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January 27, 2020

Alumna Receives Yale’s Highest
Graduate Honor

Dorceta Taylor ’85 M.F.S., ’91 Ph.D., one of the nation’s leading environmental justice scholars and activists, was recently named a recipient of the 2020 Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal, the highest honor Yale Graduate School bestows on its alumni.

November 7, 2019

Yale Conservationist Honored for Strides
In Human-Centered Wildlife Protection

Over several years in Rwanda, Bill Weber developed a conservation strategy that has strengthened mountain gorilla populations by putting local people at the center of the effort. Weber, who has applied these principles in regions worldwide, was recently nominated for the prestigious Indianapolis Prize.

October 31, 2019

Easley Receives Leadership Award
From the Society of American Foresters

Thomas Easley, the assistant dean of community and inclusion at F&ES will receive the Diversity Leadership Award from the Society of American Foresters (SAF) during its annual meeting.

October 8, 2019

Using Real-World Experience
To Tackle Real-World Complexity

Carmen Guerrero Pérez ’10 M.E.M., director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Caribbean Environmental Protection Division, will receive the 2019 Prospect Street Award for her years of work in environmental conservation and community engagement in Puerto Rico.

October 8, 2019

Capitalizing on Opportunity

As an F&ES student, Jim Lyons ’79 M.F. was advised to branch out and take classes that didn’t focus on just forestry. After 40 years in education, conservation, and politics, the Distinguished Alumni Award winner reflects on how important that advice has been for his career.

October 8, 2019

Of Parks and People

Rose Harvey ’84 M.E.S. believes that access to nature is a fundamental human right. As commissioner of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, she took it upon herself to deliver that access, especially to communities that need it the most.

September 5, 2019

F&ES Student Named Switzer Fellow

Margaret Tallmadge ’20 M.E.M. has been named a recipient of the Switzer Environmental Fellowship, a prestigious program that supports future environmental leaders.

August 16, 2019

Chertow Awarded Society Prize for Impacts on Field of Industrial Ecology

Marian Chertow, associate professor of industrial environmental management at F&ES, has received the International Society for Industrial Ecology’s Society Prize, awarded for “outstanding contributions to the field of industrial ecology.”

Study to Examine Human-Robot Collaboration to Reduce Recycling ‘Bottleneck’

During a four-year study, funded by the National Science Foundation, researchers will examine whether a collaboration between humans and robots can improve the efficiency and profitability of the world’s threatened recycling sector.

F&ES Graduate Honored with
Presidential Early Career Award

Nedal Nassar ’11 M.E.Sc., ’14 M.Phil., ’15 Ph.D. was recently named a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.

Recent Doctoral Grad Honored
For Contributions to Soil Science

Noah Sokol ’18 Ph.D. has received the Truog Soil Science Outstanding Dissertation Award, a national award that recognizes outstanding contributions to soil science.

F&ES Grad Receives Major Yale Award During University Commencement

Luisa Cortesi ’18 Ph.D., who completed a joint degree in environmental studies and anthropology last year, received the Theron Rockwell Field Prize during the 2019 Yale commencement.

Two F&ES-ers Honored by NSF
Graduate Research Fellowship Program

Two F&ES students have been honored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program, which recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported disciplines.

Six F&ES Students Selected as
2019 Sabin International Fellows

Six F&ES graduate students as Andrew Sabin International Environmental Fellows, with each Fellow receiving up to $40,000 of funding for their education and post-graduate service in the environmental sector.

Seto Receives National Honor for Outstanding Contributions to Remote Sensing Research

Karen Seto, a professor of geography and urbanization science at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES), this month received the Outstanding Contributions to Remote Sensing Research award from the American Association of Geographers.

Research on Fracking Impacts Wins 2019 Bormann Prize

Given rare access to a hydraulic fracturing well site in Pennsylvania, an F&ES doctoral student revealed a surprising finding about the impacts of fracking on groundwater — research that earned her the 2019 F. Herbert Bormann Prize

Yale Team Nabs Second Straight
Global Entrepreneurship Contest Win

A team of Yale students last week won the MBA Impact Investing Network and Training (MIINT) competition, a pitch-off featuring students from business schools around the globe.

Comita Receives NSF CAREER Award for
Research on Diversity of Tropical Forests

Liza Comita, an assistant professor of tropical forest ecology at F&ES, has received a prestigious award from the National Science Foundation that will support her research into the factors that shape the rich and persistent biological diversity in the world’s tropical forests.

Sabin Prize Winner Engineer Plastic-Alternative Products to Fight Pollution and Reduce Carbon Emissions

A student-led startup that has engineered an Eco Rain Poncho made of a sugar-based bioplastic was awarded the 2019 Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize, presented by the Yale Center for Business and the Environment.

