Post Tagged with: "Willem Roosenburg"

WMAR: Maryland Terrapin Population Fighting Development, Predators and Crab Pots

WMAR: Maryland Terrapin Population Fighting Development, Predators and Crab Pots

A WMAR report on “Maryland terrapin population fighting development, predators and crab pots” quotes Dr. Willem Roosenburg, Professor of Biological Sciences, on his research on the terrapin. “Diamondback terrapins—the official reptile of Maryland—already have a lot stacked against them,” says the article that tells residents how to install turtle-excluder devices […]

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July 22, 2014 at 4:43 pmFaculty in the News In the News

11 A&S Students Awarded Enhancement Funds for Research

11 A&S Students Awarded Enhancement Funds for Research

College of Arts & Sciences students received 11 of the 24 Ohio University Student Enhancement Awards program announced in March. A total of $115,945 in funding was awarded for original research, scholarship and creative work. The Student Enhancement Awards are funded by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Creative […]

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April 13, 2014 at 2:18 pmNews

Farallo, Morhardt, Converse, Dorkoski Awarded OCEES Graduate Fellowships

Farallo, Morhardt, Converse, Dorkoski Awarded OCEES Graduate Fellowships

The Ohio Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Studies announced four  graduate fellowships for 2014-15. Vincent Farallo was awarded an OCEES Graduate Fellowship for Spring 2015 for his work on “Exploring below the undergrowth: the role of microhabitat in the evolutionary ecology of Plethodontid salamanders” under his adviser, Dr. Donald Miles, […]

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March 24, 2014 at 9:50 amNews

NBC News: Roosenburg Gives Turtles Headstart in Maryland Classrooms

NBC News: Roosenburg Gives Turtles Headstart in Maryland Classrooms

NBC News reporter Wynne Anderson reports from Chesapeake Bay–where Ohio University’s Dr. Willem Roosenburg is researching diamondback terrapins, including whether using area schoolchildren as turtle babysitters for eight months helps Roosenburg has been collecting baby terrapins from the Bay for eight years and giving them to school classrooms to raise. […]

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July 16, 2013 at 10:26 amFaculty in the News In the News Research