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.
The Allegheny Front, May 19, 2023
The Conesville coal-burning power plant, the backbone of the Coshocton, Ohio community, shut its doors. With its closure came the loss of a way of life for many of its residents. Earlier this month, the community gathered for a memorial to what was lost. ...
Featured expert(s): Jeffrey Jacquet
School of Environment and Natural Resources, SI affiliated faculty
Inside Climate News, May 4, 2023
The theater and art project was created to help an Appalachian community deal with complicated feelings about the loss of its largest employer. ...
Featured expert(s): Jeffrey Jacquet
School of Environment and Natural Resources, SI affiliated faculty
Ohio State News, April 27, 2023
The Ohio State University has selected its inaugural cohort in the Provost’s Midcareer Scholars: Scarlet and Gray Associate Professor Program. The initiative honors and recognizes tenure-track faculty who have recently been appointed to the rank of associate professor with tenure and have demonstrated significant accomplishments in their discipline(s). ...
Featured expert(s): Mary Rodriguez
Agricultural Communication, Education and Leadership
The Conversation, April 27, 2023
Studies show that as global temperatures rise, more people will be at risk from such destructive flooding – including in areas far from the coasts that rarely faced extreme flooding in the past. ...
Featured expert(s): Smitha Rao
College of Social Work, SI affiliated faculty member
Axios, April 18, 2023
When most people think of tornadoes, Central Ohio doesn't typically come to mind — at least not yet. ...
Featured expert(s): Aaron Wilson
Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, OSU Extension, SI affiliated faculty
BBC News, March 27, 2023
Researchers studying hardwoods in northwest Ohio say a century of warming has extended their annual growing season by a month on average. ...
Featured expert(s): Kellen Calinger-Yoak
Center for Life Sciences Education
PNAS, April 5, 2023
Archaeobiology involves gathering and analyzing the remains of humans and plants to discern how people were living and what they were eating and doing. It started first with bioarchaeology, a term coined in the 1970s for the study of human bones and teeth, explains Clark Larsen, an anthropologist at The Ohio State University in Columbus. ...
Featured expert(s): Clark Larsen
Anthropology, SI affiliate
ABC News, April 4, 2023
As the earth's temperature climbs, so does the threat of extreme weather events such as drought, wildfire, hurricanes and tornadoes -- all occurring more frequently at higher strengths, according to climate scientists. ...
Featured expert(s): Jana Houser
Associate professor of meteorology at Ohio State University
WCMH, March 31, 2023
Featured expert(s): Cinnamon Carlarne
Associate Dean at the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
WCMY, March 17, 2023
Cover crop research at Ohio State University had varying results last year which researchers say highlights the need for perseverance. ...
Featured expert(s): Rachel Cochran
Water Quality Extension Associate