Mark Ashton Honored by New England Society of American Foresters

Mark Ashton ’85 M.F., ’90 Ph.D., the Morris K. Jesup Professor of Silviculture and Forest Ecology, was named the sixth recipient of the 2019 David M. Smith Award by the New England Society of American Foresters at the group’s winter meeting in March. The

Wyss Scholars Program Supports Future
Western Conservation Leaders at Yale

The Wyss Foundation, a charitable organization that supports land conservation in the American West, has selected three Yale students as 2019 Wyss Scholars.

Grist List of 50 Environmental ‘Fixers’ Features Three Alums from Yale F&ES

The new Grist list of 50 young leaders who are doing potentially “game-changing” sustainability work includes three graduates of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.

February 22, 2019

Bell, Lauenroth Elected to Connecticut
Academy of Science and Engineering

Michelle Bell, a professor of environmental health at F&ES, and William Lauenroth, a drylands ecologist and professor in the practice at F&ES, have been elected to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering.

February 14, 2019

Video: Microsoft Helps Yale-Launched
Business Map the Future of U.S. Forests

While he was a student at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES), Zach Parisa ’09 M.F.S. developed a technology that uses satellite data to determine the size and species of trees in forests.

January 3, 2019

Students Honored for Leadership
in Conservation and Wildlife Science

Two students from F&ES — Andy Lee ’19 M.E.Sc. and Kimi Zamuda ’19 M.E.Sc. — have been awarded the 2018 MK McCarthy-RW Worth Scholarship for Leadership in Conservation Science.

December 3, 2018

F&ES Student Talk Honored at American Anthropological Association Meeting

Yufang Gao, a Ph.D. student in the combined program between F&ES and the Yale Department of Anthropology, received a “best presentation” prize during the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Anthropological Association held recently in San Jose, Calif.

October 12, 2018

From Research to Carbon Charge, Nobel Prize Winner Has Deep Influence at F&ES

This week William Nordhaus, Sterling Professor of Economics at Yale, won the Nobel Prize. At the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, where he holds a secondary appointment, his research and teaching have influenced and inspired generations of scholars.

September 10, 2018

Four F&ES Students Named Kerry Fellows

The Kerry Initiative has named 17 Yale students, including four from F&ES, as Kerry Fellows for the 2018-19 academic year.

August 25, 2018

Energy, Identity, and Rural America:
Research Earns Farrell NSF Career Award

Justin Farrell, an assistant professor of sociology at F&ES, has received a prestigious award from the National Science Foundation that will support his research on how a long-term shift in the U.S. energy sector is changing the nation’s rural communities.

RFF Awards Yale Collaboration Examining
the ‘Value’ of Remote Sensing in Himalaya

An interdisciplinary collaboration between two professors from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies that aims to define the “value” of satellite-based earth observations has received a $100,000 award from Resources for the Future (RFF).

Community Stormwater Partnership Receives National Environmental Award

A community partnership including the Yale-based Urban Resources Initiative (URI) that has helped the city of New Haven tackle the challenge of stormwater runoff has received a prestigious award from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Where are F&ES Students Working
This Summer? Just About Everywhere

The 152 students who have already completed at least one academic year at F&ES are spending their summers in 34 countries and in states across the U.S., completing internships or conducting their own independent research.

Three F&ESers Named Switzer Fellows

Three F&ES students have been named recipients of Switzer Environmental Fellowships, a prestigious program that supports future environmental leaders.

Two F&ES-led Teams Receive Leitner
Grants for ‘Uncommon’ Collaborations

F&ES this week announced the winners of the first Leitner Awards for Uncommon Environmental Collaborations, a grant fund that promotes collaborations for environmental teaching and research across the Yale campus.

Doctoral Grad Receives Prestigious
Yale Prize for Written Scholarship

Sayd Randle ’18 Ph.D., an ethnographer and political ecologist, this week received Yale’s prestigious John Addison Porter Prize for scholarship written in a way to make it of general human interest.

Yale Climate Communication Program Receives National Innovation Honor

Anthony Leiserowitz and the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication have received a prestigious national award for their work developing new statistical methodology to understand and map public opinion on climate change at state and local levels across the nation.

Roots SIG Awarded 2018 Kroon Cup

The F&ES community has awarded the 2018 Kroon Cup to Roots, a student interest group dedicated to the advancement and resilience of students of the African Diaspora.

Four Students Selected as
2018 Sabin International Fellows

F&ES has selected four graduate students as Andrew Sabin International Environmental Fellows, with each Fellow receiving up to $40,000 of funding for their education and post-graduate service in the environmental sector.

F&ES Student Researchers Take
Center Stage in Day-long Conference

Forty-nine master’s students, doctoral students, and postdocs from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES) community presented their research during the 34^th annual F&ES Research Conference held at Kroon Hall on April 20.

Process to Improve Sustainability of Beef
and Seafood Production Wins Sabin Prize

A student-led startup that is developing a saltwater aquaponic system that aims to drastically reduce the environmental impacts of both the seafood and beef industries last week received the 2018 Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize.

