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Yale School of the Environment

April 11, 2024

Yale School of the Environment (YSE) is a professional school of Yale University. It was founded to train foresters, and now trains environmental students through four 2-year degree programs (Master of Environmental Management, Master of Environmental Science, Master of Forestry, and Master of Forest Science), two 10-month mid-career programs, and a 5-year PhD program. Still offering forestry instruction, the school has the oldest graduate forestry program in the United States.

Yale School of the Environment
Established1900 (1900)
Parent institution
Yale University
DeanIndy Burke
Academic staff
47
Postgraduates280
75
Location
New Haven
,
Connecticut
,
United States

41°19′01″N 72°55′25″W / 41.31694°N 72.92361°W / 41.31694; -72.92361
Websiteenvironment.yale.edu

The school changed its name to the Yale School of the Environment in July 2020. It was previously the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies.

History edit

 
Yale School of Forestry, Class of 1904

The school was founded in 1900 as the Yale Forest School, to provide high-level forestry training suited to American conditions. At the urging of Yale alumnus Gifford Pinchot, his parents endowed the two-year postgraduate program. At the time Pinchot was serving as Bernhard Fernow's successor as Chief of the Division of Forestry (predecessor of the U.S. Forest Service, USFS). Pinchot released two foresters from the division to start the school: fellow Yale graduate Henry Solon Graves and James Toumey.[1] Graves became the School's first dean and Toumey its second.

When the school opened, other places in the United States offered forestry training, but none had a post-graduate program. (Both Pinchot and Graves had gone to Europe to study forestry after graduating from Yale.)[2] In the fall of 1900, the New York State College of Forestry at Cornell had 24 students, Biltmore Forest School 9, and Yale 7.[1] Despite its small size, from its beginnings the school influenced American forestry. The first two chiefs of the USFS were Pinchot and Graves; the next three were graduates from the school's first decade. Wilderness and land conservation advocate Aldo Leopold graduated in the class of 1909.

In 1915, Yale School of Forestry's second dean, James Toumey,[3] became one of the "charter members", along with William L. Bray of the New York State College of Forestry, by then reestablished at Syracuse University, and Raphael Zon, of the Ecological Society of America.[4] In 1950, the "activist wing" of that society formed The Nature Conservancy.[4]

Besides the school's own forests, Yale has used a number of other sites in the eastern United States for field education over the years. From 1904 to 1926, the summer session leading to a master's degree in forestry was held at Grey Towers and Forester's Hall in Milford, Pennsylvania.[5] Beginning in 1912, Yale classes took occasional field trips to the land of the Crossett Lumber Company in Arkansas. For two decades from 1946 until 1966, the company provided the school a "camp," including cabins and a mess hall, used during spring coursework on forest management and wood products production.[6] Yale students have also used a field camp at the Great Mountain Forest in northwestern Connecticut since 1941.[7]

Reflective of the expanding variety of environmental interests, the school changed its name to the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies in 1972. YSE hosts the bi-annual Yale Environmental Sustainability Summit. The school's 16th and present dean is Ingrid "Indy" Burke, who replaced Sir Peter Crane in October, 2016.[8] The school changed its name to Yale School of the Environment in July 2020 and, within the school, created a distinct Forest School with dedicated faculty and degrees.[9] It also teaches the Yale College undergraduate courses needed for the Environmental Studies major.

Joint programs edit

Yale School of the Environment offers 17 joint degrees, three of which are external programs with Pace University School of Law, Vermont Law School, and Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.[10][11]

School buildings edit

 
Kroon Hall, as seen from Prospect Street
 
Sage Hall, completed in 1924
 
The school's main buildings, bottom center, on Science Hill
 
Marsh Hall, the original building of the Yale Forest School, as seen from Prospect Street

The school offers classes at Kroon Hall, Sage Hall, Greeley Labs, Marsh Hall, the Environmental Science Center, and the houses at 301 Prospect St. and 380 Edwards St. Kroon Hall, the school's main building, is named for the philanthropist Richard Kroon (Yale Class of 1964). The building has 50,000 square feet (5,000 m2) of space. It is "a showcase of the latest developments in green building technology, a healthy and supportive environment for work and study, and a beautiful building that actively connects students, faculty, staff, and visitors with the natural world."[12] The building obtained Platinum Rating under the LEED certification system.[12] It is designed by Hopkins Architects of London with Architect of Record Centerbrook Architects & Planners. Goodfellow Inc from Delson, Quebec, supplied the glulam roof structure for this project.

