Making Headlines
The following articles reflect our commitment to share sustainability-related accomplishments across the university — representing its colleges, departments, institutes, centers and other units — in the areas of research, student engagement, campus stewardship and collaborations with the public and private sectors.
Lancaster Farming, September 17, 2025
Featured expert(s): Aaron Wilson and John Hummel
State Climatologist , OSU Extension, SI affiliated faculty member; and Clinical Medicine and Director of Electrophysiology Research
Columbus Dispatch, September 1, 2025
Experts interviewed by The Dispatch said that climate change is no longer a matter of if or when. It’s already here. “I think it's kind of hard not to see the signs, to be honest,” Aaron Wilson, the state climatologist at The Ohio State University said. ...
Featured expert(s): Aaron Wilson, the state climatologist, and Jim Hood, associate professor
OSU Extension and Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology
WLIO, Hometown Stations, August 28, 2025
The Ohio State University is helping local farmers learn the best practices for their crops and the environment, as demonstrated at the Soil Health and Water Management Field Day on Ohio State's Lima campus. Dr. Vinayak Shedekar noted the practices being employed at the campus regenerative farm that retain nutrients on soil, helping crop growth and protecting water quality. ...
Featured expert(s): Vinayak Shedekar
Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Columbus Dispatch, August 20, 2025
Harvey Miller, a geography professor and director of the Center for Urban and Regional Analysis at The Ohio State University, discusses the impact that construcion of I-270 has had on central Ohio, including development of outer communities and growing dependence on the automobile. ...
Featured expert(s): Harvey Miller
Department of Geography, Center for Urban and Regional Analysis at Ohio State University, SI affilited faculty member
Columbus Dispatch, August 22, 2025
At a town hall meeting in Johnstown, Ohio, Madhumita Dutta, geography, noted concerns with the Intel manufacturing plant in Licking County, including lack of transparancy about what materials will be used in the manufacturing process, and how those materials might affect air and water quality. ...
Featured expert(s): Madhumita Dutta
Department of Geography
Spectrum News 1, August 21, 2025
Ohio EPA awarded three Ohio State University students scholarships to study natural resource management and environmental science. ...
Featured expert(s): Isabella Byrd, Maya Hill, and Emily Le, Ohio State students
School of Environment and Natural Resources
ScienceAlert, August 4, 2025
According to new research led by Jianyong "Jamie" Wu, environmental health sciences, one strategy to live a longer life might be to live as close as you can to the coast. ...
Featured expert(s): Jianyong "Jamie" Wu
Environmental Health Sciences, College of Public Health and SI affiliated faculty member
Columbus Dispatch, August 2, 2025
Mike Hogan with OSU Extension details how to identify and remove Tree of Heaven, the host plant for spotted lanternfly, which is an invasive insect that has been present in central Ohio for two years. ...
Featured expert(s): Mike Hogan
OSU Extension, SI affiliated faculty member
ABC News, July 24, 2025
A phenomenon called "corn sweat" could exacerbate the impacts of the extreme heat blanketing a large portion of the United States, according to experts. "You're going to feel it, most definitely," Aaron Wilson said. "You're going to feel that impact a bit more if you're in the middle of a cornfield, or close to corn." ...
Featured expert(s): Aaron Wilson
Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, OSU Extension, and SI affiliate
Spectrum News 1, July 22, 2025
“This effort is a true community partnership. We are grateful for the collaboration that improves the lives of all those who live in the University District through sustainability and diverting items from the landfill,” said Rochelle Toth, Community Outreach and Engagement Manager at the Ohio State University. ...
Featured expert(s): Rochelle Toth
Office of Student Life