Wyss Scholars Program Supports
Future Western Conservation Leaders

The Wyss Foundation, a charitable organization that supports land conservation in the American West, has selected three Yale students as 2018 Wyss Scholars — Matthew Lifson ’20 J.D./M.E.M., Jack Singer ’19 M.F., and Ben Williamson ’19 M.E.M.

Burke, Seto Elected to Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering

Ingrid C. “Indy” Burke, a professor of ecosystem ecology and F&ES dean, and Karen C. Seto, a professor of geography and urbanization science at F&ES, have beenelected to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering.

January 31, 2018

Yale Students Named 2018 ‘Energy Scholars’

Two F&ES students — Josh Constanti ’18 M.E.M. and Krisztina Pjeczka ’18 M.E.M. — have been named 2018 Energy Scholars by a U.S.-based program that honors young leaders in the renewable energy field.

January 22, 2018

F&ES Students Honored for Leadership
in Conservation and Wildlife Science

Two F&ES students, Corey Creedon ’18 M.E.M. and Elizabeth Naro ’18 M.E.M., have received the 2017 MK McCarthy-RW Worth Scholarship for leadership in the field of conservation biology and wildlife science.

December 15, 2017

AGU Honors F&ES Student For Bringing Remote Sensing to Vulnerable Places

Rebecca Lehman ’18 M.E.M., a second-year master’s student at F&ES, recently received a grand prize in the American Geophysical Union’s Data Visualization and Storytelling contest.

December 13, 2017

Doctoral Graduate Honored for Research
On Unexpected Impact of Small Ponds

Meredith Holgerson ’16 Ph.D., an aquatic ecologist who has provided new insights into the unexpected role of small pond systems, has received a national science award for research she conducted as an F&ES doctoral student.

December 8, 2017

‘Scholarship for Sustainability’:
Student Honored for Research

The Environmental Research & Education Foundation awarded the 2017 Ice River Springs Master’s Scholarship for Sustainability to James Souder ’18 M.E.M.

November 27, 2017

Raymond and Seto Elected AAAS Fellows

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has elected Peter Raymond and Karen Seto, two F&ES faculty members as AAAS fellows in recognition of their contributions to science.

November 14, 2017

At Bonn, Data Driven Yale Wins Award
in UN Data for Climate Action Contest

A team from Data-Driven Yale, an F&ES-based project working at the intersection of data science and policy, was awarded the UN Data for Climate Action Challenge’s inaugural award for linking climate change to sustainable development goals.

October 25, 2017

Yale-Led Study to Examine
Health Disparities in Senior Population

A research team led by F&ES Professor Michelle Bell has received a $4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to examine environmental health disparities within the U.S. senior population.

September 27, 2017

Honors for Anastas Include Lifetime
Achievement Award from U.S. EPA

Professor Paul Anastas, a pioneer in the field of green chemistry, in recent months was named recipient of two major honors, including a Lifetime Achievement Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

August 14, 2017

Yale-Inspired Connecticut Green Bank
Wins National Award for Innovation

The Connecticut Green Bank, a first-of-its-kind model for green financing first conceptualized at Yale, has been awarded the 2017 Innovation in American Government Award from Harvard’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation.

Respite from the Urban Heat Island?
Study Eyes Costs of Irrigation as Remedy

A new Yale study will examine whether irrigation of green spaces to mitigate the urban heat island effect in some of the world’s driest cities will be worth the cost — namely, drawing down precious and increasingly diminished water resources.

Yale Team Makes Final Round at
Nespresso Sustainability Challenge

A team of students and recent graduates from F&ES this summer traveled to Switzerland where they were finalists in the 2017 Sustainability MBA Challenge hosted by NestléNespresso, an operating unit of the Nestle Group.

Interdisciplinary Yale Team Takes
Top Prize in Patagonia Case Competition

A team of six Yale students and recent graduates, including five from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, took the top prize at the Patagonia Eco Innovation Case Competition.

Two F&ESers Named Switzer Fellows

Two F&ES students, Jolisa Brooks ’18 M.E.Sc. and Brunilda Pizarro ’18 M.E.Sc., have been named recipients of Switzer Environmental Fellowships, a prestigious program that supports future environmental leaders.

Bright Idea: Student Honored for Bringing
‘Bottled Light’ to Underprivileged Indian Households

While working as a teacher in Mumbai, Sanjna Malpani ’17 M.E.M. was shocked that many students weren't able to do their homework because of insufficient light in their homes. So Malpani and some friends helped introduce new sources of illumination using only plastic bottles and water.

Study Linking Microscale Processes with Landscape Impacts Wins Bormann Prize

Ashley Keiser ’16 Ph.D., who studies how microbes in the soil respond to changing conditions aboveground, has won the 2017 F. Herbert Bormann Prize, which honors doctoral research that exemplifies the legacy of the late Yale professor.

Four Students Selected as 2017 Sabin International Environmental Fellows

F&ES has selected four graduate students as Andrew Sabin International Environmental Fellows, with each Fellow receiving up to $40,000 of funding for their education and post-graduate service in the environmental sector.

