SUNY ESF

SUNY ESF working to bring back the American chesnut tree

Ellen Abbott — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:22:36 +0000

SUNY ESF is working to bring back a tree that once made up one quarter of the standing timber in forests in the Eastern United States. Now, researchers have come up with a variety of the tree that resists the blight that killed billions of American chestnut trees.

SUNY program aims to boost entrepreneurship in region

Ashley Hassett — Thu, 09 May 2013 20:33:58 +0000

The SUNY Research Foundation will give funds to several of its institutions to help foster entrepreneurship, including the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) and Upstate Medical University.

Anti-hydrofracking activists try to get students involved in movement

Ellen Abbott — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:10:43 +0000

As the controversy over hydrofracking drags on in New York state, opponents of the drilling method are trying to get more college students involved in the debate. NYPIRG project coordinator Nicole Saint James is recruiting students at Syracuse University to help put more pressure on Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Syracuse college students push for climate change divestment

Olivia Fecteau — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 12:29:41 +0000

When environmentalist Bill McKibben visited Syracuse in October as part of the University Lectures series, he urged students to get their schools to make more sustainable investments. His words encouraged Syracuse University and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry students to start the Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign.

Collaboration could help SUNY schools land new grants

Ryan Delaney — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:39:56 +0000

Governor Andrew Cuomo is leaning on New York’s network of public colleges to play a bigger role in economic growth -- and he’s proposing to provide the resources to do so. But there could stiff competition for those funds.

New York hopes to quadruple solar power usage

Ellen Abbott — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:11:51 +0000

Governor Andrew Cuomo is proposing that New York State quadruple the amount of solar energy it uses for power in the next year.

Local tree expert says central New York has the best fall color in the nation

Ellen Abbott — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:12:10 +0000

Central New Yorkers may enjoy some of the best fall colors in the country. That's the opinion of one tree expert out of the SUNY School of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse. Click "listen" above to hear Ellen's story.