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  1. New Leadership at The Ohio State University South Centers

    May 22, 2025

    The Ohio State University (OSU) South Centers welcomes new leadership as Dr. Julie Fox steps in as the Piketon-based center’s interim director. With the recent retirement of previous director Tom Worley, the South Centers team remains committed to engaging with local communities and assisting people with informed decision-making through applied research, educational programs, entrepreneurial application, and collaborative partnerships. 

  2. Preparing for the fall in a season of drought

    Sep 17, 2024

    By Christie Welch, Rob Leeds, Kate Hornyak, Bradford Sherman
    Direct Food and Agricultural Marketing Team

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  3. New video series Project Journal debuts

    May 13, 2024

    By Bradford Sherman
    South Centers/CFAES

    A new video series aimed at finding a new and creative way of storytelling in partnership with the centers’ scientists, researchers, and educators has launched its first episode. Dubbed Project Journal, the series will be comprised of approximately 5-minute videos following various projects from start to finish.

  4. Ag business owners learn about sources of capital at Money to Grow

    May 13, 2024

    By Christie Welch
    Direct Food and Agriculural Marketing Specialist

  5. New guide designed to help launch more student agricultural co-ops

    May 13, 2024

    By: Hannah Scott
    Program Director, CFAES Center for Cooperatives

  6. Dr. Hanping Wang and colleagues published third book ‘Epigenetics in Aquaculture’

    Nov 2, 2023

     
  7. South Centers highlights ag careers for students

    Nov 1, 2023

    By Bradford Sherman
    South Centers/CFAES

    Even more high School students enjoyed a day of learning about agricultural careers when the Youth Cooperative Leadership Experience (YCLE) Day organized by the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences Center for Cooperatives returned to The Ohio State University South Centers in October.

  8. STEAM students enjoy a day at South Centers

    Jun 2, 2023

    By Bradford Sherman
    South Centers/CFAES

    Fourth grade STEAM students from the Scioto Valley Local School District visited The Ohio State University South Centers in May to learn more about facility’s various program areas and some of its signature research projects.

    STEAM is an acronym for science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics education. Related closely to the more commonly known STEM, STEAM focuses on sparking imagination and creativity through the arts in ways that naturally align with STEM learning.

  9. Islam wins Commercialization Achievement Award

    May 19, 2023

    By Bradford Sherman
    CFAES/South Centers

    Rafiq Islam, a soil scientist at The Ohio State University, has received his university’s Commercialization Achievement Award in recognition of a 2021 licensing agreement for the rapid and low-cost soil health test he spent over a decade developing and perfecting.

  10. $2M grant awards to fund two meaningful aquaculture projects

    May 4, 2023

    Dr. Hanping Wang at the Ohio Center for Aquaculture Research and Development (OCARD) at The Ohio State University South Centers, in partnership with Dr. Gary Gao of the Specialty Crops team and University of New Hampshire, has been awarded approximately $1 million from a very competitive program of the USDA - the Urban, Indoor, and other Emerging Agriculture (UIE).

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