Leung, Champion for Inclusion and Equity, Honored with 2017 Kroon Cup

The F&ES community last week awarded the 2017 Kroon Cup to Jessica Leung ’17 M.E.M., who has worked tirelessly to make the School and the environmental field more inclusive and equitable.

Seto Elected to the Prestigious
National Academy of Sciences

The National Academy of Sciences, considered the most prestigious scientific society in the U.S., has elected Yale Prof. Karen C. Seto as a member in recognition of her distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.

Energy Technology Startup Wins
2017 Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize

A student-led startup that is creating new energy technology the team says will enable households to reduce their carbon footprint while also saving money has received the 2017 Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize.

Major Science Organizations Honor
Seto For Work on Urban Land Systems

Two major U.S. science organizations recently honored Karen C. Seto, professor of geography and urbanization science and Associate Dean for Research at F&ES, for her work on understanding urban land systems.

Program Empowering Leaders in Tropics
Receives $4.9 Million Grant from Arcadia

The Environmental Leadership & Training Initiative, an F&ES-based program that makes the latest tools and research in forest restoration and sustainable management accessible to the people who manage tropical landscapes, has received a $4.9 million grant from Arcadia, a charitable fund of Peter Baldwin and Lisbet Rausing, to continue its work.

Wyss Scholars Program Supports
Future Western Conservation Leaders

The Wyss Foundation, a charitable organization that supports land conservation in the American West, has selected two F&ES students — Katherine Panek ’18 M.E.M. and Austin Rempel ’18 M.E.M. — as 2017 Wyss Scholars

February 17, 2017

Raymond Elected to Connecticut
Academy of Science and Engineering

Peter Raymond, a professor of ecosystem ecology at F&ES, this week was elected to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering.

February 16, 2017

YPCCC Wins Friend of the Planet Award

The Yale Program on Climate Change Communication this week received a Friend of the Planet award from the National Center for Science Education.

February 10, 2017

Yale GrassX Competition Invites
Student Support for Native Pollinators

The Yale Landscape Lab on Yale’s West Campus and the F&ES-based Ucross High Plains Stewardship Initiative have partnered for GrassX, an Experimental Grassland Competition that invites Yale students to explore ideas to promote grassland management systems, native pollinators, and local ecosystems.

February 8, 2017

Lauenroth Named 2017 Fellow by
Ecological Society of America

William Lauenroth, a Professor in the Practice at F&ES and pioneer in the field of drylands ecology, has been named a Fellow of the Ecological Society of America for his contributions to research and discovery.

February 8, 2017

Yale to Help Guide National Institute on
Improving Industrial Energy Efficiency

F&ES researchers will play a lead role in a new U.S.-funded consortium that will aim to improve the energy efficiency of the nation’s industrial manufacturing processes.

January 26, 2017

Graedel Prizes Honor New
Advances in Industrial Ecology

The Journal of Industrial Ecology (JIE) recently awarded two papers with Graedel Prizes, which honor the best papers published in the journal.

January 17, 2017

Himalaya Study Eyes How Urban Shifts
Affect Land Uses and Natural Disasters

In a new study, Yale researchers will use remote sensing data to assess changes in urban settlements across the Himalayan region — and how those shifts have affected land use, the frequency and magnitude of natural disasters, and just how sensitive the region’s socio-economic systems are to these stressors.

October 24, 2016

Yale-Led Project to Widen Access to
Household Solar Receives Federal Grant

A Yale-led project aiming to further broaden the appeal of solar power to a mass market — including low- and moderate-income households — has received a $1.35 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy.

September 21, 2016

Conservationist Eleanor Sterling Awarded
Yale’s Prestigious Wilbur Cross Medal

One colleague calls Eleanor Sterling ’83 B.A., ’93 Ph.D., recipent of Yale's Wilbur Cross Medal, a “bridge builder.” A conservationist, anthropologist, and educator, Sterling says her interdisciplinary training at Yale has been crucial to her life’s work.

August 29, 2016

F&ES Alum Receives Global Honor
For Conservation Work in East Africa

Laly Lichtenfeld ’99 M.F.S., ’05 Ph.D., co-founder and executive director of the African People & Wildlife Fund, has been named a 2016 Lowell Thomas Awardee by The Explorers Club.

Yale Honors Liza Comita
For Postdoc Mentorship

Liza Comita, an Assistant Professor of Tropical Forest Management at F&ES, has received Yale University’s 2016 Postdoctoral Mentoring Prize. The award recognizes one faculty member annually who best exemplifies the role of mentor to postdoctoral trainees.

F&ES Students Named Switzer Fellows

Two F&ES students — Dena Adler ’17 M.E.M./J.D. and Logan McCoy ’17 M.E.M./M.B.A. — have been named recipients of Switzer Environmental Fellowships, a prestigious program that supports future environmental leaders.

