October 18, 2023

Top Stories

Transfer Tuesday: Zahra Perkins

When Cazenovia College closed, Zahra Perkins found her way to ESF and its Landscape Architecture program. 

Timber theft in Upper Delaware leaves owner bereft and forestland damaged

Michael Federice and Dr. Stacy McNulty provide a history of timber thefts and the impact they have on the environment.

Delaware Currents

Chemical fire near Solvay caused no health problems to public, officials say

Dr. Huiting Mao explains how Sunday’s wind and rain helped dissipate the sodium nitrate released during a chemical fire in Solvay.

The Post Standard I Syracuse.com

ESF Places in Student Design Competition

The ESF student chapter of the New York Water Environment Association (NYWEA) placed third in the student design competition at the Water Environment Federation Technical Exposition and Conference earlier this month in Chicago with their project Planning and Design for Sauquoit Creek Dam Removal.

Advised by Associate Professor Doug Daley, the group competed against 12 national/international university chapters in the Water Environment Division. This is the second consecutive year the ESF team placed in the top three.

Work on the project began in the fall of 2022 in Daley's senior engineering design capstone course with support from Visiting Instructor John Dunkle and was carried across the finish line by current members of the ESF NYWEA student chapter.

Team members are Annie Roux, Lauren Henkler, Daniel Mack, Thomas Nightengale, and Jack Murtagh.

Center for Sustainable Materials Management Steers New York State Toward a Circular Economy

Moving New York to a circular economy won’t happen overnight, but the CSMM and Kate Walker are there to help businesses meet zero-waste goals.  

Waste360.com

Greenest Cities in America 2023

Dr. Sharon Moran talks about the benefits of cities going green.

WalletHub.com

The ESF Podcast Returns with a New Season!

ESF is a small college with BIG ideas. In this season of Campus Conversations: The Podcast, host President Joanie Mahoney speaks with the faculty, students, and staff who make ESF mighty. They are the people working to improve our world and sustain the environment.

Season 5, Episode 1

Making Environmental Messages Stick

ESF's Dr. Benette Whitmore works to reach the next generation of environmental champions through storytelling. In this episode, she shares her experiences using books and a podcast as effective ways to make messages resonate.

What's Happening on Campus

Upcycle Your Colorful Junk into Art

One person’s trash is another person’s art supply! The Office of Sustainability is collecting your “colorful junk” this month to be turned into upcycled art by the campus community.

What is “colorful junk?”

• Plastic bottles and caps
• Plant pots 
• Egg cartons
• Thin plastic films 
• Art supplies
• Paper
• Unwanted or used office supplies 
• Fabrics 

Items will be collected through Oct. 31 in front of the Office of Sustainability, 123 Bray Hall. For more information, email sustainability@esf.edu.

Vendors Wanted for Winter Market

The Division of Student Affairs is looking for vendors for the annual Winter Market. 

Thursday, Nov. 9 I 10 a.m.- 3 p.m. I Gateway Center

If you are a crafter, artist, or have a small business, sign up today!

Join the Indigenous Environmental Science Book Club

The Center for Native Peoples and the Environment invites faculty and staff to join the Indigenous Environmental Science Book Club. This reading group is a space to gather with peers over tea and snacks for informal discussion and mutual learning about Indigenous perspectives on environmental science. This semester, they will be reading a selection of texts focused on Haudenosaunee history and culture. 

The group will begin with the “Neighbor to Neighbor: Nation to Nation” booklet, which “is dedicated to the continuing friendship between the peoples of the Haudenosaunee and Central New York.”

Wednesday, Oct. 18 I 5-6 p.m. I 110 Moon Library

December Grads: Fill Out the Graduation Input Form 

ESF will hold December Commencement ceremony at Hendricks Chapel on the Syracuse University campus to recognize students who will be completing their degree requirements this semester. We’re excited to celebrate with all students and their supporters.

All December graduates are required to complete the Graduation Input Form, which includes information including how you want your name to appear in the program and the mailing address for your diploma. To access the form, open the link in incognito mode and use your esf.edu credentials.

Events

People can't come to your events if they don't know when they are! Remember to add them to the campus events calendar. And to find out what’s happening on campus this week visit the ESF Calendar and ESF Engage!



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