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By Sydney Dawes PACE Writer Environmental & Plant Biology Dr. David Rosenthal, Assistant Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology, is putting an Ohio University Research Committee (OURC) award to work funding his student-interactive study of American Chestnuts. The OURC is a competitive, internal university-wide award for research and scholarship. Rosenthal […]

By Sydney Dawes PACE Writer Environmental & Plant Biology Nicholas Tomeo, a Ph.D. student in Environmental & Plant Biology, was awarded a Graduate College Fellowship for the 2016-17 academic year. Ohio University awards four named fellowships each year university wide. The Graduate College Fellowship is a stipend and tuition waiver […]

By Sydney Dawes PACE Writer Environmental & Plant Biology Charles Adam Cook, a senior Environmental & Plant Biology major and undergraduate researcher in Dr. Sarah Wyatt’s lab, starts his two-year service with the Peace Corps in Uganda this June under the agribusiness program. “The goal of the program is to […]

Ohio University Environmental & Plant Biology faculty, students, and staff gathered at the department’s annual Awards Ceremony April 14 to look back on the year’s highlights, honor graduating seniors, recognize scholarship recipients, and acknowledge graduate student accomplishments. During a special medal ceremony, graduating seniors received a custom medal on a […]

Fifteen graduate and 7 undergraduate students from Environmental & Plant Biology were among the 840 undergraduate, graduate and medical students who presented at Ohio University’s Student Research & Creative Activity Expo on April 14. Congratulations to this year’s PBIO winners! Graduate Student Awards Student: Anne Sternberger Title: “Using a De […]

By Sydney Dawes Environmental & Plant Biology Ohio University alum Dr. Ross McCauley received a Fulbright and will be spending next winter in the Galapagos and mainland South America researching Amaranth species. McCauley started his work with the Amaranthaceae family for his Ph.D. dissertation with Dr. Harvey Ballard in the […]

Students in the ENG 3000X The Literature of Social Reflection Food Justice in Athens course set a record for the most boxes of food packed in the shortest time at the Southeastern Ohio Food Bank over spring break. They visited the food bank twice to discuss how hunger is being addressed […]