Global Honors for Yale Conservationist
Working to Protect Threatened Species

Yufang Gao ’14 M.E.Sc., a Chinese conservationist who has worked to protect wildlife from Kenya to Tibet, this month received two global awards for his efforts to ensure a future for vulnerable species worldwide.

Six Sabin International Fellows to Take
Lessons Back to Their Home Nations

The Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies has selected six graduate students as Andrew Sabin International Fellows, with each Fellow receiving up to $40,000 of funding for their education and post-graduate service in the environmental sector.

‘Father of Green Chemistry’ Wins
Royal Society of Chemistry Award

Paul Anastas, a Yale professor and pioneer in the field of green chemistry, was awarded the prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry Award.

New F&ES-Based Center Receives EPA
Grant to Study Air Quality, Public Health

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this week announced major funding for three major U.S. universities, including Yale, to study regional differences in air pollution and the effects of global climate change on human health.

Master’s Student Receives Conservation
Scholarship for Wildlife Work in India

Pooja Choksi ’17 M.E.M., a first-year Master’s student focused on community-based wildlife conservation, was recently awarded the Sidney Byers Scholarship for Wildlife Conservation from the Wildlife Conservation Network.

Proposal to Convert Food Waste
Into New Products Wins Sabin Prize

A business plan developed by two F&ESers that aims to turn food waste into new products — and profits — won the 2016 Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize.

F&ES Students Receive Prestigious
NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

Two F&ES students have received prestigious National Science Foundation graduate research fellowships. Two others were named honorable mention recipients.

Looking West: Two Named Wyss Scholars

The Wyss Foundation, a charitable organization that promotes land conservation in the American West, has selected two F&ES students as 2016 Wyss Scholars — Katherine Fiedler ’17 M.E.M. and Rebecca Shively ’17 M.E.M.

February 10, 2016

Global Justice Fellowship Program
Highlights Work of F&ES Students

Three F&ES students have received 2016-17 Gruber Fellowships in Global Justice and Women’s Rights for their work on projects in vulnerable parts of the world.

January 27, 2016

Two F&ES Students Honored for
Leadership in Conservation Science

Two F&ES students have been awarded the new MK McCarthy-RW Worth Scholarship for Leadership in Conservation Science.

January 19, 2016

New F&ES Research Center
Launched With $10 Million EPA Grant

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.

November 19, 2015

F&ES Ecologist and Photographer Team
Named Nat Geo Adventurers of the Year

The award recognizes Arthur Middleton and Joe Riis’s Greater Yellowstone Migrations project.

October 15, 2015

Two F&ES Students Honored for
Volunteerism And Community Service

Two F&ES master’s students — Marguerite Harden ’16 M.E.M. and Nicholas McClure ’16 M.E.M. — have been chosen as recipients of the F&ES Alumni Association Board Scholarship in honor of Ruth Allen ’72 M.F.S. ’77 Ph.D.

October 14, 2015

Bormann Prize Honors Research Aimed
At Reducing Carnivore-Human Conflicts

Jennie Miller '15 Ph.D., whose research has explored an emerging method of spatial mapping to reduce conflicts between humans and carnivores, won the 2015 F. Herbert Bormann Prize.

October 7, 2015

Opening Up a ‘World of Possibilities’:
McHenry Empowers Generations of F&ESers

While he was a student at F&ES 35 years ago, Thomas McHenry came to understand the range of possible opportunities in the environmental realm. He's spent the past 3 1/2 decades working to make sure future students had the same experience.

October 7, 2015

For Inaugural ‘Prospect Street’ Awardee,
Climate Change is a Human Rights Issue

Heather Coleman '04 M.E.M., who will receive the inaugural “Prospect Street Award” during Reunion Weekend for contributions from a recent F&ES graduate, joined Oxfam America a decade ago to engage climate change from a human perspective. “Climate change is not an environmental issue,” she says. “It’s a social issue.”

October 7, 2015

A Pioneer in Forest Genetics
Reflects on Five Decades in Forestry

Since completing his Ph.D. at F&ES in 1965, Jeffery Burley has helped to improve forestry practices in vulnerable forest regions across the world.

October 7, 2015

A Voice for Equity and Justice
In the Environmental Movement

Dorceta Taylor '85 M.F.S., '91 Ph.D., is one of the country's preeminent environmental justice scholars. But above and beyond her publications, Taylor says her work is about opening doors for other people.

Scholarship Initiative Raises
$10.1 Million for F&ES Students

A three-year scholarship initiative led by F&ES Dean Peter Crane and the School’s Leadership Council has generated more than $10 million in new scholarship support for F&ES students.

F&ES Students Named Switzer Fellows

Four students from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies have been named recipients of Switzer Environmental Fellowships, a prestigious program that supports future environmental leaders.

