Students

For decades, the heart of the school’s community is its students. Master and PhD candidates join the school from all over the United States and globe, representing different disciplines, cultures, and perspectives. On campus, there is a constant buzz of student-organized activities and initiatives as diverse as their interests and backgrounds.

Eli Ward ’18 MFS, ’23 PhD joins The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station as their first female forest ecologist.

Eli Ward ’18 MFS, ’23 PhD Named First Female Forest Ecologist at The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station

March 16, 2023
By Sara Santiago ’19 MF Forest ecosystem ecologist Eli Ward ’18 MFS, ’23 PhD is making the one-mile move up Prospect Street from Greeley Memorial Laboratory and Marsh Hall...
Christmas tree harvesting at Yale-Myers Forest is a beloved tradition of forestry students, who sell the trees in New Haven and replant the farm for future years. Photo by Jennifer Jung '24 MF.

Yale Temperate Forestry Celebrates Community and the Holidays with Annual Christmas Tree Harvest Retreat 

January 9, 2023
For years, forestry students at Yale have been planting evergreens in the Christmas tree farm at Yale-Myers with the knowledge that students of the future will harvest them...
Nick Nugent '23 MEM speaks with students from around the world about The Forest School at YSE and The Forests Dialogue at IFSA's International Forestry Students' Symposium.

Dispatch from the 2022 International Forestry Students’ Symposium

October 27, 2022
By Nick Nugent ’23 MEM    Nick Nugent ’23 MEM presents at the International Forestry Students’ Symposium in Santiago, Chile as part of IFSA’s 50th anniversary...
In the seminal course that prepares students for professional forestry careers after graduation, MF, MFS, and forest-oriented students celebrate presenting their management plans to their clients for the seminal Management Plans for Protected Areas course in December 2021. Photo courtesy of Mark Ashton.

Class of 2022 Dives into New Careers and Other Pursuits

October 26, 2022
Over the summer of 2022, MF and MFS graduates of the Class of 2022 settled into new jobs, Forest Crew, and more.  Many of our graduates continue their research or work...
Doctoral candidate Eli Ward ’18 MFS conducts field work at Yale-Myers Forest. Photo courtesy of Alexander Polussa.

‘Not All Soil Carbon Is Equal’: Q&A With Eli Ward on the Role of Ericoid Mycorrhizal Fungi in Forest Carbon Cycling

October 25, 2022
Eli Ward ’18 MFS is a fifth-year PhD candidate at The Forest School at the School of the Environment. Her research focuses on plant-soil interactions and their effects on...
MF, MFS, and forest-oriented students celebrate presenting their managements plans to their clients for the seminal Management Plans for Protected Areas course in December 2021. Photo courtesy of Mark Ashton.

Class of 2022: Jobs and Activities

October 13, 2022
By Sara Santiago ’19 MF Over the summer of 2022, MF and MFS graduates of the Class of 2022 settled into new jobs, Forest Crew, and more. Many of our graduates continue their...
Viewed from Marsh Botanical Gardens, Marsh Hall is home base for forestry students and The Forest School at YSE.

Community Wellbeing at The Forest School and Beyond

June 27, 2022
By Jess Jones ‘23 MF Trees, in their wild diversity, are rather communal creatures. Through their roots, they share sugars beneath the ground. With their sturdy boles and...