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2016 News Archive

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Student-Athletes Honored at Annual Athletic Banquet
04/01

The Mighty Oaks 2015-16 athletics season came to an unofficial close as the athletic department celebrated another outstanding year at its annual banquet.

Cultural Education
03/31

ESF graduate student Shahriar S. Heydari brought a bit of his Iranian homeland to campus this spring when he set up a display in the Gateway Center to educate the college community about Nowruz, the Persian New Year.

Study Examines Conditions for Growing Young Chestnuts
03/31

The American chestnut was once a mainstay in hardwood forests as far north as Maine and as far south as Georgia and Mississippi. A massive chestnut blight in the early part of the 20th century ended the mighty chestnut's domination, wiping out billions of mature trees. Scientists are now working to restore the American chestnut's place in U.S. forests. ESF researchers published a study in the February issue of "HortScience" that provides new recommendations that can help increase the stock of blight-resistant trees.

Scientists Honored for Study on Improving Odds for Bats' Survival
03/30

Two ESF researchers are part of an innovative team of scientists that has been honored for research focused on improving bats' odds of surviving white-nose syndrome (WNS) by investigating their migratory patterns, habitat use and ability to fight the disease itself.

AIC’s Artists-in-Residence to Be Featured in ESF Show
03/30

The work of artists Casey Landerkin and Mariana Trofimova will be exhibited on the ESF campus as part of Earth Week celebrations. Landerkin and Trofimova spent part of the summer as artists-in-residence at ESF's Adirondack Interpretive Center (AIC) at the college's Newcomb Campus. Throughout the summer, the artists worked onsite, creating pieces inspired by the local landscape. Their work was on display all summer at the AIC and will be on display in 110 Moon Library as part of Earth Week, April 18-22.

ESF Earns ‘Tree Campus’ Distinction
03/29

ESF has been recognized as a "Tree Campus USA" by the National Arbor Day Foundation.

Earth Day Event Focuses on Environmental Justice
03/22

ESF’s Moonlighting Series highlights founder of Barefoot College

Spirit and Essence Banquet Highlights Diversity Week
03/21

The ESF Baobab Society and the ESF Student Diversity and Inclusion Office hosted the annual Spirit and Essence Banquet Feb. 13, attracting a capacity crowd despite the snowy, negative 2-degree weather. The banquet concluded the 2016 Student Diversity Week, which featured numerous events on campus that promoted diversity awareness.

Oakie Acorn Falters in Mascot Madness
03/17

Oakie Acorn fell to SUNY Canton's Roody Roo in a late upset in Round 2 of Mascot Madness.

Travis Lecture Focuses on Onondaga Lake
03/15

Dr. Neil Ringler will present an in-depth look at the renewal of Onondaga Lake at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) March 30.