From Sarah:
Following Nemo’s frigid, uninvited arrival in New Haven (Nemo apparently didn’t see Punxsutawney Phil’s memo), I want to share warm thoughts with you about the Tropical Resources Institute (TRI). TRI is an interdisciplinary program within Yale F&ES. It aims to help students with funding and research tools for managing and conserving tropical resources. TRI provides research fellowships for students and assists students with research design, proposal development and field methods for projects in the tropics. It also helps connect students with local, in-country institutions. For example, students have teamed with organizations in Panama like PRORENA (Proyecto de Reforestacion con Especies Nativas) and Agua Salad Project. These organizations, along with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, in turn link students with local entities like the Panama Canal Authority, Panama’s National Environmental…
From Sarah:
This is Part II of our urban ecology journey at the Hixon Center. I’ll share with you a bit more about the Center and then delve into the Urban Resources Initiative (URI), a branch of the Center. Be sure to read through to the end, where I’ll give you some tips on how to get involved!
When I spoke with Colleen Murphy-Dunning, the Staff Director of the Hixon Center and URI, she reminded me of how important it is to understand urban ecology. The Hixon Center recently took a survey of alumni who graduated over the last 20 years. It received about 900 responses and found that 70% of respondents said that their professional work does affect the urban environment. This number is not extraordinary, but it shows the need…
From Sarah:
This blog continues my journey to explore the numerous Centers and Programs at Yale F&ES. Over the past month, I’ve told you about the Center for Business and the Environment at Yale and the Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy. Today I will share the great Hixon Center for Urban Ecology, (“the Hixon Center” or here, “the Center,” for short. Next blog I’ll continue this expedition with the Urban Resources Initiative (URI), a fantastic program within the Hixon Center.
The Hixon Center was created fifteen years ago to encourage local environmental collaboration between Yale and New Haven. Since then, it’s expanded to target global public-private partnerships to improve urban environments. The Center works to advance knowledge of urban environmental issues both through research and by holding various seminars and…
Shark Stanley is the big kahuna on the Yale F&ES campus these days. This finned celebrity has grown out of two of our students' effort to bring the globally urgent issue of shark and ray conservation to the forefront of the hearts of minds of decision-makers everywhere, especially those at the Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES).
F&ES students Leah Meth and Onon Bayasgalan (both MEM '13) are the masterminds behind the idea of embodying marine species--sharks and rays--as an innovative means of lobbying for their protection under CITES.
Their approach, which integrates ecological literacy, policy acumen, and social media savvy, features two major tactics. First, Meth and F&ES classmate Ben Goldfarb, have authored a picture book (appropriate for children and adults alike), illustrated…
From Sarah:
Welcome, intrepid readers, to Part II of my blog postings about the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy (YCELP). This week I’ll discuss the newly formed YCELP student board, the Environmental Protection Clinic, and opportunities for readers like you!
First I should clarify that YCELP offers scholarships and even more programs that I have space to describe. I’ll summarize with just a few sentences. Last spring, YCELP awarded two Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy Research Prize Fellowships – each for $7,500. One prize went to a joint Master’s student with the Yale School of Public Health who is studying water quality near the Marcellus shale development sites in southwestern Pennsylvania. The other was awarded to a PhD candidate here at F&ES who is…
From Sarah:
I’m sharing two blog posts with you on the Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy. This week’s post will describe YCELP’s programs; the second post will discuss the newly formed YCELP student board, the Environmental Protection Clinic and opportunities for interested prospective students!
The Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, or YCELP, is a joint initiative of the School of Forestry and the Yale Law School. The Center works with students from these two schools to integrate environmental awareness and ethics with law and policy. YCELP also serves as a hub for members of the Yale community who are interested in environmental law and policy: many of its events are open to and attended by the public.
YCELP operates on three parallel tracks: research, outreach, and education. Its flagship…
Timely in its delivery, I just received a news release regarding the lineup of speakers on environmental economics from first year MEM student, Caroline Goodbody. This is a great follow up from Sarah's coverage of the work of CBEY. I hope you enjoy!
Over the past several of decades the role economics can play in solving environmental ills has gained growing attention. The economists at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies have long been on the forefront of uncovering solutions to environmental problems with a strong research group in environmental and natural resource economics.
Now in its 10th year, the Yale Environmental Economics Seminar provides the opportunity for students and faculty alike to share original research and hear from top economists from around the country. Professor Kenneth Gillingham is organizing…
Frances Seymour, former Director General of CIFOR, gave the keynote address of the Conference of Yale Chapter of the International Society of Tropical Foresters after an introduction by Sir Peter Crane. The talk, entitled “Forests and food security: Questions and quandaries” gave an overview of some of the many challenges of conserving nature and alleviating hunger while increasing social well-being.
Forests have many functions on different geographic scales. Forests have positive impacts on the farm- and the landscape-level, and also a continental and global scale. Services provided by forests reach from habitat and pollination, to water and materials, to climate regulation and climate change mitigation, to mention only a few. There is still a lack of appreciation of the many ways in which forests contribute to food security. Increasing agricultural production…
From Sarah:
In my first blog about CBEY, I told you about Aaron Paul’s great experience with CBEY, but there are many more success stories that I would like to share with you!
Last fall, joint F&ES/SOM students Spenser Shadle and Pat Hook worked with CBEY to develop a collaborative faculty student research project on developing a framework for evaluating financial risks in the market for ecosystem services. Spenser and Pat received over $20,000 of funding through Center and connected with professors from both schools to structure and execute their research plan. In addition, Pat and Spenser led a team of Yale students to compete in and win a national competition for the Barrett Foundation Prize. The Prize, given through the National Forest Foundation, is a $50,000 award for finding market-based solutions…
Happy New Year FES Blog readers! Emily here, and I feel I must first start with a quick apology: it’s been waaaaaay too long since I posted something on here. I know I have many adoring fans (ha! Just kidding!), and I want to make sure you all are getting the info you need to make the right grad school decision. Alas, the holidays got the better of me.
In any case, this week I have another featured alumna to introduce to you: Lily Zeng. I get a lot of questions from perspective students about the PhD program here at FES (either starting the program out right or making the transition from masters student to doc student at FES) and while my office doesn’t have much to do with that admissions…
