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Mar 1, 2023
SENR Alumni center stage at upcoming Environmental Professionals Network breakfast
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. The alumni, along with other experts will explore stormwater management and regional extreme rainfall events and connect these changes to empirical research on the biotic diversity in Ohio’s stream and rivers, and the socio-economic health of human communities.
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Feb 28, 2023
Simon Power, a Post Doctoral Scholar in the School of Environment and Natural Resources was chosen as one of three Postdoctoral Scholar Mentor of the Year Award Recipients! This award recognizes exceptional mentoring abilities and service to the trainees and colleagues they interact with in their scholarship! Please join SENR in congratulating Simon on this award!
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Feb 27, 2023
Associate Professor Steve Lyon to join the School of Environment and Natural Resources (SENR) leadership team. Effective March 15, Dr. Lyon will begin serving as the Associate Director for the School of Environment and Natural Resources (SENR) on the Wooster campus.
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Feb 23, 2023
The annual Ohio River Valley Woodland and Wildlife Workshop is right around the corner. If you are a woodland owner, don't miss this opportunity to attend!
Participants will gain insights into woodland, pond, and wildlife management and learn about opportunities and strategies to improve your woodland.
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Feb 23, 2023
School of Environment and Natural Resources graduate student Ryan Wagner is the author of a new photo essay in a Guardian series - The age of extinction focused on biodiversity. Learn about the copperbelly water snake and how biologists and others are working to save the water snake here.
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Feb 15, 2023
The ENR Alumni Society (ENRAS) hosted with Ohio University an Alumni Hour Networking Event at the 2023 Ohio Parks and Recreation Association (OPRA) Conference & Trade Show (Jan. 29- Feb. 1) at the Kalahari Conference Center in Sandusky, OH.
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Feb 10, 2023
Congratulations to Sue MacLaughlin Rasche, who is the 2022 recipient of the Master Front-Line Interpreter Award from the National Association for Interpretation (NAI). The award is presented to a NAI member who has worked for five or more years in the profession, with current duties at least sixty (60) percent front-line interpretation and demonstrated mastery of interpretive techniques, program development and design of creative projects.
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Feb 8, 2023
Jeffrey Jacquet, associate professor in the School of Environment and Natural Resources has been selected for the 2023 Growing Research Opportunities (GRO) Academy. This professional development program helps researchers develop the skills and confidence to work on and lead effective interdisciplinary research teams. Read more about the selection and the GRO Academy.
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Feb 7, 2023
All parents know how challenging it is to balance children and work, especially when childcare options are limited. One group of parents in particular, farm and ranch parents, are being sought for a national study into their experiences.
Researchers at the National Farm Medicine Center and The Ohio State University are looking to better understand farm and ranch families operating in rural, urban, or suburban areas and their lived realities of balancing children and work. Read more about this study and how farmers and ranchers can share their experiences.
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Feb 7, 2023
Changing the mind of someone who is dismissive of efforts to protect the planet could be accomplished by sharing a pro-sustainability point of view during a conversation, new research suggests.
In three experiments, researchers found that exposure to a pro-sustainability opinion in a conversation or written exchange helped coax people who held anti-sustainability views toward support for an environmentally friendly initiative.
Results also showed that people with a pro-sustainability viewpoint were not persuaded to change their commitment by talking to someone with an opposing point of view. The researchers noted that many sustainable behaviors – lowering the thermostat, recycling or buying fewer disposable products – are household or community endeavors that follow discussion and consideration. And so it follows, they say, that persuading others to adopt sustainable practices could be achieved through a common social activity: talking about it.
Read more about this study and the role of conversation.