SUNY ESF
2026 News Archive

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SUNY and ESF Fundraising Continues Upward Trend
04/30

The 2024-25 SUNY Fundraising Survey Report, released last month, shows growing philanthropic support across the SUNY system, including the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF), even as higher education navigates significant change. SUNY is the nation’s largest comprehensive system of public education.

ESF Students Honored with Chancellor’s Awards for Student Excellence
04/29

Two students from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) received the 2026 Chancellor’s Awards for Student Excellence, the highest honor SUNY bestows upon graduating students. Gabrielle “Gabby” Augustin-Orcel and Raymond Bailey were recognized for integrating outstanding academic achievement with leadership, research and service. SUNY honored them April 27 at a ceremony in Albany.

Meet the Faculty - Kyle Artelle
04/29

Kyle Artelle of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry discusses how Indigenous knowledge, conservation science, and innovative wildlife research are shaping the future of environmental stewardship.

Basil Seggos to Receive Honorary Degree from SUNY ESF
04/28

The SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry will award an honorary degree to Basil Seggos, partner and senior policy director at Foley Hoag and the longest tenured commissioner of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, in recognition of his national leadership on climate, energy and environmental policy. The honorary degree will be bestowed at commencement exercises 2 p.m., May 9 at the Empower Federal Credit Union Amphitheater at Lakeview.

ESF Women’s Track Team Takes First at USCAA National Championship
04/27

The ESF Mighty Oaks women’s track team three-peated at the United States Collegiate Athletic Association national championships April 24-25 in Pennsylvania.

SUNY Chancellor King Celebrates Arbor Day During ESF Visit
04/27

SUNY Chancellor John B. King Jr. joined ESF President Joanie Mahoney at ESF's Lafayette Road Experiment Station on Arbor Day to announce a capital project in support of the College's American Chestnut Program.

ESF Students Spotlight Climate Storytelling at Planet Forward Summit in Washington, D.C.
04/24

Twenty-five students from the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) immersed themselves in three days of multimedia storytelling at the 2026 Planet Forward Summit in Washington, D.C. earlier this month.

ESF Searches Lead to 1,000 Trees Added to the World’s Forests
04/22

Students at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) celebrated the 1,000-tree milestone reached by using Ecosia, a search engine that transforms clicks into trees on Earth Day.

ESF Brings Northeast Collegiate Lumberjack Conclave to Oneida Shores Park
04/20

The championship meet for Northeast collegiate timber sports is coming to Oneida Shores Park April 25–26. The Northeast Collegiate Lumberjack Conclave, hosted by the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) timber sports team, will run 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. both days. Thirteen colleges are expected to compete for top honors in traditional lumberjack events.

ESF Club Hockey Team Plays on Olympic Ice
04/19

It wasn’t a miracle on ice, but for ESF’s ice hockey club team it was a memory they’ll never forget when they traveled to Lake Placid to play an exhibition against ESF’s Ranger School hockey team on the 1980 Olympic Ice in Herb Brooks Arena.