Eleven F&ES Students Advance Energy
Leadership as EDF Climate Corps Fellows

Eleven students and graduates from F&ES have been selected as summer fellows for the Environmental Defense Fund’s Climate Corps program, an innovative fellowship that gives specially trained graduates students the opportunity to help transform energy use within organizations in the private and public sector in the U.S., Mexico and China.

Anastas Awarded Merck Prize for Pioneering Work in Green Chemistry

Paul Anastas, a Yale professor and pioneer in the field of green chemistry, has been awarded the 2015 Emanuel Merck Lectureship, an international award that recognizes scientists who have made significant contributions to chemical and pharmaceutical research.

Eight Sabin International Fellows to
Take Lessons Back to Their Home Nations

The Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies has selected eight graduate students as Andrew Sabin International Environmental Fellows, with each Fellow to receive up to $40,000 of funding for their education and post-graduate service in the environmental sector.

Schmitz and Comita Named
Ecological Society of America Fellows

Two members of the faculty at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Oswald Schmitz and Liza Comita, have been named Fellows of the Ecological Society of America (ESA).

Heather West Wins the 2015 Kroon Cup

The F&ES community last week awarded the 2015 Kroon Cup to Heather West ’15 M.F./M.B.A., a third-year student pursuing a joint degree at F&ES and the Yale School of Management whose tireless participation in student groups and passion for the American West inspired her classmates.

Three Members of F&ES Faculty
Appointed to Endowed Professorships

The Yale Corporation has approved the recommendation of Yale President Peter Salovey and Dean Peter Crane to appoint three members of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies faculty to prestigious endowed professorships in the School.

Yale-Based Journal of Industrial
Ecology Awards First-Ever ‘Graedel Prize’

The Journal of Industrial Ecology (JIE) has introduced a new prize, the Graedel Prize, honoring the best papers by a junior and senior author published in the journal. The prize is named for Yale Professor Thomas E. Graedel in recognition of his vital contributions and pioneering work in the development of the field of industrial ecology.

Yale Honors F&ES Members for Contributions to Sustainability

Yale University will honor Lindsay Toland ’15 M.E.M. and the staff of the Urban Resources Initiative (URI) with Certificates of Outstanding Recognition in appreciation for their contributions to sustainability at Yale during the 2014-15 academic year.

Sabin Prize Seeds Business Plans
That Do Good for the Environment

On April 17, the Sabin Prize will award $25,000 to a for-profit business idea that helps achieve a more sustainable way of life. The competition is part of the first ever Entrepreneurship Across Yale event.

Yale Partnership Receives National Honor For Project that Promotes Solar Adoption

A Connecticut-based partnership and major Yale research project led by Kenneth Gillingham, associate professor at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES), has received a national award for innovative research that has increased adoption of residential solar power in the state.

February 17, 2015

Yale Students Named Wyss Scholars
For Conservation Work in U.S. West

The Wyss Foundation, a charitable organization that promotes land conservation in the U.S. West, has selected three Yale students as 2015 Wyss Scholars — Katie Holsinger ’16 M.E.M., Elliott Vander Kolk ’16 M.F.,and Chelsea Lane-Miller ’17 LAW.

February 5, 2015

Two F&ESers Receive Fellowships for Global Justice and Women’s Rights

Erin Beasley ’15 M.E.M. and Sarah Casson ’15 M.E.Sc., have each received aGruber Fellowship in Global Justice and Women’s Rights for projects to implement environmental programs in vulnerable parts of the world.

January 28, 2015

F&ES Alumni Association
Honored for Service Work

The F&ES Alumni Association recently won the Association of Yale Alumni Excellence Award for Outstanding Graduate & Professional Day of Service.

December 1, 2014

Dean Crane Receives Prestigious
Biology Prize at Tokyo Ceremony

Peter Crane, the Dean of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, was awarded the 2014 International Prize for Biology during a ceremony held in Tokyo on Sunday.

November 10, 2014

F&ES Presents Its Highest Honor
To Philanthropist Teresa Heinz

Teresa Heinz, the philanthropist and longtime advocate for environmental awareness and literacy, has been named the recipient of The Aldo Leopold Award, the highest honor granted by the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.

October 30, 2014

Marian Chertow Honored by
Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame

On Oct. 29, Prof. Marian Chertow was honored by the Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame for her longtime commitment to environmental innovation

October 23, 2014

Doctoral Candidate Earns EPA Grant
For Study of Air Pollution in Nepal

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this week awarded Anobha Gurung, a doctoral student at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, a Science to Achieve Results (STAR) fellowship grant to support her research into the health impacts of air pollution in Nepal.

October 21, 2014

Bormann Prize Winner Honored
For Study in ‘Green Sovereignty’

A published paper exploring the relationship between landscape imagery and national self-identity in Costa Rica helped earn Dana Graef, an F&ES doctoral student, the 2014 F. Herbert Bormann Prize.

October 20, 2014

Two F&ES Students Awarded
Scholarships for Volunteerism

Yesenia Gallardo ’15 M.E.M. and David Gonzalez ’15 M.E.M. were recognized for their leadership and exemplary recrod of volunteer service, especially to the F&ES, Yale, and New Haven communities.

