Chop jocks: Students climb up the standings in lumberjack world championships
Chopping and sawing wood are more than just activities lumberjacks do in the woods. It is an intense sport, and the Woodsmen team at SUNY-ESF… Read more »
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South for the winter: SUNY-ESF's Baobab Society plans service trip in Fiji for winter break
The Baobab Society will take its first overseas service trip this Winter Break when eight students and a faculty adviser go to Fiji for 15… Read more »
Mello Velo cafe delivers menu items in SU area on bikes
Neil Hueber isn’t like most deliverymen. Hueber works at Mello Velo, a combined bike shop and café on Westcott Street, and he always makes deliveries… Read more »
Built to win: Landscape architecture students win national award for design to help plankten, algae reproduce in Hudson River
Four students in SUNY-ESF’s landscape architecture program received a national award in Boston on Saturday for their class project to increase the productivity of plants… Read more »
International affair: SUNY-ESF extends day of diversity to week event
For the first time, SUNY-ESF will host an entire week of events to showcase different ethnicities and cultures on its campus. State University of New… Read more »
Running the show: SUNY-ESF hopes to increase recognition for program with national cross country championship
SUNY-ESF, in collaboration with the U.S. Collegiate Athletic Association, will host the USCAA Cross Country National Championships on Friday. The State University of New York… Read more »
Pick your poison: ESF, Syracuse community debate the pros and cons of liquid natural gas
An environmental department has proposed new laws to allow liquefied natural gas stations to be built in New York State. LNG has been the subject… Read more »
Tree-vival : Scientists attempt to re-establish functionally extinct tree after 25 years of research
After about 25 years of research, SUNY-ESF scientists will attempt to re-establish the American chestnut tree, which was previously functionally extinct. “Twenty-five years, $5 million… Read more »
Study Aboard: SUNY-ESF students set sail on semester at sea to study marine biology oceanography
Students at SUNY-ESF who chose to study at sea this semester set sail on Saturday aboard the SSV Corwith Cramer to learn oceanography and marine… Read more »
Globe-trotting: Sustainable engineering club pursues domestic, international projects
A SUNY-ESF club is traveling across borders to build environmentally friendly projects to help both poor communities and the eco-system. The Engineering for a Sustainable… Read more »
President search committee selects 5 candidates
SUNY-ESF is entering the last phase of its presidential search as the final candidates begin visiting campus this week. The presidential search committee for the… Read more »
Smart money: SUNY-ESF, five other universities receive joint $2 million grant to improve biomedical research
The State University College of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, along with five other universities, received a joint grant of $2 million… Read more »
Radioactive: SUNY-ESF offers course on environmental-friendly manufacturing process
SUNY-ESF is offering courses in radiation curing for the first time this fall with the Advanced Certificate program. Radiation curing is used to bond materials… Read more »
On the safe side: ESF bans hunting with firearms on two of its forest properties
SUNY-ESF has banned hunting with firearms on two of its properties to avoid felony charges from the NY SAFE Act, allowing only bow hunting and… Read more »
Powered Up: Opening of ESF building to provide energy to ESF campus, additional educational resources
SUNY-ESF’s Gateway Center opened Friday, which will help generate a significant amount of the campus’ electricity. Opening after three years of construction, the center was… Read more »
Growing interest: ESF students to mentor middle-schoolers to spark enthusiasm for science
SUNY-ESF will become one of six universities involved in the Afterschool STEM Mentoring Program, pairing graduate students with middle school students to increase interest and… Read more »
SUNY-ESF to expand first residential dorm; construction to begin July 1
Rapid student growth at SUNY-ESF has resulted in expansion to Centennial Hall, the college’s first residential dorm. The construction, which will begin approximately July 1, will… Read more »
Lasting influence: Longtime environmental and force biology professor Charlie Hall to retire at end of semester
CORRECTION: In a previous version of this article, the name of the minor Charlie Hall created was misstated. The minor is biophysical and ecological economics.… Read more »
Sweet savings: SUNY-ESF manages sale of homemade syrup to fund scholarships
CORRECTION: In a previous version of this article, the alumni association's plans to copyright the "From the Forest" brand was misstated. The alumni association is looking… Read more »
Alternative activism: SU, ESF groups advocate for schools to stop investing in fossil fuels
To many, carbon-based energy feeds this country, pumping through the land through a network of pipeline veins. It brings with it high levels of greenhouse… Read more »
It's not easy being green: ESF officials, student organization work to achieve carbon neutrality by 2015
From solar panels appearing on rooftops to the clanking of construction workers making buildings more sustainable, SUNY-ESF’s progress toward becoming carbon neutral by 2015 is… Read more »
Into the woods: ESF students have opportunity to gain hands on experience at Adirondack State Park
The six million-acre Adirondack StatePark will serve as a classroom for SUNY-ESF students participating in a residential semester, set to launch this fall. The program,… Read more »
Waste not, want not: ESF students lead proposal to salvage houses
For SUNY-ESF students like Dylan Sorensen, the cheapest way to take down old buildings is not necessarily the best way. Sorensen, a senior environmental science… Read more »
SUNY-ESF President Cornelius Murphy to step down within next year
UPDATED: Dec. 13, 2012, 5:27 p.m. After 12 years as SUNY-ESF president, Cornelius Murphy announced today that he will step down within a year. The… Read more »
