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ESF Professor Produces Videos about 100 Tree Species
04/23

As tree enthusiasts prepare to observe Arbor Day 2012, the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) has made available video vignettes about 100 tree species.

India's Top Forester Addresses Group Studying at ESF, SU
04/20

Dr. P.J. Dilip Kumar, the top official in the Indian Forest Service (IFS), joined a group of high-level administrators from the service who are visiting Syracuse this month as part of an educational program that combines forestry and public policy skills.

World’s First Loon Race Highlights AIC Anniversary
04/17

The Adirondack Interpretive Center (AIC) will celebrate its first anniversary under the leadership of the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) in May with an event focused on the two most iconic symbols of human and natural history in the Adirondacks: loons and logs.

ESF Professor Advises U.K. Leaders on Energy Issues
04/16

ESF Professor Charles Hall spent a week in the United Kingdom in late March, giving presentations on and discussing energy and economic issues with British business, education and governmental leaders, including members of Parliament.

ESF Returns American Chestnut to New York City
04/16

The once-mighty American chestnut tree, which was virtually wiped out by a pathogenic fungus that arrived in New York City more than 100 years ago, returned April 18 to the area where the blight was first discovered in the Bronx.

ESF Students Worry about Humans’ Relationship with Earth
04/13

The students' comments have been incorporated into a video that will be placed in a time capsule to be sealed shut April 17 during Earth Week. In 25 years, when the capsule is opened, those same students will be invited back to campus to see how many of their concerns were addressed.

Author Tom Wilber to Discuss Shale Gas Development
04/12

Author and journalist Tom Wilber will read from and discuss his new book, "Under the Surface: Fracking, Fortunes, and the Fate of the Marcellus Shale," at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry next week.

Spotlight Put on Student Research & Outreach
04/09

The SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) will focus on student research during its annual Spotlight on Student Research and Outreach April 11 and 12.

Curry Designated Fellow in Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture
04/09

George W. Curry, Endowed Kennedy Chair and Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF), was designated a Fellow in the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (FCELA) which honors a faculty member's lifetime accomplishments in teaching, scholarship/creative activity and service.

ESF Professor Leads $1.3M Research Project
03/30

ESF Professor J. Scott Turner is the lead scientist on an international team of researchers that has received a $1.35 million grant to explore the basic science of the structure and function of termite mounds.