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2010 News Archive

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Grad Student’s Truck Runs On Wood
07/14

It's not that Bates' 1969 GMC pickup truck will ever get good fuel mileage running wood or wood will replace fossil fuel - because it actually does about 30 percent worse. But, the theory behind gasification from biomass is what makes this truck the leading edge of a new technology and the subject of Bates' Ph.D. studies under Dr. Klaus Doelle in SUNY-ESF's Paper and Bioprocess Engineering program.

4 Reasons Why the Library Should Affect Your College Choice
07/07

US News & World Report online article

Huiting Mao to Join ESF Chemistry Department
07/06

Dr. Huiting Mao, whose research interests focus on understanding controls on the distribution of trace gases in the Earth's troposphere, will join the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry faculty in the fall.

ESF Takes Over Adirondack Visitor Center
06/24

Officials from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) and the Adirondack Park Agency (APA) announced an agreement that will ensure the Visitor Interpretive Center (VIC) in Newcomb continues to serve as an important environmental programming facility.

ESF Graduate At Work On Gulf Disaster
06/22

Melanie Driscoll is becoming all too familiar with the nuts and bolts of dealing with a natural disaster. The 2001 SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) graduate arrived in Baton Rouge to start her new job as director of Bird Conservation for the Louisiana Audubon Society just in time for Hurricane Katrina.

ESF Professor Honored by SUNY Chancellor
06/22

Dr. Robin Kimmerer, a professor at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF), was honored by SUNY Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher for her extraordinary achievement as a teacher, scholar and mentor.

ESF’s President Murphy to Receive Citizen of the Year Honors
06/10

Dr. Cornelius B. Murphy, Jr., president of the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) is among four people selected for a 2010 Citizen of the Year award by Temple Adath Yeshurun.

Student: ESF Class 'Changed My Thinking'
06/04

A Westhill High School student said the ESF Global Environment class she took during her junior year has changed her thinking about environmental matters.

Snail Hunting in the Adirondacks
06/04

The mere thought of hunting a snail seems silly, for they are famously known for their, well, snail's pace. Last summer, however, I did just that, embarking on a snail-finding journey across the Adirondack Park with research technicians Maxwell Wightman and Corrie Blodgett.

ESF Graduate Student Receives Fulbright Award
06/03

Anna Stewart of the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarship to Ecuador.