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By Gretchen Gregor Excerpted from Compass Five College of Arts & Sciences Professors were honored Sept. 23 as recipients of the Presidential Teacher Award, which recognizes full-time tenured faculty who consistently inspire students and colleagues through academic excellence inside and outside the classroom.as recipients of the Presidential Teacher Award, which […]

A Farm and Dairy article on “American chestnut on the comeback trail” quotes Dr. Brian McCarthy, Professor of Forest Ecology and Associate Dean for Faculty, Graduate Studies and Research in the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. Dr. Brian C. McCarthy, an environmental and plant biology professor at […]

The Environmental & Plant Biology Colloquium presents Dr. Matthew Albrecht ’06PhD—an Ohio University alum—on “Matrix matters: Conservation of Edaphic Floras in a Human Modified Landscape” on Friday, Sept. 12, at 11:50 a.m. in Porter 104. Albrecht is Assistant Curator of Conservation Biology in the Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development […]

Plant Biology students took the summer by the stem, by the handle, and even by the cactus—interning all over the country and getting real-world experience. Sixteen plant biology majors and minors were engaged in internships during 2014, mostly during the summer, and many of them through the Department of Environmental […]

Volunteers from the community are sought to help plant American chestnut trees in Wayne National Forest on Saturday, Oct. 25, from 10 a.m. till 3 p.m. Volunteers will plant up to 750 containerized seedlings from The American Chestnut Foundation seed orchards from Meadowview Nursery in Virginia. The seedlings are the […]

By Chris Benson Junior Majoring in Plant Biology Having heard about the benefits of interning, I started working with Harvey Ballard (Associate Professor in Plant Biology), in the fall of 2014 to find an internship that would meet my goals. We found a great opportunity at the United States Department […]

Dr. Gar Rothwell, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Environmental & Plant Biology has been elected a Fellow of the Paleontological Society. Rothwell’s research focuses on Phylogenetic Systematics and Evolutionary Developmental Plant Biology. “Among other things, you were recognized for fundamental contributions to our understanding of the anatomy, diversity, and evolution of […]