June 21, 2023

Top Stories

ESF Welcomes New Director of Counseling Services

Erica Allen joins the ESF community to lead Counseling Services. Find out why she’s excited to meet students and what she plans to bring to her role on campus.

ESF Student Blog: 5 Tips for Finding a Roommate

Owen Volk, student intern in the Office of Communications and Marketing, provides incoming Mighty Oaks with tips on finding a roommate.

Assistant Professor Andrew Vander Yacht was a sought-after expert earlier this month as smoke from the Canadian wildfires darkened the skies and impacted the air quality of Central New York.



Newsmakers with Andrew Donovan

WSYR

Forestry professional explains cause of Canadian wildfires

Spectrum News1 (Capital Region/Central New York)

SUNY ESF professor explains why wildfire smoke raises air quality concerns

WRGB Buffalo

How fighting wildfires could cause worse fires down the line, WGRZ, Buffalo

Dangerous air quality smothers major cities as Canada wildfires push smoke into US

FoxNews

Micron should build chip factory with wood – and SUNY ESF can help (Your Letters)

Assistant Professor Paul Crovella wrote a letter to the editor encouraging Micron to use mass timber in the construction of their new facility in Cicero.

Graduate student Sam Krebs, Pollinator Ecologist Molly Jacobson, and Senior Research Associate Michael Schummer representing the ESF Restoration Science Center wrote Going Native for Wildlife with Staghorn Sumac in the June/July issue of New York Conservationist.

ESF researchers T.D. Morris, Dr. John Drake, and Dr. Melissa Fierke published Factors affecting distribution of emerald ash borer parasitoids in an urban environment in the journal Landscape and Urban Planning.

Dr. Yaqi You made the inside front cover of RSC Environmental Science: Nano Journal for her group's article – Emerging investigator series: Differential effects of carbon nanotubes and graphene on the tomato rhizosphere microbiome – on how carbon nanotube and graphene alter the rhizosphere microbial community of tomato plants.

ESF Research Featured on Journal Cover

Drs. Gyu Leem and Chang Geun Yoo made the cover of RSC Energy’s Sustainable Energy & Fuels Journal for their article – Solar energy driven C–C bond cleavage in a lignin model compound with a D–π–A organic dye-sensitized photoanode – on how woody waste converts to alternative petrochemical using sustainable solar energy. 

Give a Shout-Out!

Know someone making an impact on campus? Tell us and we'll feature them in an upcoming issue! This could be an ESF student, faculty member, or staff member (or a department, office, or group) who:

• Goes above and beyond
• Demonstrates ESF’s mission to “Improve Your World”
• Contributes to our community in a positive way

Celebrate Laura Payne’s Retirement

Stop by the office of the Graduate School to celebrate Laura Payne on her last official day as she embarks on her next adventure – retirement! Be sure to congratulate Laura and thank her for her dedication to ESF and its students since 1989!

Thursday, June 22 I 10 a.m. - noon | 227 Bray Hall

Join the Alumni Association at Harvey's Garden

Join ESF alumni, staff, and current graduate students for an evening of mingling at Harvey’s Garden! Harvey’s is a new beer hall & food truck park on Water Street in Syracuse. 

Thursday, June 22 I 5:30-7:30 p.m. I Harvey’s Garden, 1200 E. Water St.

Visit with friends, meet ESF’s talented graduate students, and enjoy a wall full of CNY’s best local craft beers plus food from the Bold Coast Lobster truck. The $10 entry fee covers two drink tickets. Food must be purchased individually. Pre-registration is required.

Nominate Graduate of Distinction

Do you know an outstanding ESF alumnus who deserves to be recognized for their achievements? Nominate them for a 2023 Graduate of Distinction Award, which is presented at December Commencement.

The ESF Alumni Association is seeking nominations in three categories:

• Lifetime Achievement: Alumni who have or will soon end their active careers
  
• Notable Achievement: Alumni who are in the early to mid-point of their careers
  
• Incipiens Quercu: “Beginning Oak" for alumni who have graduated within the last decade or so demonstrating their commitment to ESF's environmental stewardship through their professional and/or volunteer work

Nominations can also be submitted on paper to the Graduate of Distinction Award Committee, c/o the Alumni Office, 219 Bray Hall.

The nomination deadline is June 30.

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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ESF News is the College's summertime source for all ESF news, information, and events. During the summer, this newsletter will be issued biweekly on Wednesdays.