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.
PBS NewsHour, May 11, 2020
The United States lost more than 20.5 million jobs in April, bringing the national unemployment rate to 14.7 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics report released Friday. The figures paint the most comprehensive picture to date of the economic impact of shutdowns meant to quell the coronavirus pandemic. But while the data shows people across the country, from all backgrounds and industries, are being affected, specific sectors and groups have been particularly hard hit by stay-at-home orders that have forced restaurants to close their dining rooms and retail stores to shutter. ...
Featured expert(s): Darrick Hamilton, Mark Partridge
public affairs, SI Faculty Advisory Board, agricultural, environmental and development economics, SI affiliated faculty
News 5 Cleveland, May 6, 2020
If it seems like speeds are up on Ohio's freeways during the COVID-19 pandemic, it's with good reason, according to new research from Ohio State's Center for Urban and Regional Analysis. The study found the average level of speeding has increased in Ohio's three largest cities, and levels of so-called "extreme speeding" have jumped dramatically. ...
Featured expert(s): Harvey Miller
geography, SI research co-lead, smart and resilient communities
Cleveland.com, May 5, 2020
The Ohio Turnpike is losing millions of dollars in tolls each month because of reduced traffic attributed to the coronavirus crisis, records show. ...
Featured expert(s): Harvey Miller
geography, SI research co-lead, smart and resilient communities
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine daily update, April 23, 2020
During today's regular COVID-19 update, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted invited Mark Weir, Ph.D., an assistant professor of Environmental Health at The Ohio State University, to discuss how health risks change as changes are made to the environment. ...
Featured expert(s): Mark Weir
environmental health sciences and SI core faculty
Weather Channel, April 22, 2020
A decrease in snowpack due to rising global temperatures threatens the Colorado River Basin farmers, as there is a direct correlation between snowpack and irrigation water, according to a new study. ...
Featured expert(s): Yue Qin
geography, SI Core Faculty
Richland Source, April 15, 2020
... Kip Curtis, a professor of environmental history at The Ohio State University-Mansfield who brought the microfarm concept to the regional campus in 2017, is also pleased. "Despite getting off to a somewhat slow start last year and then the COVID-19 crisis hitting this year, we have managed to stay on track, get our farmers trained and our microfarms built and our crops in the ground," he said. "Next stop is the market. It’s not only right on track, it’s already proving itself to be a resilient system comprised of resilient farmers. No one has missed a beat this spring." ...
Featured expert(s): Kip Curtis
history
FiveThirtyEight, April 13, 2020
An informative and relevant comic strip detailing how many people are feeling in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. ...
Featured expert(s): Bill Miller, epidemiology, and Mark Weir, environmental health sciences and SI core faculty
Cleveland.com, April 12, 2020
Nancy and Todd Riehle didn’t know anything about toxic algae until it killed two of their dogs last August after their pets swam in a pond on the Riehle farm in southwest Ohio. ...
Featured expert(s): Heather Raymond
food, agricultural, and environmental sciences
Nature World News, April 11, 2020
The Coral Reefs in the Gulf of Aqaba, the Northern Tip of the Red Sea, has shown resilience in increasing sea temperatures. The reefs are now considered "to play the role of the coral reservoir of the world", Fuad Al-Horani, a professor of coral biology and ecology at the University of Jordan, said. ...
Featured expert(s): Andréa Grottoli
earth sciences, SI affiliated faculty
Columbus Dispatch , April 9, 2020
Despite government changing advice on wearing masks, few people are warming to the new advice in Columbus. ...
Featured expert(s): Grant Donnelly
marketing, SI Core Faculty