Centers, Programs, and Initiatives
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The Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies has released initial findings from its first environmental poll conducted as part of a new partnership with the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
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The Yale Program on Climate Change Communication and the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting have announced a new Campus Consortium Partnership that will connect journalists reporting on climate change with leading researchers and students studying climate change communication and journalism.
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A new online resource launched by the F&ES-based Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry will provide an overview of the world’s forest resources. Ultimately, its creators say it will be a sort of living almanac of forest resources worldwide for journalists and advocates, scientists and general readers.
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In 2019, two centers based at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies will introduce new online certificate programs that allow emerging professionals in countries across the world to access Yale’s faculty, training materials, and networks.
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More than 880 people attended the conference, which celebrated the work of people of color across the fields of environmentalism and conservation, while also exploring how justice, inequality and environment are connected.
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For Johnae McArthur, an undergraduate at the University of Connecticut and one of five New Haven Promise interns at F&ES this past summer, the experience was more than just a crash course in biogeochemistry or a chance to explore the woods near her hometown. It also set her on a new career path.
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Since 2011, the New Haven Promise program has provided full tuition college scholarships to over 1200 local high school students. This summer, three of those students are gaining research and work experience as interns at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.
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F&ES Prof. Michelle Bell will lead an interdisciplinary team of scientists at the newly created SEARCH Center working to improve air quality and human health.
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The Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies has created a new fellowship position to promote the practice of sustainability and strengthen principles of diversity and inclusion within the School.
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The Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies is launching a new curriculum for one of its core academic programs, the Master of Environmental Management degree, which places more emphasis on subject specialization while at the same time building common foundational skills and affording flexibility.
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In an interview, Casey Pickett, director of the recently launched Yale Carbon Charge, discusses how the initiative aims to change behavior across campus, the broad range of research opportunities made possible by the initiative, and how it might ultimately be applied by other organizations.
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Melanie Quigley, left, and Jennifer Sabol.
As we slide into cooler months, staff members at F&ES are recalling the days of summer with a “let’s ketchup” initiative inspired by an A Priarie Home Companion style raffle back in July held by Associate Director of Finance, Jess Foote.
This initiative is an opportunity for staff to take a break over coffee to meet someone new. Melanie
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A partnership between the F&ES-based Environmental Leadership and Training Initiative and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) delivered online training in forest restoration to 125 professionals from 32 countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
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F&ES recently hosted 29 officers from the Indian Forest Service (IFS) participating in the service's mid-career training program. During the two-week program, they took part in a series of lectures and field trips on campus and throughout the region.
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During a visit to Yale this week, Connecticut Gov. Dannel Malloy learned about a life-changing program based at F&ES that employs ex-offenders to plant and prune trees across the city of New Haven.