It would be based on the model of the SUNY College of Forestry in Syracuse.

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Thomas and Powers both studied biology at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse.

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The SUNY College of Forestry in Syracuse would serve as a model.

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Konrad is a USCG licensed Master Mariner and since graduating from SUNY Maritime College, has sailed a variety of ships from ports around the world.

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The proposal calls for a two-phase approach to create a "freestanding SUNY 'specialized' college" with its own budget that would award doctoral degrees.

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The proposal shows SUNY is considering turning its College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering into a campus separate from the University at Albany.

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In the second of two phases, the new college would create "additional partnerships" with other SUNY campuses.

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The idea, however, comes as SUNY is trying to cut costs and consolidate services, including having one college president for two campuses.

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Our Advisory Board consists of Jonathan Cole (Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies), Karin Limburg (SUNY-Syracuse), David Pimentel (Cornell University), W. Kenneth Smail (Kenyon College) and Madeline Weld (Population Institute Canada).

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The proposal would involve SUNY Downstate, Brooklyn's only academic hospital, handing one of its three facilities, Long Island College Hospital, to a new operator or closing it and laying off staff at another, University Hospital of Brooklyn.

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