School forest edit

The school owns and manages 10,880 acres (44 km2) of forestland in Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The Yale Myers Forest, in Union, Connecticut, donated to Yale in 1930 by alumnus George Hewitt Myers, is managed by the school as a multiple-use working forest. Yale-Toumey Forest, near Keene, New Hampshire, was set up by James W. Toumey (a former dean of the school) in 1913. Other Yale forestlands include Goss Woods, Crowell Forest, Cross Woods, Bowen Forest, and Crowell Ravine.[13] A three-alarm fire burned several buildings within the Yale Myers Forest Camp on May 28, 2016.[14] The damaged camp buildings and a new research center were rebuilt in 2017.[15]

Student life edit

 
YSE graduates with decorated caps, 2019

The school has an active tradition of student involvement in academic and extracurricular life. Many students take part in student interest groups, which organize events around environmental issues of interest to them. These groups range in interest from Conservation Finance and International Development, to the Built Environment and "Fresh & Salty: The Society for Marine and Coastal systems". There are also social and recreational groups, such as the Forestry Club, which every Friday organizes themed "TGIF" ("Thank-God-I'm-a-Forester") happy hours and school parties; the Polar Bear club, which swims monthly in Long Island Sound under the full moon (year-round); Veggie Dinner, which is a weekly vegetarian dinner club; the Loggerrhythms, an a cappella singing group; and the student-run BYO Café in Kroon Hall opened in 2010.[16] A notable YSE tradition is the extravagant environmentally inspired decoration of graduation caps in preparation for commencement.[17]

Notable graduates edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Sparhawk, W.N. (1949). "The History of Forestry in America". Trees: Yearbook of Agriculture. Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Agriculture. p. 710. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  2. ^ Pinchot, Gifford (1998). Breaking New Ground. Island Press. p. 152. ISBN 9781559636704.
  3. ^ "Growing a Tree Army: Historic Photos of Michigan's USFS Nurseries". foresthistory.org. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  4. ^ a b "You are being redirected..." esa.org. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  5. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Steiner, Ben; Husson, Leon; Helfrich, Carson O. (December 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Forester's Hall" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-05-30.
  6. ^ Darling, Jr., O. H.; Norman, Bill. "Yale Camp". The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  7. ^ "History: About Us". Great Mountain Forest. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  8. ^ "Biogeochemist Indy Burke named dean of Yale's School of Forestry & Environmental Studies", YaleNews, Yale University, retrieved March 8, 2017
  9. ^ "Yale F&ES to Become the Yale School of the Environment". environment.yale.edu. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
  10. ^ Yale School of the Environment: Master’s Programs
  11. ^ Bosselmann, Klauss (2010). Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability Vol. 3: Law and Politics of Sustainability. Berkshire Publishing Group. p. 147. ISBN 978-1933782140.
  12. ^ a b "Kroon Hall". Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  13. ^ "Yale School Forests". Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
  14. ^ "Fire claims four F&ES buildings". yaledailynews.com. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  15. ^ Brown, Timothy. "Newly Rebuilt Yale Myers Camp Showcased at Annual Harvest Festival". Yale School of the Environment. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
  16. ^ Henderson, Drew (18 February 2010). "Kroon opens student café". Yale Daily News. Retrieved 29 January 2011.
  17. ^ "Graduation snapshots". environment.yale.edu. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  18. ^ Faxon, Hilary (13 September 2007). "Alum's gift funds FES aid offerings". Yale Daily News. Retrieved 28 March 2014.

