Announcements

SENR is excited to welcome our three newest faculty - Jim Ippolito, Natasha Myhal and Manbir Rakkar. 

Making Headlines

It’s not just humans: City life is stressful for coyotes, too (Stan Gehrt)

Current estimates of Lake Erie algae toxicity may miss the mark (Justin Chaffin, Stone Laboratory)

Jumpin’ jellyfish! They do exist in our ponds (Eugene Braig)

Farms branching out: Expanding opportunities for agroforestry markets, connections, and conservation (Doug Jackson-Smith and Kathy Smith)

Funding Awards

• Robyn Wilson - SENR, $120,398: Increasing motivation and promoting persistence in farmer conservation, Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research

Funding Opportunities

Internal Grants Faculty Program - The CFAES Office for Research & Graduate Education is pleased to announce the FY 2024 R&GE Internal Grants Program (IGP) Faculty Competition Request for Proposals is now available. Learn more >>

New Global Gateways Initiative Grant funding available - The Office of International Affairs’ Global Gateways and Partnerships unit is sponsoring a faculty grant competition to support research and scholarship in the Global Gateway countries of China, India and Brazil. This program will award funding for a total of three to five projects in the Gateway regions and each grant award will be capped at no more than $35,000. Learn more >>

Publications

Matthew Hamilton, Nielsen-Pincus, Max, Evers, Cody R. Wildfire risk governance from the bottom up: linking local planning processes in fragmented landscapes. Ecology and Society 28, 3, 2023,  https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-13856-280303

Tania D. Burgos Hernández, Brian K. Slater, Jared M. Shaffer, Nicholas Basta, Comparison of methods for determining organic carbon content of urban soils in Central Ohio, Geoderma Regional, Volume 34, 2023, e00680, ISSN 2352-0094, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geodrs.2023.e00680.

Lobao, L., & Kelly, P. (2023). Urban Austerity Theory, Politicizing Space, and Cutback Policies across Urban and Rural Communities. City & Community, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/15356841231183894

Flavia A. Montaño-Centellas, Jenny Muñoz, Gabriela Giselle Mangini, Ian J. Ausprey, Felicity L. Newell, Harrison H. Jones, M. Elisa Fanjul, Boris A. Tinoco, Gabriel J. Colorado Z., Jennifer R. A. Cahill, E. Arbeláez-Cortés, Oscar H. Marin-Gómez, Pedro X. Astudillo, Esteban A. Guevara, Silvina Ippi, Molly E. McDermott, Amanda D. Rodewald, Erik Matthysen and Scott K. Robinson, Network structure of avian mixed-species flocks decays with elevation and latitude across the Andes, Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B378: 20220099. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0099

Happenings

• August 24 - OWS presents Bats: What You Didn't Learn Watching Batman | Details and registration 
• August 29 - Freshwater Science: Phosphorus Cycling in Agricultural Streams in the Maumee River Watershed (webinar, free but registration is required) | Details and registration
• August 30 - OWS presents Pancakes with Pollinators - Learn about pollinators at this Ecolab event at Ohio State Mansfield | Details (no registration needed)
• August 30 - SENR Seminar Series welcomes Dr. William J. Mitsch, Professor Emeritus of the School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University, Professor Emeritus of The Water School of Florida Gulf Coast University, and the Founding Director of the Schiermeier Olentangy River Wetland Research Park, The Ohio State University, who will present, The first two decades of development and research at the Olentangy River Wetland Research Park | Details 
• September 6 - Understanding Algal Blooms: State of the Science Conference (in-person or virtual registration offered) | Details and registration
• September 8 - OWS presents From the Basin to the Banks: Wetland Restoration at Ohio State Mansfield | Details and registration
• September 12 - EPN Breakfast and Extended Workshop - Rivers and Parks + Imagination + Design: How to utilize Ohio's rivers to stimulate and enhance community and economic development | Details and registration
• September 16 - OWS presents the Woodland Owners and Maple Production Workshop: Is it an Income Opportunity for You? in Mason,OH | Details and registration
• October 7 - Stone Lab Workshop 120: Fish Sampling Techniques for undergraduate students interested in seasonal agency work and fisheries biology professions | Details and Application
• October 10 - EPN Breakfast - Designing Circular Economy Strategies from within the Textiles and Fashion Industries | Details and registration
• October 14 - Ohio Avian Research Conference at the Grange Insurance Audubon Center | Details on the conference, submitting an Abstract (due Sept. 9) and registration

If you are planning an event in 2023 and would like it featured in Announcements or on SENR's calendar, please send details to the SENR Communications Team via email at: faes-senrcomm@osu.edu

Resources

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Student Life Disability Services Faculty and Staff informational sessions

Student Life Disability Services (SLDS) will be hosting a series of 20-minute virtual information sessions about our most frequently requested accommodations. SLDS will share updates and reminders about implementing accommodations. All sessions cover the same content and will have Q&A options at the end of each. Sign up via the link to register for one of the sessions. If you need accommodations, e-mail us at slds@osu.edu.  Read more »

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Announcements Schedule
August 31
September 14, 28
October 12, 26
November 9, 23
December 7, 21
 

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