Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 47.56
Liaison Tony Gillund
Submission Date Jan. 21, 2014
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STARS v1.2

The Ohio State University at Lima
ER-18: Sustainability Research Incentives

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 6.00 / 6.00 Allison (PhD) Gilmore
Associate Dean
Ohio State Lima
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Does the institution have a program to encourage student sustainability research that meets the criteria for this credit?:
Yes

A brief description of the institution’s program(s) to encourage student research in sustainability:

The Ohio State Lima Undergraduate Research Forum is designed to encourage students to actively engage in research. Research can take many forms and always includes students conducting scientific research with faculty mentors, and this research is often sustainability-related. The main event is a poster presentation judged by faculty where students present their work. First, second, and third place earn financial incentives in the amount of three hundred, two hundred and one hundred dollars, respectively.


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Does the institution have a program to encourage faculty sustainability research that meets the criteria for this credit?:
Yes

A brief description of the institution’s program(s) to encourage faculty research in sustainability:

Discovery Themes at The Ohio State University

The university’s move to eminence will be founded in the university’s three discovery themes of Health and Wellness, Food Production and Security, and Energy and Environment. These themes are based on special, broad, and deep expertise across the university. Through these discovery themes, Ohio State will focus its resources and activities on finding durable solutions to issues of global as well as regional importance. The discovery themes are essential elements of Ohio State’s strategic planning and will shape much of the daily work carried out in our four core goal areas of high-value teaching and learning, research and innovation, outreach and engagement and resource stewardship.

Faculty from every college and all six campuses of the university will be encouraged to actively contribute to these discovery themes. Meanwhile, as these colleagues concentrate their efforts on the issues the discovery themes are meant to address, they and others will continue to advance our understanding of history and philosophy, languages and cultures, and the arts as they pursue excellence in our core goals. Our programs in medicine, agriculture, veterinary sciences, engineering, business and many other fields of study are rich and strong because they are grounded by excellence in the arts, humanities and physical as well as social sciences.

The Discovery Theme for Energy and Environment will create an unprecedented interdisciplinary collaboration of experts spanning the university and touching upon every specialization to fully address issues related to energy and environment. By working with experts beyond the university, Ohio State faculty will lead the way in developing scientific and policy responses to the global need for energy and the associated effects on the environment.


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