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.
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Forest Fragmentation Research Earns 2021 Bormann Prize
Meghna Krishnadas’ doctoral research into how forest fragmentation alters the underlying mechanisms shaping patterns of tropical tree regeneration and forest diversity was recognized for its novel insight into ecological processes.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.”Yale Honors F&ES Members for Contributions to Sustainability
’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.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.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.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.F&ES Student Talk on Ivory Trade Honored at Conservation Conference
held last week at the American Museum of Natural History.F&ES Student Researchers Take Center Stage in Day-long Conference
Forty-nine master’s students, doctoral students, and postdocs from the School community presented their research during the 34th annual F&ES Research Conference.‘Scholarship for Sustainability’: Student Honored for Research
Scholarship Initiative Raises $10.1 Million for F&ES Students
and the School’s Leadership Council has generated more than $10 million in new scholarship support for F&ES students.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.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.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.F&ES Alumni Association Honored for Service Work
F&ES Dean Peter Crane, left, listens to Daniel Jones B.A. ’84 M.F. ’06, chairman and CEO of 21st Century Parks Inc., during the 2014 annual Yale Day of Service.
The F&ES Alumni Association recently won the Alumni Association of Yale (AYA) Excellence Award for Outstanding Graduate & Professional Day of Service. There were two nominations from F&ES and “both nominations were so compelling that the committee decided to honor the F&ES Alumni Association as a whole rather than being forced to pick between the two nominations,” said Alison Brody, chair of the