Post Tagged with: "environmental and plant biology news"

What would happen if a Pakistani consumer thought she was buying chamomile to help her sleep or hyssop to help with a cough, but instead the herbs were misidentified? “In Pakistan, herbal products are a primary source of medicines, yet quality control for raw plant material sold to individuals or […]

Almost half of the faculty and graduate student research projects announced by the Ohio University Foundation Board’s 1804 Fund committee include Arts & Sciences faculty. The committee this week announced  $265,475 for faculty research and graduate student research projects and $215,475 to 11 projects for undergraduate learning for the 2013 […]

Dr. Morgan Vis and Dr. Mark Lucas and others from Physics and Plant Biology will help the Ohio Valley Museum of Discovery exhibit Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine go out with a bang on Sept. 7 with some carnivorous plants and an exploration of gravity and flight. Sept. […]

Dr. Robert A. Frank, Dean of the Ohio University College of Arts & Sciences, announces Dr. Brian C. McCarthy ’84MS as Associate Dean for Faculty, Graduate Studies and Research, effective Sept. 1. McCarthy, Professor of Forest Ecology, has served as Chair of the Department of Environmental and Plant Biology since […]

By Taylor Macy ’14 Honors Tutorial College and Environmental and Plant Biology Major, Ohio University Summer internship at the Wilds in Cumberland, Ohio Helloooo. I am now a senior (CRAZY) studying Environmental and Plant Biology along with Environmental Studies. I am a Wilds Scholar at a wildlife conservation facility, the […]

By Julian Boaler ’14 Environmental and Plant Biology Major, Ohio University Summer internship at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Miami, FL Hi everyone, This past week I was lucky enough to take a visit to Naples Botanical Garden as part of a field trip that Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden […]

By Julian Boaler ’14 Environmental and Plant Biology Major, Ohio University Summer internship at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Miami, FL Hello everyone, This past weekend (7/13-7/14) I had the delightful opportunity to take part in Fairchild’s Mango Festival! As you might infer from the name, the whole festival […]