Announcements

Featured image above, shows Dr. Risa Pesapane, who moderated this week's hybrid Environmental Professionals Network program, "Environmental and health scientists bite back! Managing tick and mosquito bite-based diseases in Ohio and beyond." Online engagement was strong with more than 60 participating virtually. Presenters, included: Dr. Steven Wilden (area veterinarian in charge, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service); Sarah Fink (community environmental health supervisor, Franklin County Public Health); Dr. Sarah Short (assistant professor, Ohio State's department of Entomology); and Dr. Luis Téllez (medical director (retired), St. Elizabeth Urgent Care). Tabling at the event included: SENR CommTeam, EPN Tree of #BuckeyeLove; Susie Burks, MENR; Madeline Winans, Center for Human-Animal Interactions Research & Education (CHAIRE); Marne Titchenell, Woodlands Stewards; and Zach Holbert-Watson, Franklin County Public Health.

Welcome (Back)!  If you are in on Tuesdays, stop by and say hello to Amanda Laser (210 Kottman Hall suite), who has rejoined SENR's Academic Team!

Ryan Wagner, an ENR graduate student is the author of a recently published science photo essay in The Guardian. Learn about how biologists and others are working to save the copperbelly water snake here.

SENR faculty member Nicole Sintov discusses the findings of a study that examines conversation as a vehicle for social influence in a recent Ohio State News release. The study is published with first author Kristin Hurst, a former Ohio State postdoctoral researcher now at Southern Illinois University, and Grant Donnelly, assistant professor of marketing at Ohio State in the Journal of Environmental Psychology 

Faculty member Shoshanah Inwood discusses the importance of access to childcare for both families and their household income, but also for economic development in the KCUR89.3 NPR in Kansas City News story available here.

Don't Miss the Opportunity to Recognize an Outstanding Undergraduate Student Leader - The Environment and Natural Resources Alumni Society (ENRAS) is currently accepting nominations for the Lee Johnston Leadership Award. The Lee Johnston Award is presented to undergraduate students who demonstrate outstanding student leadership and involvement in the School of Environment and Natural Resources.

Submit your nominations HERE by Monday, March 6, 2023. Questions about this recognition can be directed to ENRAS@osu.edu.

Faculty member Steve Lyon is a speaker at the upcoming TEDxOhioStateUniversity Main Event: Currents on March 4 at Mershon Auditorium.

Find out more about the event, how to attend and what Steve and other speakers will be sharing here.

Four School of Environment and Natural Resources alumni will share their expertise with environmental professionals and students at the March 7 Environmental Professionals Network (EPN) breakfast - Changing Rivers: Enhancing the natural and social wellbeing of Ohio alongside more floods and warmer temperatures.

Learn more and register.

Counting down the days to spring? Attend the March 10 virtual hike through the forest in search of spring wildflowers with the Ohio Woodland Stewards Program. Ohio State Extension Educator Carrie Brown will take virtual participants virtually through the forest in search of spring wildflowers.

Register HERE for the webinar.  Continuing education credits for ISA and SAF will be offered.

This webinar will be recorded and posted on the website.

February 25 - Ohio Natural History Conference 2023 - The Ohio Biological Survey is excited to highlight the physiographic region of southwest Ohio - The Glaciated Till Plains. This event represents the 3rd stop of their special traveling conference series to showcase each region. Registration is now open (in-person event & virtual option available) | Learn more and register

February 25 - Deadline for 2023 Research Experience for Undergraduates Fellowship Program | Details

February 28 - An Evening with Ohio State's Stone Laboratory and Olentangy River Wetlands Winter Program | Details and registration

March 1 - The Wildlife Diversity Conference hosted by the Ohio Division of Wildlife at the Ohio Union, The Ohio State University | Details and registration

March 1 - 2023 Ohio Woodland Water and Wildlife Conference at the Mid-Ohio Conference Center in Mansfield, OH | Learn more and register

March 4 - TEDxOhioStateUniversity - CURRENTS. Learn more and register.

