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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.

Choosing Mighty Themes to Explore Human Ties to the Natural World

op-eds provided an opportunity to both hone his craft and defend his turf.

Cutting-Edge Wildlife Ecologist Nyeema Harris to Join YSE Faculty

Nyeema Harris, whose groundbreaking research explores carnivore behavior and movement, ecology and conservation in urban systems and national parks at a global scale, will join the faculty of Yale School of the Environment as associate professor of wildlife and land conservation on July 1.

‘A Constant Struggle to Survive’: Learning from the Structure of Plants

Throughout his career, Prof. Craig Brodersen has explored the fundamental relationships between plant structure and function, and how different species have adapted to utilize limited resources.

Driven by ‘Game-Changing’ Fire, Alum Models Ecosystems Approach to Land Management

'87 M.F., director of The Nature Conservancy's Rio Grande Water Fund. It's just the latest project in a long career where the conservationist has applied an ecosystems approach to complex environmental challenges. This weekend, McCarthy will be honored with a Distinguished Alumna Award at the annual F&ES Reunion.

Conservationist Eleanor Sterling Awarded Yale’s Prestigious Wilbur Cross Medal

One colleague calls Eleanor Sterling ’83 B.A., ’93 Ph.D., recipient 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.

Compostable Packaging Company Wins Startup Yale 2021 Prize

EcoPackables, which sells compostable mailers made from corn starch and PBAT, earned the Yale Center for Business and Environment’s (CBEY) Sabin Sustainable Venture Prize, as well as the first ever Yale Innovators’ Prize at Startup Yale 2021.

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.

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.

YSE Class of ’21 Cam Humphrey Seeks to Elevate Voices on the Periphery in Environmental Policy

Cam Humphrey MEM ’21, who has focused his YSE studies on environmental justice, seeks to elevate the voices on the periphery to ensure that environmental policy addresses critical equity issues.

Re-framing the Climate Story

This semester, a course at F&ES encouraged students to explore new communications methods based on emerging interdisciplinary communications models that create messages with deeper impact.

Corn: A Love Story, From Seed to Market

Anthony Boutard

Anthony Boutard loves corn. But not the type of corn most Americans are familiar with: On his 144-acre organic farm in northwestern Oregon, Boutard M.F. ‘89 grows a variety of corn called 8-row flint corn. Unlike the variety that he refers to as “industrialized hybrid yellow” corn, now ubiquitous across the Midwest, 8-row flint corn is colorful, bursting with deep

‘I Came Here to Teach’: Forestry Professor Camp Retires After 17 Years at F&ES

Andrés Fernández Álvarez Brings a Global Perspective to His New Role as Assistant Dean of Student Affairs at YSE

Andrés Fernández Álvarez has been named the new assistant dean for student affairs at the Yale School of the Environment and will assume his new role on June 28.

YSE Class of ’21 Andie Creel: Putting a Value on Natural Resources

Growing up in Bozeman, Montana Andie Creel MESc ’21 had nature at her doorstep. But she also had an up-close view of how quickly things were changing, with land sold off for development. At YSE, Creel’s research has focused on putting a value on the natural world.

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