Stories tagged with: Department of Environmental and Plant Biology

An aerial photo of the Athens Campus

Research Division announces awardees for the 2023-24 OURC/Baker Fund spring cycle

The OURC/Baker Fund program provides support for research, scholarship and creative activity at Ohio University.

Emily Barbee is shown outside doing research

OHIO students honored with Student Enhancement Awards

The Ohio University Student Enhancement Awards (SEA) program provided 30 students with a total of $143,490 in funding for their original research, scholarship and creative work this spring.

Radar Hill

Time Machine: The Many Roles of Radar Hill

Across the Hocking River, Radar Hill has served many eclectic purposes in the last 60 years.

Sarah Wyatt consults with a multidisciplinary group of students on their spaceflight experiment
Space Research

From Athens to the ISS

This fall, one group of OHIO students will conduct research in low-Earth orbit.

Two students stand with a professor examining a large book open in front of them
Research

In the name of algae: OHIO researcher honored with namesakes

Dr. Morgan Vis discusses her career in science (and the algae named for her) in advance of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.

OHIO students and faculty involved in the Student Spaceflight Experiment Program pose for a photo
Research & Impact

OHIO research project selected for International Space Station

A research project designed by a group of Ohio University students will soon be traveling to the International Space Station (ISS).

Sarah Wyatt photographed the imprints of the hands of astronaut Neil Armstrong — one of her heroes — on display in the Space Walk of Fame museum in Titusville, Fla.
Research & Impact

Sarah Wyatt among 18 scientists leading nation's space research agenda for living on moon, Mars

Sarah Wyatt is one of 18 U.S. scientists who led the formulation of the nation's ambitious 10-year research roadmap to support humans traveling to the moon and Mars.

A SpaceX rocket on launch pad at Cape Canaveral in Florida. Photo by Sarah Wyatt

If you're interested in space, join OHIO's student spaceflight experiment this fall

Professor Sarah Wyatt is looking for Ohio University students who want to help design experiments for the International Space Station.

The Ohio University sundial

Student Enhancement Awards provide $110,116 in funding to 20 students

The Ohio University Student Enhancement Awards program provided 20 students with a total of $110,116 in funding for their original research, scholarship and creative work this spring.

Ben Holt, portrait

Alumnus Ben Holt starts his next adventure as VP for Innovation at AgBiome

Ben Holt, who didn't have his career path mapped out when he arrived at Ohio University, was recently named vice president for innovation at AgBiome and continues to defy gravity in his career path.

Three students work in a creek
Research & Impact

The efforts behind a greener Ohio University

Every day, students, faculty and staff work to make Ohio University a more climate-friendly place to live and learn. 

Dr. Harvey Ballard, enrivonmental portrait

Harvey Ballard describes two new violet species in the northeastern United States, notes 'variants' still to be classified

Just as tiny violets spread their spring blanket of purple across the local landscape, Harvey Ballard's new monograph describes all the known types of violets in the northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.

Susan Calhoun standing in the middle of cherry blossom trees

Landscape coordinator and alumna Susan Calhoun retires after 35 years

For 35 years, Susan Calhoun took care of OHIO’s magnificent trees and landscapes, including the iconic cherry trees, until her recent retirement as landscape coordinator. 

Ryan Steere from the College of Arts & Sciences won first place and the People’s Choice master's award.
Student Success

Eight graduate students win cash awards in Three Minute Thesis competition

Eight graduate students won cash awards at the Ohio University Three Minute Thesis Competition finals hosted by the Graduate College on Feb. 23.

Baker Center

Bob Woodward, Robin Wall Kimmerer to speak at OHIO in lecture series presentations

Ohio University will host two nationally-recognized authors and experts in their respective fields this March as part of the 2023 Kennedy Lecture Series and the Frontiers in Science Lecture Series.

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