October 14, 2014

F&ES Creates William R. Burch Prize
To Honor Student Research at TRI

The Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies this week announced the creation of a new student award, the William R. Burch Prize, which is named in honor of the founder of the School’s influential Tropical Resources Institute. The new prize will be awarded annually to the best paper written by a TRI Fellow, and will include a $1,000 cash prize.

October 9, 2014

Xuhui Lee Honored by
American Meteorological Society

Xuhui Lee, the Sara Shallenberger Brown Professor of Meteorology at F&ES, has received the 2015 Award for Outstanding Achievement in Biometeorology from the American Meteorological Society.

September 4, 2014

Yale’s Chad Oliver Honored
For Contributions to Forest Science

Yale F&ES Professor Chadwick Dearing Oliver will be awarded the prestigious Host Country Scientific Achievement Award from the International Union of Forest Research Organizations during its World Congress this fall.

September 2, 2014

Dean Peter Crane Wins Prestigious International Prize for Biology

F&ES Dean Peter Crane has been awarded the 2014 International Prize for Biology administered by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) for his work on the evolutionary history of plants.

August 18, 2014

Dean Crane’s Book, Ginkgo, a Finalist
For Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science

Dean Peter Crane’s 2013 book, Ginkgo: The Tree That Time Forgot, has been named a finalist for the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science.

Yale Project Aims to Propel
Green Walls into the Mainstream

A team of Yale researchers has received a $299,000 grant to develop a new class of “green wall” technologies capable of rejecting waste heat for a range of processes, a potentially valuable green infrastructure alternative to the cooling towers that have become ubiquitous worldwide.

Postdoc’s Dissertation Earns National Honor

Jude Bayham, a postdoctoral associate at F&ES, recently received Honorable Mention for Outstanding Dissertation Award from the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association.

Yale Team Invited to Switzerland
To Pitch Sustainable Business Plan

A team of joint-degree students from F&ES and the Yale School of Management has reached the final stage of an international MBA competition hosted by the coffee company Nestlé Nespresso, an operating unit of the Nestlé Group.

Karen Seto Succeeds David Skelly as
Associate Dean & Doctoral Studies Director

F&ES Professor Karen Seto has been named the School’s next Associate Dean for Research and Director of Doctoral Studies, succeeding Professor David Skelly, who was recently appointed new director of the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History.

Eleven F&ES Students
Selected as Climate Corps Fellows

Eleven students and graduates from F&ES have been selected as summer fellows for the Environmental Defense Fund’s Climate Corps program, an innovative fellowship that places specially trained graduates students with private and public sector organizations to help transform how they use energy.

Six Yale Graduate Students
Awarded Sabin Fellowships

Six F&ES students have been chosen as Andrew Sabin International Environmental Fellows, with each Fellow to receive up to $40,000 for their education and post-graduation service in the environmental sector.

Science on the Fly: Dam Release
Offers Rare Opportunity for Yale Scientists

When operators lifted the gates of the Morelos Dam at the U.S-Mexico border, allowing a rare pulse of water to pour into the parched, final stretches of the Colorado River Delta, it offered a rare opportunity for F&ES researchers.

Kroon Cup Honors Two Students
Who Embodied Stewardship at F&ES

The F&ES community last week awarded the Kroon Cup to two members of the Class of 2014, one who has organized a variety of activities linking people with the natural world, and one who made an indelible mark on the school during his too-brief time here.

Connecticut River Watershed Study Will
Assess Impacts of Extreme Rain Events

A team of Yale researchers will lead a five-year, $3 million study to determine whether an increase in extreme rain events is affecting the transport of dissolved organic matter through the Connecticut River watershed, a phenomenon they say could alter the chemical composition and water quality of the watershed and the Long Island Sound.

Cashore Receives IUFRO Award for
Advances in Global Forest Governance

F&ES Professor Benjamin Cashore has received the prestigious Scientific Achievement Award from the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) for achievements in research related to governance of forest resources worldwide.

F&ES Students Take Top Honors at
U.S.-Sponsored Energy Competition

Ten students from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES) received “best proposal” honors during the U.S. Department of Energy’s third annual Better Building Case Competition held this month in Washington, D.C.

February 25, 2014

Two F&ESers Receive Fellowships for
Global Justice and Women's Rights

Hilary Faxon B.A. ’11 M.E.M. ’13, and Lia Nicholson M.E.M. ‘14, have each received Gruber Fellowships in Global Justice and Women’s Rights for projects to implement environmental programs in vulnerable parts of the world.

February 24, 2014

As Sea Levels Rise,
Can Salt Marshes Keep Up?

A team of F&ES researchers has received a grant to investigate the ability of coastal salt marshes to migrate upland in the face of sea level rise and how the land types at higher elevations affects potential migration.

