Stories tagged with: Department of Environmental and Plant Biology

Fiber and Dye Garden
Sustainability and Art

Students help launch sustainable Fiber and Dye Garden at OHIO

Students are helping launch a sustainable Fiber and Dye Garden, an interdisciplinary project combining art and science to grow plants like flax, hemp and indigo for use in papermaking and ecological research.

Ballard and Thacker
Faculty and student research

A botanical breakthrough: OHIO undergraduate and professor discover several new species of violets in the mountains of Virginia

OHIO senior Collin Thacker, under the mentorship of professor Harvey Ballard, discovered four new species of violets in the mountains of Virginia, including two tucked away in Shenandoah National Park. What started as a summer research job turned into a blooming opportunity to make a lasting mark on botanical science and Thacker's career.

Science Caf茅 - 花季传媒
OHIO Events

Science Caf茅 to feature Distinguished Professor Sarah Wyatt on Sept. 10

All OHIO students, faculty, staff and community members are invited to the presentation by Distinguished Professor Dr. Sarah Wyatt on 鈥淧lants in Space: From the Space Station to Mars.鈥

Cutler Hall
Student Awards

OHIO students receive top honors at Ohio Space Grant Consortium Student Symposium

Two 花季传媒 students were honored for their research excellence at the Ohio Space Grant Consortium Student Symposium during the spring semester.

The sun rises behind a lush green hill and tree, with the Scripps Hall in the background
Faculty Excellence

OHIO announces awardees for OURC/Baker Fund spring cycle

The OURC/Baker Fund program provides support for research, scholarship and creative activity at 花季传媒.

Cierra Willis is shown with her research project
Student Success

OHIO student receives Public Service Award for research project

This award is designed to support individuals committed to a career in public service, empowering them to make a positive impact on their communities and the environment through education and practice.

Sam McCall is shown working with a kiln
Student Success

OHIO students receive awards for research, scholarship, creative work

The 花季传媒 Student Enhancement Awards program provided 25 students with a total of $145,121 in funding for their original research, scholarship and creative work this spring.

Wide shot of Schoonover Center and the green roof
Student Success Stories

Getting the green light for green roofs

Hear from three 花季传媒 students who received prestigious fellowships to complete the Green Roof Professional Accreditation program.

Faculty members dressed in academic regalia sit in an audience
Faculty news

Faculty experts roundup

Between new findings on ancient hominins' arrival in Europe, recognition in the sciences, publications, conference presentations, grants and awards, OHIO faculty had a busy winter season.

Chocolate Cake
Faculty Research

Feasting on power: How the tv show 鈥淪uccession鈥 serves up food for thought on wealth, family and control

David Bell, an associate professor of Linguistics, and Theresa Moran, an associate professor of instruction, have spent over a decade combining their expertise to explore food studies.

A wildfire burns brush and trees near Los Angeles.
Faculty Expert

Wildfire ecology: Examining the environmental destruction of the LA fires

花季传媒 Professors and ecology experts Brian McCarthy and Diego Alvarado-Serrano discuss the ecological and environmental implications of the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires.

Cutler Hall, the College Green and the surrounding community is shown covered in snow in this aerial image
Faculty Excellence

Research Division announces awardees for 2024-25 OURC/Baker Fund fall cycle

The 花季传媒 Research Committee (OURC)/Baker Fund program provides support for research, scholarship and creative activity at 花季传媒.

Cutler Hall and the College Green are shown covered in snow on a cold day in January 2025
OHIO Research

Provost Undergraduate Research Funds awarded to 26 OHIO students

The 花季传媒 Provost Undergraduate Research Fund award program provided 26 students with a total of $29,353 in funding for their original research, scholarship and creative work.

a group of students builds a fence in a forest
Field Research

Protecting the green for the greater good

OHIO students apply wildlife management research, building structures that protect vegetation from overgrazing by deer.

Samantha Fedoush, Victoria Swiler, Nathan Smith, and Michael Lane stand in front of a countdown clock
Space Research

OHIO students see their experiment taken by rocket to International Space Station

The experiment from OHIO's participants in the Student Spaceflight Experiments Program will return to Earth, and then 花季传媒, in December.

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