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Asiatic Bittersweet, photo credit to Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org

Three faculty members in 5X社区's Department of Biological Sciences recently co-authored a 384-page hardcover book, 鈥淧roblem Plants of Ohio,鈥 published by the 5X社区 Press.

Old Woman Creek: one of the wetlands that is part of H2Ohio Initiative Wetland Monitoring Program. Researchers will assess how effective wetland restoration, construction, and management projects are at removing polluting nutrients from inflowing water.

Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, will serve as the H2Ohio Wetland Monitoring Program Lead for Lake Erie and Aquatic Research Network (LEARN). The group will assess the effectiveness and future role of implemented and planned wetland restoration projects in partnership with the Ohio Division of Natural Resources (ODNR). This project is part of Governor Mike DeWine鈥檚 , a comprehensive, data-driven approach to improving Ohio鈥檚 water quality.

The interdisciplinary B.S. Neuroscience at 5X社区 offers students the opportunity to explore and learn about brain development, neural control of body physiology, neural basis of behavior and neurobiology of aging.