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2014 News Archive

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Women's Soccer Team Defeats Albany Pharmacy
11/07

The Mighty Oaks women's soccer team needed 104 minutes of toughness and grit against blistering winds and a rain-drenched night in West Virginia to defeat Albany Pharmacy 1-0 in its first game of 2014 USCAA Soccer National Championships held on Nov. 6.

Mighty Oaks Men's XC Team Are Four-Time National Champs
11/07

For the fourth time in as many years, the Mighty Oaks men's cross country team won the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) Cross Country National Championship. The ESF women's team finished third.

OCC downs ESF in Men's Basketball
11/06

The Onondaga Community College Lasers topped the Mighty Oaks of ESF 85-56 Nov. 5 at Allyn Hall.

Mighty Oaks Soccer Players Named All-Americans
11/06

Six Mighty Oaks student-athletes were named All-Americans at the 2014 USCAA Soccer National Championship Awards banquet held in Charleston, W.V. Nov. 5.

Blight-Resistant American Chestnut Trees Take Root at ESF
11/05

Scientists at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) are growing the first American chestnut trees that can withstand the blight that virtually eliminated the once-dominant tree from the eastern United States.

Men's Basketball Team Tops Broome Community College
11/03

The Mighty Oaks men's basketball team started the season off with a hard-fought win against the Hornets of Broome Community College Nov. 1.

Woodsmen: Women's Team Finishes First at Paul Smith's Meet
10/30

The Mighty Oaks men's and women's Woodsmen teams participated at the Paul Smith's College meet Oct. 25.

New Frog Species Identified along East Coast
10/29

Researchers have identified a new species of leopard frog living in largely urban areas in the Interstate 95 corridor from the metropolitan tri-state area as far south as North Carolina. A scientist from the New York Natural Heritage Program, which is administered through ESF, contributed to a report Oct. 29 in the journal "PLOS ONE" that the new species has been named the Atlantic Coast leopard frog.

Giant Tortoises Gain a Foothold on a Galapagos Island
10/28

A population of endangered giant tortoises, which once dwindled to just over a dozen, has recovered on the Galapagos island of Española, a finding described as "a true story of success and hope in conservation" by the ESF professor who is the lead author of a study published today (Oct. 28).

Women's Team Earns #2 Seed for USCAA Soccer National Championship
10/27

The ESF women's soccer team will travel to Charleston, W. Va., as the #2-seeded team in the 2014 USCAA Soccer National Championship. The women will play Nov. 6 against the winner of the #7 (Christendom College) and #10 (Bryant & Stratton - Syracuse) game.