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.
Richland Source, Oct. 2, 2019
Kip Curtis surveyed the scene at Fourth Street and Rowland Avenue with the pride of a parent on Tuesday afternoon. A professor of environmental history at The Ohio State University-Mansfield, Curtis has become the Pied Piper of urban microfarms, a concept he brought to the regional campus in 2017. As he watched Amanda and Matthew Stanfield prepare to cut the ribbon on the GrowFourth Urban Farm, Curtis beamed. ...
This Week Community News, September 30, 2019
Preliminary results from testing on the rain gardens the city of Columbus installed in Clintonville show they seem to be effective in reducing stormwater runoff into streams that feed the Olentangy River. ...
Featured expert(s): Jay Martin
ecological engineering, SI Faculty Advisory Board, research co-lead, healthy land, water and air systems
19News.com, September 29, 2019
A professor originally from Northeast Ohio designed a first of its kind app that can detect formaldehyde in just 72 hours, protecting your family in just a few simple steps. ...
Featured expert(s): Karen Dannemiller
Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering, SI Core Faculty, SI Faculty Advisory Board
Daily Reporter, September 27, 2019
Featured expert(s): Joseph Heremans
mechanical and aerospace engineering
Putnam County Sentinel, September 25, 2019
Near the end of a recent all-day ‘State of the Science’ conference on research efforts aimed at addressing harmful algal bloom in the western Lake Erie basin, The Ohio State University’s Dr. Robyn Wilson spoke, in a certain sense, on what it will take to eventually succeed. She provided something of a unique perspective, in that she is not a soil scientist or a water quality scientist. She is not an expert in urban waste management, or best management practices for rural farmlands ...
Featured expert(s): Robyn Wilson
environment and natural resources, SI affiliated faculty
Columbus Dispatch, September 25, 2019
Clintonville rain gardens seem to be reducing stormwater runoff to area streams so far, according to an Ohio State professor. Monitoring will continue to 2022. ...
Featured expert(s): Jay Martin
ecological engineering, SI Faculty Advisory Board, research co-lead, healthy land, water and air systems
Columbus Dispatch, September 24, 2019
Temperatures hit historic highs in August and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says to expect more record heat through the rest of 2019. In Ohio, the average summer temperature for June, July, and August was 72.1 degrees Fahrenheit, or 1.1 degrees above average. ...
Featured expert(s): Aaron Wilson
Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center, SI affiliated faculty
Mashable India, September 24, 2019
A research conducted by an international team of scientists from Ohio State University, North Carolina State University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences taps into the efficiency of paramagnons to explain how heat can be captured and turned into an electricity. ...
Featured expert(s): Joseph Heremans
mechanical and aerospace engineering
Market Research Ledger, September 24, 2019
To be sustainable, electricity systems must recuperate operating expenses, contribute to the future, give reliable electricity and meet ecological and social targets. Renewable electricity generation is a fundamental piece of a sustainable energy future. ...
Featured expert(s): Joseph Heremans
mechanical and aerospace engineering
WBNS-TV, September 23, 2019
The ads are produced by a group called Ohioans for Energy Security. It's trying to fight off a referendum by a group called Ohioans against Corporate Bailouts. ...
Featured expert(s): Paul Beck
political science