March 6 - Deadline to nominate undergraduate student leaders for the Lee Johnston Leadership Award | Submit your nomination

March 7 - EPN: Changing Rivers: Enhancing the natural and social wellbeing of Ohio alongside more floods and warmer temperatures. | Learn more and register

March 15 - Inservice for Natural Resource Professionals - Introduction to Maple Syrup Production

March 18 - Ohio River Valley Woodland and Wildlife Workshop in Loveland, OH | Agenda and Registration 

March 21 - Save the Date - The 12th CFAES Wooster Celebration of Nations at the Secrest Welcome & Education Center. Funded by CFAES Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and sponsored by The Wooster Diversity Committee & FAES International Programs

March 22 - Freshwater Science: Understanding and (Potentially) Mitigating the Impacts of Tile Drainage with faculty member Steve Lyon | Learn more and register

March 23 - Save the Date - SENR Seminar Series welcomes Dr. Alexis Mychajliw, Middlebury College

March 27 - 2023 School of Environment & Natural Resources Student Research Symposium | Now Accepting Abstracts and Registration is open!

March 28 - Spring Pond Management Clinic with OSU Extension and Fairfield Soil & Water Conservation District - Eugene Braig, Aquatic Ecosystems Program Director for OSU Extension and School of Environment and Natural Resources is the featured speaker | Learn more

April 6 - Save the Date - SENR Seminar Series welcomes Dr. Amy Alford, Lake Erie Islands Nature and Wildlife Center

April 13 - Save the Date - SENR Seminar Series welcomes Dr. Than Boves, Arkansas State University

April 20 - Save the Date - SENR Seminar Series (TBA)

April 26 - Freshwater Science: Lake Erie Charter Captains Business Survey with Ohio Sea Grant Extension Program Leader Tory Gabriel | Learn more and register

May 12 - Midwest Regional Sustainability Summit - Imagine What's Possible, Duke Energy Convention Center, Cincinnati, OH. Plan to attend for a full day of programming (8:00 am to 5:00 pm), with 60+ speakers, expo, art show, networking reception, and more!

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

Hypothesis Workshop

The College of Education and Human Ecology has arranged a Hypothesis workshop that will feature Becky George, Ohio State's Customer Success Manager. More details about this event are below:

• WHAT? a workshop, featuring "Creative ways to use social annotation in your courses"
• WHEN? Thursday, February 23 @ 1 PM
• WHERE? Register to attend using this link!

Workshop details: In this workshop, our team will lead participants in a discussion about various discussion protocols and active learning strategies that can help make social annotation more engaging and fun. Participants will come away from this session with a variety of ways to creatively use social annotation in their courses.

Social annotation for STEM subjects

• March 22, 12:30 pm EST
• https://osu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUpce2orzwoG93HvI4EkoqfWdz8-XE88vJj

A new report is available (and a webinar recording available soon) from the National Academies Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences - Advancing Antiracism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEMM Organizations. Read the Press Release and access the prepublication and associated resources.

Reminder to complete mandatory online sexual misconduct prevention education

All Buckeyes are responsible for advancing a culture of respect and promoting a safe and healthy campus. To advance this priority, the university requires all students and employees to complete online sexual misconduct prevention education each academic year. The deadline to complete this training is April 28.

Read more »

• Applications are currently being accepted for Stone Lab Student Assistant postions | Learn more here and apply.
• Also, each year, Stone Lab awards scholarships to students and educators with financial need and superior academic records. Anyone taking a for-credit class (and some workshops) is eligible to apply | Learn more here about scholarships

SENR Announcements is a way to share highlights, happenings, and opportunities. We look forward to helping shine a light on your research, outreach, and teaching. If you'd like to submit content for Announcements, please send to the following email: FAES-SENRComm@osu.edu

Spring Announcements Schedule
March 3, 24
April 7, 21
May 5, 19

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