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2016 News Archive

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ESF Landscape Architecture Students Receive ASLA Honors
06/07

Six students in ESF's Department of Landscape Architecture received honors from the American Society of Landscape Architecture (ASLA).

2016 Adirondack BioBlitz Kicks Off in the St. Lawrence Valley
06/03

Regional naturalists, friends, schoolchildren and families will converge in the St. Lawrence Valley June 18 for the 2016 BioBlitz, a rapid inventory of all organisms—from fungi to dragonflies to mammals – in a defined area for a 24-hour period.

ESF Graduate Joins Teach for America
06/02

Peter LeDuc didn't come to ESF to become a teacher, but it is where he found his calling to educate the next generation.

ESF Lists Top 10 New Species for 2016
05/23

A hominin in the same genus as humans and an ape nicknamed "Laia" that might provide clues to the origin of humans are among the discoveries identified by ESF as the Top 10 New Species for 2016.

Heather Carl Named SUNY Scholar-Athlete
05/09

Heather Carl, a junior from Greenville, New York, has received the prestigious 2016 SUNY Chancellor's Scholar-Athlete Award.

NYSERDA Launches Climate Change Science Clearinghouse
05/09

ESF is part of the project through the work of Dr. Colin Beier, as associate professor of ecology in the Department of Forest and Natural Resources Management.

ESF Announces Commencement Weekend Activities
05/09

The SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) will confer up to 466 degrees during Commencement exercises Saturday, May 14, at the SRC Arena and Events Center.

‘Amazing Experience’ with Animals Leads to Career Goal
05/06

Macallan Durkin, a junior majoring in conservation biology, developed her passion for animals early in life.

On the Menu: Woodcock and ‘a Ton of Venison’
05/06

The 2016 Beast Feast, which was the sixth annual event, was held on Earth Day in Nifkin Lounge. The dinner is a fundraiser for the student chapter of the national Wildlife Society, an organization for wildlife professionals. The event includes a raffle, quiz bowl, silent auction, a collection of homemade dishes and, this year for the first time, a live band. Attendance sometimes tops 150.

CNY Girls Summit Career Conference Comes to ESF
05/05

Girls Summit is a STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) career conference created for girls in grades seven through 12.