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Graduate student’s project on sanitation, wastewater treatment to help low-income communities

March 25, 2022 4 min

Low-income households soon will have increased access to sanitation solutions thanks to a wastewater research project being completed by Nichole Mazzone, a graduate student in the Voinovich School.

Honors Tutorial College student Alexis Eberlein addresses human security issues relating to the environment

February 28, 2022 5 min

Alexis Eberlein credits the student leaders she interacted with on campus in her first semester for inspiring her to become involved in hands-on, impactful projects.

Student taking a water sample from a small pool of water in the forest

Appalachian Watershed Research Group begins second year of Pennsylvania stream restoration project

April 29, 2021 4 min

Ohio University’s Appalachian Watershed Research Group is entering the second year of work on the Robinson Fork and Ryerson Station State Park Mitigation Assessment project.

International environmental studies graduate gains immersive sustainability experience at OHIO

April 14, 2021 3 min

For Paola Sofia Muñoz Gamboa, sustainability and eco-friendliness have been at the forefront of her Ohio University experience.

John Sabraw painting on a canvas by a pond

Stewards of the Landscape

June 9, 2019 6 min

OHIO’s faculty and students are lending a nurturing hand to planet Earth by taking toxins from water to make artist-grade paint pigments and leveraging life-sized replicas of oil and gas pipeline with software models to prevent spills.

Photo of a brown and cream-colored spadefoot toad

What is the environmental impact of cultivating agave as a biofuel?

May 15, 2015 4 min

Ohio University graduate student Emily Kuzmick is examining the use of the agave plant as a biofuel. One chief question she’s exploring is the environmental impact of cultivating the plant.