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FORESTRY PR – The Faculty of Forestry, Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU), organized a Socialization and Mentoring Program for the Submission of DPPM 2026 Research Proposals on Friday, 19 December 2025, at the Faculty of Forestry Meeting Room, USU. This activity was part of the faculty’s strategic efforts to enhance both the quality and quantity of...

FORESTRY PR – The Faculty of Forestry, Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU), organized a Joint Exercise and Coffee Morning on Friday, 19 December 2025, at the Parking Area of the USU Faculty of Forestry. This activity was carried out as a form of refreshment and fitness enhancement for the academic community following the completion of the...

FORESTRY PR — Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU) once again demonstrated its commitment to humanitarian action through the USU Peduli movement. Lecturers from the Faculty of Forestry, together with students, directly visited areas affected by flash floods in Langkat Regency, North Sumatra, and Aceh Tamiang Regency, Aceh, to assist residents while monitoring post-disaster field conditions. This humanitarian...

FORESTRY PR — The Faculty of Forestry, Universitas Sumatera Utara, once again achieved remarkable accomplishments at the 2025 USU Award held on Tuesday, 9 December 2025 at the USU Student Center. This year, the Faculty of Forestry successfully received several strategic awards in both faculty and individual categories. These achievements serve as evidence of the...

HUMAS FAHUTAN — The Faculty of Forestry, Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU), once again demonstrated its commitment to humanitarian action. A team of lecturers and students from the USU Faculty of Forestry went directly to the field to help evacuate residents affected by the major floods that struck several areas in North Sumatra on 28–29 November...

FORESTRY PR — The Faculty of Forestry, Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU), emphasized that becoming a forestry graduate is not solely about academic excellence. Ahead of graduation, prospective graduates were provided with reinforcement in soft skills, professional ethics, and environmental responsibility to enable them to become problem solvers in addressing future forestry and sustainability challenges. This message...

FORESTRY PR — The Faculty of Forestry, Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU), has completed a series of Internal Quality Audits (AMI) on November 10, 13, and 17, 2025. The three-day audit involved three main units: the Undergraduate Forestry Quality Control Group (GKM S1), the Graduate Forestry Quality Control Group (GKM S2), and the Faculty Quality Assurance...

FORESTRY PR — The Faculty of Forestry, Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU), commemorated its 11th Anniversary while also celebrating 26 years of the Forestry Study Program in an official event at Plaza Rimbawan, USU Bekala Campus, on Tuesday, 11 November 2025. Carrying the theme “Like Roots: Though Unseen, Continually Impacting,” this event became a moment of...

FORESTRY PR — The Faculty of Forestry, Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU), organized the Socialization of Forest Youthverse and the Forestry Generation Showcase as an effort to strengthen the role of young people in responding to the challenges of the climate crisis and sustainable forest management. This activity served as a collaborative space for students to...

FORESTRY PR — Students of Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU) once again demonstrated their environmental concern through ECOWPOT, a biodegradable pot made from cow dung and bamboo shavings. This innovation emerged as a solution to coastal abrasion, tidal flooding, and plastic pollution faced by coastal communities. The ECOWPOT innovation was initiated by a team led by Miduk...

FORESTRY PR — The Faculty of Forestry, Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU), conducted a field practicum through an educational visit to PT Toba Pulp Lestari (TPL) on Wednesday, 29 October 2025. This activity was attended by students together with the course lecturer, Prof. Dr. Ir. Yunasfi, M.Si., with the aim of strengthening students’ competence in understanding...

FORESTRY PR — The Faculty of Forestry, Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU), once again held the Academic and Student Talk (BADAK) activity with the theme “Undergraduate Thesis Supervisor Selection Series.” The event took place in the Akasia–Balsa Room and was attended by students from the 2023 cohort as well as those who have not yet chosen...

HUMAS FAHUTAN — The Faculty of Forestry, Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU), together with the Research and Development Agency (Balitbang) of Labuhanbatu Utara Regency, presented the latest study findings on strategies for managing mangrove ecosystems along the eastern coast of Labuhanbatu Utara. The presentation was held during a research seminar at the Ridho Yaman Hall, Labura...

HUMAS FAHUTAN — The Faculty of Forestry, Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU), held a Workshop on Updating the Undergraduate Forestry Curriculum as a strategic step to strengthen an Outcome-Based Education (OBE) and Merdeka Belajar–Kampus Merdeka (MBKM)-based curriculum. The activity aimed to ensure that the forestry curriculum remains adaptive to the development of science, technology, and the...

FORESTRY PR — The research team from the Center for Climate Change and Disaster Mitigation Studies (Puska PIMB), Faculty of Forestry, Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU), played an important role in the Focus Group Discussion (FGD) organized by the Ministry of National Development Planning/National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) of the Republic of Indonesia on Friday, October...