focuses on the study of the environment, named Dr. Theresa Selfa chair of the Department of Environmental Studies. (11/17)
ESF Women’s Soccer Team Clinches National Championship
The SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) Mighty Oaks women's soccer team won the United States Collegiate Athletic Association's (USCAA) national championship in Virginia Beach today, Nov. 15 defeating Paul Smith's College 4-1. (11/15)
ESF Cross Country Teams are National Champs
The SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) Mighty Oaks women's and men's cross country teams won the United States Collegiate Athletic Association's (USCAA) national championship in Virginia Beach today, Nov. 12. The is the first time both teams have secured national championships in the same year.
(11/15)
Faculty Spotlight - Dr. Nicholas Pflug
Dr. Nicholas Pflug is a new member of the ESF community, having joined the faculty as an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry in September 2021. (11/12)
Faculty Spotlight – Dr. Joshua Drew
Dr. Joshua Drew, an aquatic conservation ecologist, joined the ESF faculty as an assistant professor in 2019, just six months before the COVID epidemic. (11/5)
ESF’s Mark Lichtenstein Honored Lifetime Achievement Award by National Recycling Coalition
Mark Lichtenstein, executive operating officer for the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) is the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Recycling Coalition. (11/5)
ESF in the Media
- Alliance for Science: USDA to decide fate of American chestnut restoration:
ESF researchers are seeking approval to restore the iconic chestnut to American forests by using a genetically engineered (GE) variety that can tolerate the blight that has killed billions of wild trees. 8/20
- Spectrum News: SUNY ESF Pledges To Be Plastic-Free by 2025:
ESF is working toward zero waste, and is the fourth college in the US to pledge to go plastic-free. 3/3/20
- SciTechDaily: How Ear Bones of a Fish Unraveled the Mystery of Spinal Deformities:
Dr. Karin Limburg's techniques for examining otoliths were instrumental in identifying selenium contamination as the cause of spinal defects in fish in the San Joaquin River. 2/24/20
- Princeton Review: ESF on the List of Best Value Colleges:
ESF is on the 2020 list of the 200 US colleges that are the best value for education. 2/20
- Blue Fish Radio: Goby Virus Causing Decline in St Lawrence River Muskie:
ESF's Dr. John Farrell and Anna Conklyn were interviewed about their work with muskies in the St. Lawrence River, which are being affected by a virus transmitted from invasive round gobies. 2/11
