It is well known that YSE alumni go on to be leaders in their fields. Alumna Dorceta Taylor (M.F.S. ‘85, Ph.D. ‘91) was named a 2020 recipient of the Wilbur Lucius Cross Medal, the highest honor the Yale Graduate School can bestow upon an alumni for outstanding achievement. Taylor is a leading scholar in environmental justice and racism in the environmental movement, focusing her research on urban agriculture, food access, and food insecurity. Her degrees at Yale include an M.F.S. and M.A. in sociology as well as a joint P.h.D. in environmental sociology between YSE and the Department of Sociology. She is the first Black woman to receive a P.h.D. from YSE. Aside from being a 2020 Wilbur Lucius Cross Medalist, she has also been recognized as one of the 8 Black leaders who have revolutionized the climate movement by Green America and one of 6 leaders who carry on MLK’s history and legacy by AARP in 2020. A day dedicated to celebrating Taylor and other Wilbur Cross Medalist recipients is scheduled for October 5, 2020. She serves as the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the University of Michigan’s School for Environment and Sustainability.
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Alumnus and lecturer Mike Ferrucci, who earned a B.S. in Forestry from the University of Maine and M.F. from YSE, is retiring from the school as of... read more
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We would like to announce the retirement of Chadwick Dearing “Chad” Oliver, Pinchot Professor of Forestry and Environmental Studies and Director of... read more
The Yale Forest Forum (YFF) offers weekly lunch talks during the academic year, organized around a different theme each semester. During the Fall 2019 semester, the... read more
The Environmental Leadership & Training Initiative (ELTI) at Yale University in collaboration with the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies is... read more
GISF’s own Dr. Florencia Montagnini recently published a book entitled, Integrating Landscapes: Agroforestry for Biodiversity Conservation and Food... read more