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University of Findlay Named “Tree Campus” for 7th Straight Year

University of Findlay is being recognized for the seventh consecutive year as a Tree Campus. The TreeCampus Higher Education recognition from the Arbor Day Foundation will be presented to the University on May 9, 2023 at the Northwest Ohio Tree City/Tree Campus Awards presentation in Wauseon, Ohio. The Arbor Day Foundation recognizes the University of […]

University of Findlay Adds Another Tree to Campus for Arbor Day

University of Findlay students and employees were joined by community members on Thursday, April 20, for the planting of a new tree. As part of a pre-Arbor Day celebration, those in attendance gathered to help plant a new Kentucky Coffee tree, and to learn more about tree care and mulching. “We wanted to do an […]

University of Findlay’s Benjamin Dolan, Ph.D. Receives Fulbright Specialist Award

Benjamin Dolan, Ph.D. will take his expertise in biology with him to Escuela Superior Politecnica Del Litoral University (ESPOL) in Ecuador. Dolan’s trip is part of the Fulbright program between the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, aiming to exchange knowledge and establish partnerships between participants, institutions, and communities throughout the […]

University of Findlay Students Creating a Buzz With Unique Bee Research

University of Findlay students recently worked with faculty members to address the invasive and ornamental Callery pear tree after it was placed on the invasive species list by the state of Ohio in 2018. During their discussion of removing the invasive trees, students developed concern for the pollinators (bees) in the area. Concern led to […]

Doing Something Different in the Dominican Republic: OSA Group Focuses on Ecology

The University of Findlay’s Oilers Serving Abroad travels to the Dominican Republic for a service-based trip three times a year: winter break, spring break and summer break. The group did something different during this summer trip when they collaborated with Associate Professor of Biology Ben Dolan, Ph.D. Eleven students participated in a service-learning course to […]

Students Collaborate on Emerald Ash Borer Research

The emerald ash borer has crossed state lines, and research on the ash tree-killing insect from Asia is bridging undergraduate students at collaborating universities. UF students not only are getting the opportunity to do scientific research at the undergraduate level, but they also are collaborating with students from Washington & Jefferson College in Washington, Pa. […]