External links edit

 
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Yale School of the Environment YSE is a professional school of Yale University It was founded to train foresters and now trains environmental students through four 2 year degree programs Master of Environmental Management Master of Environmental Science Master of Forestry and Master of Forest Science two 10 month mid career programs and a 5 year PhD program Still offering forestry instruction the school has the oldest graduate forestry program in the United States Yale School of the EnvironmentEstablished1900 1900 Parent institutionYale UniversityDeanIndy BurkeAcademic staff47Postgraduates280Doctoral students75LocationNew Haven Connecticut United States41 19 01 N 72 55 25 W 41 31694 N 72 92361 W 41 31694 72 92361Websiteenvironment wbr yale wbr eduThe school changed its name to the Yale School of the Environment in July 2020 It was previously the Yale School of Forestry amp Environmental Studies Contents 1 History 2 Joint programs 3 School buildings 4 School forest 5 Student life 6 Notable graduates 7 References 8 External linksHistory edit nbsp Yale School of Forestry Class of 1904The school was founded in 1900 as the Yale Forest School to provide high level forestry training suited to American conditions At the urging of Yale alumnus Gifford Pinchot his parents endowed the two year postgraduate program At the time Pinchot was serving as Bernhard Fernow s successor as Chief of the Division of Forestry predecessor of the U S Forest Service USFS Pinchot released two foresters from the division to start the school fellow Yale graduate Henry Solon Graves and James Toumey 1 Graves became the School s first dean and Toumey its second When the school opened other places in the United States offered forestry training but none had a post graduate program Both Pinchot and Graves had gone to Europe to study forestry after graduating from Yale 2 In the fall of 1900 the New York State College of Forestry at Cornell had 24 students Biltmore Forest School 9 and Yale 7 1 Despite its small size from its beginnings the school influenced American forestry The first two chiefs of the USFS were Pinchot and Graves the next three were graduates from the school s first decade Wilderness and land conservation advocate Aldo Leopold graduated in the class of 1909 In 1915 Yale School of Forestry s second dean James Toumey 3 became one of the charter members along with William L Bray of the New York State College of Forestry by then reestablished at Syracuse University and Raphael Zon of the Ecological Society of America 4 In 1950 the activist wing of that society formed The Nature Conservancy 4 Besides the school s own forests Yale has used a number of other sites in the eastern United States for field education over the years From 1904 to 1926 the summer session leading to a master s degree in forestry was held at Grey Towers and Forester s Hall in Milford Pennsylvania 5 Beginning in 1912 Yale classes took occasional field trips to the land of the Crossett Lumber Company in Arkansas For two decades from 1946 until 1966 the company provided the school a camp including cabins and a mess hall used during spring coursework on forest management and wood products production 6 Yale students have also used a field camp at the Great Mountain Forest in northwestern Connecticut since 1941 7 Reflective of the expanding variety of environmental interests the school changed its name to the Yale School of Forestry amp Environmental Studies in 1972 YSE hosts the bi annual Yale Environmental Sustainability Summit The school s 16th and present dean is Ingrid Indy Burke who replaced Sir Peter Crane in October 2016 8 The school changed its name to Yale School of the Environment in July 2020 and within the school created a distinct Forest School with dedicated faculty and degrees 9 It also teaches the Yale College undergraduate courses needed for the Environmental Studies major Joint programs editYale School of the Environment offers 17 joint degrees three of which are external programs with Pace University School of Law Vermont Law School and Tsinghua University Beijing China 10 11 School buildings edit nbsp Kroon Hall as seen from Prospect Street nbsp Sage Hall completed in 1924 nbsp The school s main buildings bottom center on Science Hill nbsp Marsh Hall the original building of the Yale Forest School as seen from Prospect StreetThe school offers classes at Kroon Hall Sage Hall Greeley Labs Marsh Hall the Environmental Science Center and the houses at 301 Prospect St and 380 Edwards St Kroon Hall the school s main building is named for the philanthropist Richard Kroon Yale Class of 1964 The building has 50 000 square feet 5 000 m2 of space It is a showcase of the latest developments in green building technology a healthy and supportive environment for work and study and a beautiful building that actively connects students faculty staff and visitors with the natural world 12 The building obtained Platinum Rating under the LEED certification system 12 It is designed by Hopkins Architects of London with Architect of Record Centerbrook Architects amp Planners Goodfellow Inc from Delson Quebec supplied the glulam roof structure for this project School forest editThe school owns and manages 10 880 acres 44 km2 of forestland in Connecticut New Hampshire and Vermont The Yale Myers Forest in Union Connecticut donated to Yale in 1930 by alumnus George Hewitt Myers is managed by the school as a multiple use working forest Yale Toumey Forest near Keene New Hampshire was set up by James W Toumey a former dean of the school in 1913 Other Yale forestlands include Goss