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Stories tagged with: Department of Environmental and Plant Biology

Dr. Harvey Ballard, enrivonmental portrait

Harvey Ballard describes two new violet species in the northeastern United States, notes 'variants' still to be classified

Just as tiny violets spread their spring blanket of purple across the local landscape, Harvey Ballard's new monograph describes all the known types of violets in the northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.

Susan Calhoun standing in the middle of cherry blossom trees

Landscape coordinator and alumna Susan Calhoun retires after 35 years

For 35 years, Susan Calhoun took care of OHIO’s magnificent trees and landscapes, including the iconic cherry trees, until her recent retirement as landscape coordinator. 

Ryan Steere from the College of Arts & Sciences won first place and the People’s Choice master's award.
Student Success

Eight graduate students win cash awards in Three Minute Thesis competition

Eight graduate students won cash awards at the ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï Three Minute Thesis Competition finals hosted by the Graduate College on Feb. 23.

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Bob Woodward, Robin Wall Kimmerer to speak at OHIO in lecture series presentations

ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï will host two nationally-recognized authors and experts in their respective fields this March as part of the 2023 Kennedy Lecture Series and the Frontiers in Science Lecture Series.

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Thirteen OHIO campus spaces receive Experiential Spaces Designation

ºÚÁϳԹÏ’s Center for Advising, Career and Experiential Learning has announced that 13 spaces on campus have received its Experiential Spaces Designation for the 2022-2023 academic year.

The Wyatt lab at the ASGSR conference in Houston, where they presented their work.

Gbolaga Olanrewaju wins top graduate award, first place for poster at gravitational and space research conference

Gbolaga Olanrewaju won the top graduate student award and first place for his research poster at the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research meeting in Houston.

Sarah Wyatt, Ph.D., professor of environmental and plant biology and director of the molecular and cellular biology graduate program at ºÚÁϳԹÏ

Sarah Wyatt's next experiment on the International Space Station will probe plant telomeres

Sarah Wyatt is teaming up with colleagues from Texas A&M and Colorado State to research the effect of space radiation on plant telomeres -- an International Space Station experiment.

Drs. Kim Thompson and David Rosenthal

Science Café features Thompson and Rosenthal on 'Planting Rooftops around Town – Benefits and Challenges of Green Roofs' on Dec. 7

Science Café presents Kim Thompson and David Rosenthal discussing "Planting Rooftops around Town – Benefits and Challenges of Green Roofs" on Wednesday, Dec. 7.

A load of food rescued by Nanda Filkin

Nanda Filkin's environmental mission saves food, helps local pantries

ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï alumna Nanda Filkin is a scientist by day and an environmentally conscious volunteer by night.

An intrigued Eastern Gartersnake (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis) examining the camera. | Photo by alumnus Kyle Brooks

Biology alumnus inspires OHIO Wildlife and Nature Photography Scholarship competition

ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï students are invited to submit their best Athens County nature pics to the OHIO Wildlife and Nature Photography Scholarship Competition.

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25 Arts and Sciences faculty promoted, 15 granted tenure

The ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï Board of Trustees voted in June to award promotion to 25 College of Arts and Sciences faculty member

Wilson Hall
University Update

22 College of Arts and Sciences professors awarded faculty fellowship during 2022-23

The ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï Board of Trustees has approved 22 College of Arts and Sciences faculty members for faculty fellowship leave during the 2022-23 academic year.

Joel Compston is shown putting the finishing touches on a model of a green roof project

OHIO students educate the community about green roofs

ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï students are taking their voices, their models and even coloring books into the local community to demonstrate the benefits of green roofs to area children and families.

The ºÚÁÏ³Ô¹Ï team at Camp Kum Ba Ya

Intern will continue OHIO students’ nature trail work at Kentucky camp

Nine OHIO students traveled with professors Sarah Wyatt and Harvey Ballard to the camp in Marshall County, Kentucky, to lay out and create a nature trail and develop educational activities.

Riley Rees

Riley Rees receives Garden Club of America scholarship for summer research on carnation family

OHIO student Riley Rees will research the evolutionary history of carnations through a scholarship from the Garden Club of America.

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