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Nov 5, 2018
Aquaculture, fish production in controlled environments, is attracting wide international attention as needs for sea food continue to rise, both in industrial and developing countries. Konrad Dabrowski, a professor in fisheries and aquaculture in the School of Environment and Natural Resources at The Ohio State University, is involved in collaborative research with academics and other organizations in South-East Asia and Africa. Professor Dabrowski is currently hosting three visiting scholars in Ohio State's Aquaculture Laboratory. Join us in welcoming our aquaculture visiting scholars and read more about their expertise and research.
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Oct 29, 2018
Rattan Lal, Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science at The Ohio State University, yesterday (Oct. 28) received the 2018 World Agriculture Prize from the Global Confederation of Higher Education Associations for Agricultural and Life Sciences (GCHERA). His work focuses on the ability of soil to address such global challenges as climate change, food security and water quality. The award honors Lal’s “exceptional and significant lifetime achievements” in the agricultural and life sciences, GCHERA officials said. It was presented in a ceremony at China’s Nanjing Agricultural University. Lal is a faculty member in Ohio State’s School of Environment and Natural Resources (SENR), part of the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES). He is the director of CFAES’s Carbon Management and Sequestration Center (CMSC), conducts research with support from the college’s Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, is an adjunct professor with the University of Iceland, and is the current president of the Vienna-based 60,000-member International Union of Soil Sciences.
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Oct 23, 2018
Kerry Ard, assistant professor of evironmental and natural resource sociology in the School of Environment and Natural Resources will speak at this week's Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission's (MORPC) 2018 Summit on Sustainability The Summit is MORPC’s signature environmental conference, bringing hundreds of community leaders together to explore and share sustainable solutions.
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Oct 23, 2018
Ohio State scientist, Robyn Wilson is part of a team that has developed a new tool to help guide wildlife conservation decision-making. The tool, Recovery Explorer addresses a critical challenge faced by conservation agencies - how to conserve and protect as many species as possible from extinction with limited funding and finite resources. The tool was developed in collaboration with U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services (USFWS) scientists in a two-year project supported by the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center.
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Oct 23, 2018
The North American Lake Management Society (NALMS) will meet in Cincinnati, Ohio at the end of this month (Oct 30-Nov 2) and seeks to bring together anyone with an interest in managing and protecting lakes and reservoirs for today and tomorrow. The 38th International Symposium themed, Now Trending: Innovations in Lake Management will feature exhibits, workshops, field trips, social and networking events, and technical and poster sessions.
Eugene Braig, aquatic ecosystems program director serves as Host Committee Co-Chair and Suzanne Gray, assistant professor of aquatic physiological ecology serves as a Program Co-Chair. Both are with the School of Environment and Natural Resources at The Ohio State University.
Online registration for NALMS is closed, but onsite registration for the NALMS Symposium will be accepted starting on October 30 at the Duke Energy Convention Center.
The Water Management Association of Ohio (WMAO) is holding their annual conference, “Innovation in water Resource Management” in conjunction with the Symposium on Thursday, October 31. Braig serves as Vice President on WMAO’s Executive Board and is the Advisor to TerrAqua, a student affiliate of WMAO at The Ohio State University with an emphasis on the conservation, care, and enjoyment of aquatic and terrestrial environments.
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Oct 15, 2018
Mike Fackler wants to save the world, one tomato at a time. Fackler, a junior in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) at The Ohio State University, credits the innovative coursework in his Environment, Economy, Development and Sustainability (EEDS) major as giving him the tools needed to understand how business works and how sustainability plays into its success. Fackler and business partner, Jared Frees will soon launch Compostd, which will offer curbside pickup of food waste for compost. The story, "Student Takes Classroom Lessons to the Streets" was written by Kelli Trinoskey and is published on the website of the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences. Kelli is a communication and outreach manager in CFAES’ Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics. Read more about the startup here.
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Oct 8, 2018
Lauren Pintor, assistant professor of aquatic sciences in the School of Environment and Natural Resources at The Ohio State University is a collaborator and investigator on research recently funded in one of the National Science Foundation’s Big Ideas investment areas - Rules of Life.
The project will build off previous research the team has conducted on intraspecific variation in behavioral traits among two crayfish species, Faxonius rusticus and F. virillis (both abundant and broadly distributed invasive species).
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Oct 2, 2018
Professor Rattan Lal was awarded an Honorary Degree from Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter, MN on October 2 for his contributions to the Nobel Peace Prize-winning intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and his lifetime work studying soils and soil conservation. Watch online the presentation of this honor and read more here about his participation at the 54th Nobel Conference themed "Living Soil: A Universe Underfoot."
Rattan Lal is a Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science and Director of the Carbon Management and Sequestration Center at The Ohio State University.
Congratulations Professor Lal.
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Oct 1, 2018
Eugene Braig has a passion for water — for Ohio’s ponds, rivers, lakes and streams; for the myriad things that call it home, from yellow perch to pickerelweed, smallmouth bass to microscopic plankton; and for making sure all its parts are in tune.
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Sep 25, 2018
Congratulations to School of Environment and Natural Resources alumna Kristine Mount Staats, who received the Josephine Sitterle Failer Award at the 2018 Alumni Awards Program (September 21) for The Ohio State University.
