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Nov 29, 2023
Ohio Sea Grant is proud to announce five Ohio finalists are part of the 44th class of the prestigious John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship, a year-long program that places highly qualified graduate students in host offices in the legislative and executive branches of U.S. government. Jai Tiarks, a PhD candidate in the School of Environment and Natural Resources is one of the finalists and placed in NOAA’s Oceanic and Atmospheric Research International Activities Office. Read the full announcement and learn about the fellows and their placements >>
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May 2, 2023
Join SENR in congratulating Iresha Jayasinghe, who was named a recipient of the 2022-2023 Graduate Associate Leadership Award. The Graduate Associate Leadership Award (GALA) is Ohio State’s recognition of the exceptional leadership provided by graduate students as leaders (on and off campus) while being an OSU graduate (master’s or doctoral) student. A ceremony to celebrate the GALA leaders was held on April 26 at the Ohio Union Performance Hall.
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Mar 29, 2022
Please join SENR in congratulating graduate student Jai Tiarks, who is a 2021-2022 Graduate Associate Teaching Award (GATA) recipient.
The GATA is The Ohio State University's highest recognition of the exceptional teaching provided by graduate students serving as Graduate Teaching Associates.
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Nov 6, 2019
Congratulations to School of Environment and Natural Resources graduate student Joshua T. Fergen, lead author on “"Out Where the West Begins: Measuring Land-Use Preferences and Environmental Attitudes across the Great Plains," and recipient of the 2019 Leslie Hewes Award for best social science paper in Volume 28 of Great Plain Research. Jeffrey B. Jacquet (SENR), Anne Junod (SENR) and Matthew Barnett (alumnus) are co-authors on the paper.
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Jul 25, 2019
Congratulations Nall Moonilall, who received the NACTA Graduate Student Teaching Award at the Annual Conference of the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture held at the College of Southern Idaho, Twin Falls, Idaho with the theme “Connecting to STEM.” The NACTA Graduate Student Teaching Award recognizes and rewards graduate students who excel as teachers in the agricultural disciplines and engaged in classroom instruction.
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May 8, 2019
On Monday, April 22, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) research was on display and celebrated at the Annual CFAES Research Conference. Congratulations to School of Environment and Natural Resources (SENR) graduate student Gretchen Anchor, who won 1st place in the master's research poster category for, "Impacts of Coyotes (Canis latrans) on White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Behavior and Mortality in the Chicago Region." Gretchen is advised by SENR professor Stan Gehrt.
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Mar 19, 2019
The American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA) and Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) have named the recipients of the 2019 ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Future Leaders in Science Award. Tania D. Burgos Hernández from The Ohio State University is one of 18 graduate student members who received the award in recognition of her interest and engagement in science advocacy. Tania accepted the award at a reception held during the annual ASA, CSSA, & SSSA Congressional Visits Day on March 4, 2019 in Washington, D.C.
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Feb 4, 2019
School of Environment and Natural Resources graduate students Chelsey Nieman and Tiffany Atkinson were recognized at the 79th Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Jan 10, 2019
- Ohio State graduate student wins international contest to improve the sustainability of our food system -
Henry Anton Peller, a PhD student in the School of Environment and Natural Resources, was recognized on November 28 at the 9th International Forum on Food and Nutrition by BCFN YES! 2018 in Milan, Italy for a project he and University of Edinburgh-Scotland colleague Cathy Smith presented to improve the sustainability of our food system. BCFN YES! is an international contest for young people charged with coming up with practical projects to create a better balance between food sustainability and environmental sustainability.
The winning project, YES! to participatory agroecology: Farmer-led plant breeding and soil regeneration in southern Belize will amplify scientific collaborations with Maya people. The project creates on-farm trials with dozens of cover crop, legume, and maize varieties; develops multi-species cover cropping practices to improve ecological soil fertility; and promotes farmer exchange of seeds, ideas, and dreams.
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Jul 16, 2018
Congratulations to School of Environment and Natural Resources (SENR) graduate student Elizabeth Berg, who has been named a finalist for the 2019 class of the John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship program. Berg will join the 40th class of the prestigious John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship, a year-long program that places highly qualified graduate students in host offices in the legislative and executive branches of U.S. government.
