Alumni


  1. 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.

  3. 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.

  5. Former F&ES ‘Shepherd’ Finds Business Success Raising Healthy, Humane Meat

    two run farm yale profile Two Run Farm keeps its lambs in open pastures with their mothers to a healthy age.
    Charlie Munford ’11 M.F.S. arrived as a master’s student in New Haven towing a flock of sheep behind his pickup truck.
     
    He set them grazing in Southbury, Connecticut on a patch of land owned by Audubon’s Center at Bent of the River. The school year began. Munford became a full-time student and a part-time shepherd, checking his sheep on

  6. In Remote Alaskan Villages, a Link Between Salmon and Human Health

    David Krause David Krause

    Q: What are some of the connections between salmon and public health that you’re exploring in Bristol Bay?

    David Krause: Food, and food security, is one connection between wild salmon ecosystems and human health that I’m looking at. Salmon is a critical food source for people in Alaska, and it has been for thousands of years. But I’m also researching

  9. How a Marine Monument in the Atlantic Became an ‘Anchor’ for Ocean Protection

    The first and only national monument in the Atlantic Ocean, the Northeast Canyons & Seamounts Marine National Monument, has been protected for three years under the Antiquities Act of 1906. Advocates for its designation and community members recently gathered at F&ES to commemorate the unique importance of this marine monument.

  10. ‘Getting Beyond Our Borders’: The National Parks in the 21st Century

    paterson Paterson Great Falls National Monument
    This semester, in recognition of the centennial of the National Park Service (NPS), the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (F&ES) hosted a series of panel discussions to examine the conservation challenges of the 21st century.
    jon meade nps Jonathan Meade
    During the series, researchers and practitioners from across the U.S. tackled some of the most pressing issues facing the conservation sector. The

  15. Four YSE Students Named 2021 Sabin International Fellows

    Four graduate students from the Yale School of the Environment have been named Andrew Sabin International Environmental Fellows, receiving up to $40,000 of funding for their education and post-graduate service in the environmental sector.