Woods Crowell Forest Cross Woods Bowen Forest and Crowell Ravine 13 A three alarm fire burned several buildings within the Yale Myers Forest Camp on May 28 2016 14 The damaged camp buildings and a new research center were rebuilt in 2017 15 Student life edit nbsp YSE graduates with decorated caps 2019The school has an active tradition of student involvement in academic and extracurricular life Many students take part in student interest groups which organize events around environmental issues of interest to them These groups range in interest from Conservation Finance and International Development to the Built Environment and Fresh amp Salty The Society for Marine and Coastal systems There are also social and recreational groups such as the Forestry Club which every Friday organizes themed TGIF Thank God I m a Forester happy hours and school parties the Polar Bear club which swims monthly in Long Island Sound under the full moon year round Veggie Dinner which is a weekly vegetarian dinner club the Loggerrhythms an a cappella singing group and the student run BYO Cafe in Kroon Hall opened in 2010 16 A notable YSE tradition is the extravagant environmentally inspired decoration of graduation caps in preparation for commencement 17 Notable graduates editFrances Beinecke 71 BA 74 MFS President Natural Resources Defense Council member National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling 2010 Richard M Brett conservationist Ian Cheney 02 BA 03 MEM Emmy nominated filmmaker William Wallace Covington 76 PhD Regents Professor Northern Arizona University Alphonse Buddy Fletcher Jr 04 MEM 18 Emanuel Fritz professor known as Mr Redwood Carmen R Guerrero Perez 10 MEM director of the Caribbean Environmental Protection Division of the Environmental Protection Agency William B Greeley Chief U S Forest Service 1920 1928 Christopher T Hanson 96 M E M M A R Chairman Nuclear Regulatory Commission 2021 Stuart L Hart 76 MFS academic addressing global poverty and economic development professor emeritus at Cornell University Phillip Hoose 77 MFS author Ralph Hosmer pioneering Hawaiian forester Edward M Kennedy Jr 91 MES attorney and Connecticut state senator Aldo Leopold 08 conservationist and author of A Sand County Almanac H R MacMillan forester and industrialist John R McGuire Chief U S Forest Service 1972 1979 Thornton T Munger pioneering U S Forest Service researcher civic activist who helped create Portland Oregon s Forest Park Mark Plotkin 81 MFS ethnobotanist explorer and activist Robert Michael Pyle 76 PhD lepidopterist and John Burroughs Medal winning author subject of The Dark Divide Samuel J Record botanist Ferdinand A Silcox Chief U S Forest Service 1933 1939 David Martyn Smith forester and educator author of The Practice of Silviculture Robert Y Stuart Chief U S Forest Service 1928 1933 Dorceta E Taylor 85 MFS 91 PhD environmental sociologist and preeminent scholars in the field of environmental justice Yale University Rae Wynn Grant 10 MESc large carnivore ecologist and a fellow with National Geographic Society Mirei Endara de Heras 94 MES Panamanian government official and board member of Fundacion Smithsonian Eleanor J Sterling 93 PhD conservation scientist American Museum of Natural HistoryReferences edit a b Sparhawk W N 1949 The History of Forestry in America Trees Yearbook of Agriculture Washington D C United States Department of Agriculture p 710 Retrieved 28 March 2014 Pinchot Gifford 1998 Breaking New Ground Island Press p 152 ISBN 9781559636704 Growing a Tree Army Historic Photos of Michigan s USFS Nurseries foresthistory org Retrieved October 29 2021 a b You are being redirected esa org Retrieved 21 April 2018 National Historic Landmarks amp National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Searchable database CRGIS Cultural Resources Geographic Information System Note This includes Steiner Ben Husson Leon Helfrich Carson O December 1982 National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form Forester s Hall PDF Retrieved 2012 05 30 Darling Jr O H Norman Bill Yale Camp The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History amp Culture Retrieved 28 March 2014 History About Us Great Mountain Forest Retrieved 28 March 2014 Biogeochemist Indy Burke named dean of Yale s School of Forestry amp Environmental Studies YaleNews Yale University retrieved March 8 2017 Yale F amp ES to Become the Yale School of the Environment environment yale edu Retrieved October 29 2021 Yale School of the Environment Master s Programs Bosselmann Klauss 2010 Berkshire Encyclopedia of Sustainability Vol 3 Law and Politics of Sustainability Berkshire Publishing Group p 147 ISBN 978 1933782140 a b Kroon Hall Yale School of Forestry amp Environmental Studies Retrieved 28 March 2014 Yale School Forests Yale School of Forestry amp Environmental Studies Retrieved 28 March 2014 Fire claims four F amp ES buildings yaledailynews com Retrieved 21 April 2018 Brown Timothy Newly Rebuilt Yale Myers Camp Showcased at Annual Harvest Festival Yale School of the Environment Retrieved 2020 07 02 Henderson Drew 18 February 2010 Kroon opens student cafe Yale Daily News Retrieved 29 January 2011 Graduation snapshots environment yale edu Retrieved 21 April 2018 Faxon Hilary 13 September 2007 Alum s gift funds FES aid offerings Yale Daily News Retrieved 28 March 2014 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yale School of Forestry amp Environmental Studies Official website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Yale School of the Environment amp oldid 1190727195, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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