February 18, 2014

Three Yale Students Selected
As 2014 Wyss Scholars

The Wyss Foundation, a charitable organization that promotes land conservation in the U.S. West, has selected three Yale students as 2014 Wyss Scholars — Benjamin Hayes M.F. ‘15, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Marsters M.E.M. ‘16 M.B.A. ‘16, and Mordechai Treiger LAW ‘15.

February 10, 2014

Honduras Forest Conservation Project Wins First Yale ISTF Innovation Prize

A project that promotes forest conservation by linking sustainable producers with high-value markets received the first ever International Society of Tropical Foresters Forest Finance Innovation Prize during the group's annual meeting held at F&ES.

January 30, 2014

Yale Researchers Receive Google
Earth Engine Award for Land Studies

A team of Yale researchers has received a “Google Earth Engine Research Award” for ongoing land stewardship studies being conducted in Wyoming.

January 20, 2014

Storm Warning: Why Do So Many
People Ignore Evacuation Orders?

When dangerous storms batter coastal communities, not all residents heed safety advisories. A new study by the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication will explore what factors shape these choices.

November 22, 2013

Class of 1980 Fund Honored
For Three Decades of Giving

The F&ES Class of 1980 has received the Association of Yale Alumni's School Volunteer Engagement and Leadership award for two funds that have supported student activities and research for more than three decades.

November 18, 2013

Hurricane-Inspired Study Earns
F&ES Student Inaugural Bormann Prize

Doctoral student Bryan Yoon was awarded the inaugural F. Herbert Bormann Prize, established to honor research that builds on the legacy of the revered F&ES professor.

November 4, 2013

Protecting Nature
Right Here in Our Backyard

The U.S. government recently designated watershed sites in New Haven as part of a national network of Urban Wildlife Refuges, a classification that will help support restoration work being done by local groups — including F&ES’s Urban Resources Initiative.

October 25, 2013

Tucker, Grim Honored for Linking
'Languages of Many Disciplines'

Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim were honored by the University of Massachusetts, Boston for work that transcends national and cultural lines to find solutions to planetary challenges.

October 17, 2013

F&ES Student Talk on Ivory Trade
Honored at Conservation Conference

Yufang Gao M.E.Sc ’14, a second-year student from China, received “best talk” honors for his presentation on the international ivory trade during the 2013 Student Conference on Conservation Science – New York held last week at the American Museum of Natural History.

October 16, 2013

Former F&ES ‘Star’ Joins
UN Science Advisory Panel

Maria Ivanova M.E.Sc '99, M.A '99, Ph.D. '06 has been appointed to an international panel that will advise top United Nations leaders, including UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, on issues related to sustainable development.

October 9, 2013

Federal Grant Will Help Inform
Family Forest Owners About Land Options

A new federal grant will help a F&ES-based project inform more family forest owners about their land stewardship options — and to protect even more forest property for the long term.

October 9, 2013

Two F&ES Students Awarded
Scholarships for Community-Based Work

Esther Rojas-Garcia M.E.Sc ’14 and Anandi van Diepen-Hedayat M.E.Sc '14 were recognized for their leadership and exemplary record of volunteer service, especially to the F&ES, Yale and New Haven communities.

September 19, 2013

Middleton Receives Camp Monaco Prize

Arthur Middleton M.E.M. ’07, who has spent six years exploring how ecological changes in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem are affecting the region’s migratory elk herds, has received a $100,000 research prize for his ongoing efforts to monitor and conserve the iconic species.

September 3, 2013

Gary Knight Named 2013 McCluskey Fellow

The new McCluskey Fellow has helped the state of Florida conserve millions of acres of critical land from the state’s western panhandle to its iconic Keys.

August 22, 2013

Society for Conservation Biology Awards Highest Honor to Yale F&ES Alum

Citing her “extraordinary contributions to the conservation of biological diversity,” including her work in public education and field research conducted around the world, the Society for Conservation Biology has awarded their 2013 Distinguished Service Award to Eleanor J. Sterling B.A. ’83, Ph.D. ’93.

Crane appointed to second term as F&ES Dean

Evolutionary biologist Peter Crane has been reappointed dean of the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies for a five-year term beginning July 1, 2014.

Rachel Mak:
A Champion of Sustainability

Rachel Mak (FES/SOM ’14) was unable to receive her award for public service, because she was busy performing public service.

Yale F&ES Student is Top 5 Finalist in ERM Foundation Sustainability Fellowship

The ERM Foundation in North America recently announced Valerie Moye as a Top 5 finalist in its 3^rd annual Sustainability Fellowship award. Valerie is a first year Master of Environmental Management student at Yale’s School of Forestry & Environmental Studies focusing on sustainable urban and industrial systems.

November 15, 2011

$5.5 Million for Yale Reforestation Program

A Yale program that aims to restore tropical forests and the livelihoods that depend on them has received a six-year, $5.5 million grant by the Arcadia Fund to continue its work in Latin America and Southeast Asia.

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