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  1. New faculty member joins SENR

    Aug 23, 2022

    The School of Environment and Natural Resources is pleased to welcome Dr. Marijke Hecht, who joins SENR as an assistant professor of environmental education.

  2. A beaver dam (on the left) on the berm/edge of a pond at The Wilds. Photo credit: Rachel Gabor

    Faculty member quoted in Sierra

    May 5, 2022

    SENR faculty member Dr. Rachel Gabor is quoted in the Sierra article, "We Don't Deserve Beavers." 

    The article discusses the connection between beavers and water quality. Dr. Gabor's research examining the role of beavers in remediation of old mine lands is featured.

  3. Dr. Shoshanah Inwood provides testimony to the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry

    Faculty member provides testimony for hearing on rural quality of life

    Mar 24, 2022

    School of Environment and Natural Resources faculty member Shoshanah Inwood provided Testimony to the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry in Washington, DC.

  4. Dr. Kerry Ard at a superfund site in the San Francisco Bay Area in California.

    Sustainability Institute features faculty member's expertise

    Mar 29, 2021

    Faculty member Kerry Ard has devoted an extensive amount of research to environmental justice and inequality, the structural causes and ultimate consequences.

    Read "Unequal Exposure and Access: The Crisis of Environmental Injustice," a story focused on Dr. Ard's area of research expertise compiled by the Sustainability Institute and shared at a recent Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Green Team event. Find out what environmental justice and environmental inequality are, how they differ, and what has changed since the first federal directive to address these issues.

  5. A tree swallow perches atop a constructed nest box at Battelle Darby Creek Metro Park in central Ohio. Photos by Joseph Corra

    Study finds health trade-offs for wildlife as urbanization expands

    Nov 18, 2020

    City living appears to improve reproductive success for migratory tree swallows compared to breeding in more environmentally protected areas, a new five-year study suggests. But urban life comes with a big trade-off – health hazards linked to poorer water quality.  “With urbanization expanding worldwide, we are transforming the landscape. And this isn’t going away,” said lead author Mažeika Sullivan of the new study featured in Ohio State News Sullivan is the director of the Schiermeier Olentangy River Wetland Research Park at Ohio State. “My lab is looking at how urbanization affects multiple responses of ecosystems – what those changes are and quantifying them, but also seeing what this tells us about how we can manage and conserve ecosystems and wildlife in this context.

  6. (Photo: Getty Images)

    Farming and parenting—a tough juggling act

    Oct 27, 2020

    Raising children on a farm might sound idyllic, but in a national study, most farmers with children under 18 said childcare was a challenge.  Over two-thirds of first-generation farmers, people who had not grown up on farms, reported struggles with childcare, from finding affordable options nearby to finding providers whose childrearing philosophy matched theirs. Even multigenerational farmers, many who live near relatives, said childcare’s affordability, availability, or quality was a problem. Just over half of those farmers reported some type of childcare challenge.  “This is going to come as a surprise to a lot of people who don’t think childcare is an issue for farmers,” said Shoshanah Inwood, an assistant professor at The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) and the lead researcher of the study.

  7. Dr. Mazeika Sullivan has recently been appointed to lead a new Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Task Force for the Society of Freshwater Science (SFS).

    Faculty member appointed to lead new task force for international scientific organization

    Aug 4, 2020

    Dr. Mažeika Sullivan, a faculty member in the School of Environment and Natural Resources at The Ohio State University has recently been appointed to lead a new Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) Task Force for the Society of Freshwater Science (SFS). This initiative aims to break down barriers for underrepresented groups through a set of intentional and clear actions such as establishing long-term relationships with minority-serving institutions; increasing authorship opportunities for underrepresented scientists; developing a Diversity Mentor program; instituting a JEDI training program for all SFS members; increasing the Society's international profile/membership; and reviewing business practices to increase support of minority-owned businesses. The JEDI Task Force will to work quickly to effect "rapid evolution" in SFS around JEDI issues. Dr. Sullivan was selected to lead this initiative because of his effective and long-term work in broadening participation in science. 

  8. Rattan Lal, Distinguished University Professor of Soil Science

    Renowned soil scientist Rattan Lal will address graduates

    Jul 16, 2019

    Soil scientist Rattan Lal, one of The Ohio State University’s most decorated faculty researchers, will address the university’s summer graduates. Approximately 1,500 degrees will be awarded at the summer commencement ceremony, which begins at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 4., at the Jerome Schottenstein Center. 

  9. Gray poses with Ugandan field assistant Kiberu Mutebi and Tiffany Atkinson while sampling for the fish they call “Bluelips” in Ndyabusole, Uganda (2016). (Photo: Courtesy of Gray.)

    CFAES Who We Are: 10 Questions with Suzanne Gray

    Jun 27, 2018

    In the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) Who We Are story, Kurt Knebusch interviews and features Suzanne Gray, an assistant professor in CFAES's School of Environment and Natural Resources, who talks about water, fish and her recent big honor for teaching.

  10. Suzanne Gray, a faculty member in the SENR elected to serve as President-Elect of Ohio Chapter of the American Fisheries Society.

    Faculty Member Elected to Serve in Fisheries Leadership Role

    Feb 8, 2018

    Congratulations to Dr. Suzanne Gray, who was elected to serve as President-Elect for the Ohio Chapter of the American Fisheries Society at this year’s Annual joint meeting of the Ohio Aquaculture Association and the Ohio Chapter of the American Fisheries Society, held on 26–27 January 2018 at the Quest Conference Center in Columbus, Ohio. The mission of the Ohio Chapter of the American Fisheries Society is "to promote conservation of fisheries and aquatic resources by providing information, professional services, and opportunities for aquatic stewardship to Ohio’s fisheries professionals, educators, students, and conservationists."

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