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.
New York Times, March 17, 2023
As more consumers try to cut down on plastic waste, both start-ups and big brands like Clorox are hoping to usher in a new age of refillable cleaners. ...
Featured expert(s): Bart Elmore
SI core faculty, Department of History
Inside Climate News, March 15, 2023
Researchers looked at sale prices of 1.8 million homes near utility-scale solar plants in six states—the largest analysis ever done on this subject. ...
Featured expert(s): Jeffrey Jacquet
Rural Sociology, SI affiliated faculty
CNN, February 15, 2023
My next guest is a professor at The Ohio State University. Right now officials are monitoring a large plume of contamination moving down the Ohio River ...
Featured expert(s): Karen Dannemiller
College of Engineering, College of Public Health, SI core faculty
ABC News, February 9, 2023
The toxins that burned in the wreckage of the train derailment in Ohio had the potential to be deadly if officials did not order evacuations in the region, experts told ABC News. ...
Featured expert(s): Karen Dannemiller
SI core faculty, college of engineering and college of public health
The Verge, February 7, 2023
A startup with big-name backers wants to make chicken feed out of your food waste. ...
Featured expert(s): Brian Roe
SI affiliated faculty, Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, January 6, 2023
A global loss of glaciers resulting in rising sea levels is far more substantial than previously thought, a study published Thursday in the journal Science reveals. ...
Featured expert(s): Bryan Mark
SI affiliated faculty, geography
Bloomberg Law, January 4, 2023
Developers are often eyeing fields of wheat, corn, and hay; ranches roamed by cattle and sheep; and plots bursting with berries and lettuce. If built there, solar panels can level farms that feed the country. Yet federal energy officials and university researchers believe there’s no conflict. ...
Featured expert(s): Braden Campbell
Animal Science
The New York Times, January 1, 2023
The average U.S. household wastes nearly a third of the food it buys. This community is nudging its residents to change their habits. ...
Featured expert(s): Brian Roe
SI affiliated faculty; Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics
The Conversation, December 12, 2022
U.S. consumers waste a lot of food year-round – about one-third of all purchased food. ...
Featured expert(s): Brian Roe
SI affiliated faculty; Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics
TechCrunch, December 15, 2022
The market for lab-grown meat, also called cultivated or cell-cultured meat, is expected to reach $1.99 billion by 2035, growing at an annual rate of 21.4%. Beef is poised to be the dominant segment. ...
Featured expert(s): Bhavik Bakshi
SI affiliated faculty; chemical and biomolecular engineering