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Jul 9, 2024
Roger Williams, associate professor, forest ecosystem analysis management in the School of Environment and Natural Resources is part of an interdisciplinary team at The Ohio State University made up of Mrinal Kumar and Sandip Mazumder, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Gil Bohrer, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geodetic Engineering that received a President's Research Excellence (PRE) Accelerator award in the amount of $50,000 to improve operational wildland fire prediction models.
Learn more about this PRE investment>>
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Jun 28, 2024
Five-year project funded by USDA works with farmers ‘From the Ground Up’
A transdisciplinary team of researchers, educators, and extension experts led by The Ohio State University has received a $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to advance and co-create solutions to climate resilience of farmers in the Midwest.
Learn more about this investment by USDA>>
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Jun 27, 2024
School of Environment and Natural Resources Professor Steve Lyon was invited to present Cascading Waterways in Ohio as part of a lunch and learn series offered by The Nature Conservancy in Ohio. The webinar discusses what cascading waterways are, how they work, their use as a conservation practice and the findings of research underway to assess their potential as a runoff treatment practice for farmers in Ohio.
Watch the webinar >>
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Jun 21, 2024
Talking to farmers is one way that Shoshanah Inwood gathers her research data at The Ohio State University. She quickly found that childcare, or the lack of it, was often a topic of conversation.
As one Ohio farmer told her, “Lack of childcare has been the primary impediment to growing my farm.” Inwood, an associate professor of community, food, and economic development in Ohio State’s College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) has spent the last 10 years building a national reputation related to the issue.
Learn what Inwood discovered as part of the 2023 National Farm Families Childcare Survey >>
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Mar 21, 2024
Yanlan Liu, a faculty member in SENR and the School of Earth Sciences was awarded funding from the statewide Harmful Algal Bloom Research Initiative (HABRI), which seeks solutions for harmful algal blooms in Ohio. Ohio Sea Grant, on behalf of the Ohio Department of Higher Education (ODHE) and in partnership with The Ohio State University and The University of Toledo, recently announced the 2024 and 2025 research award winners for HABRI. Learn more about the research funded >>
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Feb 5, 2024
Two projects led by faculty in the School of Environment and Natural Resources were awarded 2024-2026 research grants from Ohio Sea Grant. Find out what they will be studying >>
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Nov 7, 2023
Pasture infestation estimated to exceed 1 million Asian longhorned ticks
A species of exotic tick arrived in Ohio in 2021 in such huge numbers that their feeding frenzy on a southeastern farm left three cattle dead of what researchers believe was severe blood loss.
The scientists from The Ohio State University have reported in the Journal of Medical Entomology on the state’s first known established population of Asian longhorned ticks, and are now conducting research focused on monitoring and managing these pests. SENR faculty member Dr. Risa Pespane, is the senior author of the paper, and is leading a team of researchers at Ohio State, who are leading the way on research to monitor and manage these pests. Read more about their research here >>
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Oct 31, 2023
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded $1.6 million to a collaborative team of scientists to develop improved predictive models to help farmers and policymakers in Ohio, Georgia, and Iowa better prepare for changes in weather, markets, and policies.
“We’re trying to understand how the technical, socioeconomic and political landscapes in each state will evolve,” said Douglas Jackson-Smith, Kellogg Chair of Agroecosystem Management and a professor at The Ohio State University in the CFAES School of Environment and Natural Resources, “and how those factors interact with climate change to shape what and where different crops could be grown over the next 30 to 40 years in these three states.” Learn more about this project and how it will engage farmers and agricultural experts >>
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Oct 20, 2023
The Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research (FFAR) announced three grants totaling $474,550 as part of the Achieving Conservation through Targeting Information, Outreach and Networking (ACTION) program. ACTION supports projects exploring how to increase landowner willingness to adopt conservation practices that provide a range of ecosystem benefits. The Walton Family Foundation provided matching funds to the ACTION program. Read more about this investment, including support for research led by faculty member Dr. Robyn Wilson >>
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Oct 11, 2023
Originally published on the website of the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Enginnering at The Ohio State University and written by Kevin Satterfield.
In an effort to mitigate climate change, many communities and the transportation and energy systems that serve them, are transitioning to renewable sources. However, not all communities are able to equally participate in this transition.
Underserved communities, in particular, often encounter barriers when shifting to newer, electrified energy and transportation systems. Many of these neighborhoods already experience various, socioeconomic challenges and exposure to existing pollutants and potential, adverse health outcomes.
Researchers at The Ohio State University, including School of Environment and Natural Resources faculty member Jeffrey Jacquet are part of the interdisciplinary team working to alleviate some of these inequities and improve the quality of life for residents in these communities. Learn more >>
