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Apr 30, 2018
Monitoring Social and Economic Impacts of Green Infrastructure: Blueprint Columbus, a project led by Jeremy Brooks, a faculty member in the School of Environment and Natural Resources was awarded funding through the Battelle Engineering, Technology and Human Affairs (BETHA) Endowment annual grant competition. The Endowment supports projects that examine the complex relationship between science and technology on society and cultural issues. A record number of 37 proposals were submitted for the 2018 competition and six were selected for funding.
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Apr 30, 2018
"Our Common Home: A Youth-Based Approach to Food Security" has earned the Emerging International Engagement Award. The award was established by Ohio State's Office of International Affairs and the Office of Outreach and Engagement to recognize faculty and staff who have engaged in exceptional international outreach and community service projects. Recipients of the Emerging International Engagement Award have demonstrated outstanding promise in international outreach and engagement with the development of a relatively new initiative that has shown short-term results and has the potential for long-term impact, achievement, and scholarship.
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Apr 23, 2018
The Terrestrial Wildlife Ecology Laboratory (TWEL) hosted Greg Soulliere and Mohammed Al-Saffar from the Upper Mississippi River and Great Lakes (UMR&GLR) Joint Venture science office in early April 2018. Greg and Mohammed, along with Drs. Chris Tonra (TWEL) and Robert Gates (TWEL) rolled out the Joint Venture's new waterfowl and waterbird conservation strategies, and discussed the biological foundations of all-bird habitat conservation planning, including the current land bird and shorebird conservation strategies. There was lively discussion about incorporating human dimensions and ecosystem goods and services goals into the biological planning of bird conservation at the landscape scale during an afternoon session held at the 4-H center on the campus of The Ohio State University.
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Apr 16, 2018
The 6th Annual Environmental Science Student Symposium is in the Archie M. Griffin Grand Ballroom at the Ohio Union. In its sixth year, the symposium will feature three sessions with approximately 385 student presenters from ENR 2100, who will be sharing their posters on important topics in the field of environmental science. The event is free and open to the public. Students in the online section of the course will be engaged in a Virtual Environmental Science Poster Symposium through Carmen.
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Apr 9, 2018
Suzanne Gray, an assistant professor of aquatic physiological ecology in the School of Environment and Natural Resources was paid a surprise visit this semester. While teaching her capstone course on local and global water quality and aquatic issues on March 1, Gray was surprised by leaders from across the university with an announcement that she is a recipient of the 2018 Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching. The award honors faculty members at The Ohio State University for superior teaching. The awards ceremony will take place April 30.
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Mar 30, 2018
The 2018 Denman Undergraduate Research Forum, put on by the Undergraduate Research Office and with support from Martha and Richard Denman gives students the opportunity to showcase their research, scholarships, and other creative activities to Ohio State.
This years' forum will be held on April 3rd, from 8am-5pm at the Ohio Union, Archie Griffin Grand Ballroom.
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Mar 30, 2018
Ashlee Balcerzak, an Environmental Science major in the SENR was recognized as a 2018 College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences Outstanding Senior. The 2018 Outstanding Senior Awards were presented during the CFAES 2018 Outstanding Senior Awards Dinner on Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at the OSU Fawcett Event Center.
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Mar 27, 2018
A new podcast for The Lantern is available for listeners interested in environmental topics and sustainability. This weeks episode was created and hosted by Ris Twigg, an undergraduate student in the School of Environment and Natural Resources. Twigg is also an assistant photo editor for The Lantern. This is the fifth episode, about the upcoming event: Time For Change Week!
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Mar 21, 2018
Students at The Ohio State University have a unique opportunity to take a two-course sequence that culminates with a real prescribed burn and certification. The courses, offered by CFAES’s School of Environment and Natural Resources (SENR), teach about fire ecology, fire’s role in ecosystems, and managing controlled and wild fires. In the end, students prepare for and conduct a prescribed burn.
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Mar 20, 2018
A new podcast for The Lantern is available for listeners interested in environmental topics and sustainability. This weeks episode was created and hosted by Ris Twigg, an undergraduate student in the School of Environment and Natural Resources. Twigg is also an assistant photo editor for The Lantern. This episode is all about sustainability events!
