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May 8, 2020

‘This is Not a Normal Year’: Finding
A Job in Difficult Economic Times

With nearly every sector worldwide affected by the COVID-19 crisis, Kevin Doyle offers advice for students looking to enter the job market at a difficult time and shares advice from alumni who launched their careers a decade ago during another time of economic crisis.
January 8, 2019

One F&ES Alum Succeeds Another
As New York State Parks Commissioner

Erik Kulleseid ’94 M.F. has been appointed commissioner of the New York State’s Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Reservation, replacing Rose Harvey ’84 M.E.S.
December 13, 2018

New Yale Online Certificate Programs
Target Emerging Professionals Worldwide

In 2019, two centers based at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies will introduce new online certificate programs that allow emerging professionals in countries across the world to access Yale’s faculty, training materials, and networks.
September 1, 2015

Diversity and Environmental Leadership:
Beinecke Leads Seminar Series at Yale

At F&ES this semester, former NRDC President Frances Beneicke will co-teach a course that explores how the environmental movement can better reflect all segments of American society.
April 8, 2014

Forester Hones Leadership
Skills You Can’t Learn From a Book

By the time he arrived at F&ES, Terry Baker ’07 M.F. had already learned first-hand how the U.S. Forest Service works — and about the people who make it run. But he says his time at Yale helped make him a leader.
February 11, 2014

Let the Games Be Green:
Fusing Sustainability and Sport

By the time she arrived at F&ES, Jill Savery M.E.M. '06 had already won an Olympic gold medal. Today she is working at the nexus of sustainability and sports, helping sports organizations embed sustainable practices into their event planning.
January 23, 2014

Klee, F&ES Alum, to Succeed Esty
As Connecticut's DEEP Commissioner

Robert K. Klee M.E.S. ’99, J.D. ’04, Ph.D. ’05 has been nominated to succeed Daniel C. Esty as commissioner of Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
January 15, 2014

Esty, Connecticut Environment
Commissioner, Returns to Yale Post

Daniel Esty, the F&ES and Yale Law School professor who served as commissioner of Connecticut's Department of Energy and Environmental Protection since 2011, will return to Yale this semester.
October 31, 2013

Green Infrastructure:
F&ES Class Produces More than a Grade

The research produced by a group of F&ES students yielded the framework for the stormwater management component of Yale University's new sustainability plan.

October 16, 2013

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.
October 7, 2013

Former EPA Chief Still Hopeful
That U.S. Values Will Trump Politics

Former EPA Administrator William Reilly told an audience at the F&ES reunion that it was gut decisions and the occasional failure — rather than a carefully considered plan — that shaped his career.
October 4, 2013

Setting the Standard in
The Cleanup of Toxic Lead

For more than four decades, Ian von Lindern M.F.S. ’73, Ph.D. ’80 has been at the center of a massive cleanup of lead pollution in Idaho. The strategies he has helped develop are now being used to tackle health threats globally.
October 1, 2013

Three Decades in the Arctic:
Defending an Ecosystem at the Crossroads

Margaret Williams’ M.E.Sc '93 eclectic work as director of the World Wildlife Fund's Arctic program reflects the diversity of challenges facing this vulnerable eco-region.
September 27, 2013

Rethinking the Boundaries of Urban Design

“Developers typically look at their site as having boundaries,” Rogers says, “but we believe it is important to rethink what the boundaries of a property mean to the people who use the neighborhood every day.”
September 23, 2013

Defending Science on the
Climate War’s Front Lines

Michael Mann (’98 PhD) didn’t intend to thrust himself into the middle of the national debate over climate change. But after he helped produce the so-called “hockey stick” graph that’s precisely where Mann found himself.
September 10, 2013

Choosing Mighty Themes to Explore Human Ties to the Natural World

During the 1980s, Mansfield Street in New Haven was an unlikely cradle for a writing career: the block was notorious for its crime rate, not its literary scene. But for Eric Jay Dolin M.E.M. ’88, championing Mansfield, where he lived as a student at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, in New Haven Register op-eds provided an opportunity to both hone his craft and defend his turf.
May 3, 2013

In the Field: F&ES Takes a Working Break

Spring "Break" means field work for F&ES students and faculty! This time away from the classroom offers students important opportunities for research across a spectrum of environmental concerns and geographical locations. Students confront global issues in real time & space, engaging with the people who must find and implement solutions.

 

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