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OHIO announces 2021 Sustainability Award winners Published: April 22, 2021 Author: Sam Crowl Ben Siegel Ohio University’s Office of Sustainability is pleased to celebrate Earth Day with recognition of the 2021 Sustainability Award winners. The annual Sustainability Awards are given to individuals and organizations nominated by their peers for contributions during the previous academic year.  The Faculty Sustainability Award is given to an OHIO faculty member who has made exemplary contributions to their field through sustainability-related teaching, research, ...

Thu, 04/15/2021 LAWRENCE — Four students at the University of Kansas are nominees for Udall Undergraduate Scholarships, which recognize students who demonstrate leadership, public service and commitment in the fields of tribal public policy, native health care or the environment.  KU’s nominees:  Anna Krause, a junior in ecology, evolution & organismal biology and English Lydia Yuengling, a junior majoring in architecture Kaci Zarek, a junior majoring in ecology & evolutionary biology The Udall Undergraduate Scholarship is a federal scholarship that honors the legacies of Morris Udall a...

The Blue Review March 8, 2021 Boise State University With their long eyelashes, banana-shaped ears, upturned mouths and stocky bodies covered with curly wool, llamas look like creatures that walked out of a Dr. Seuss story. And now they’re celebrities in the U.S. Because of their gentle and docile demeanor, llamas are often favorites at petting zoos. They appear at festivals and weddings and have even been deployed as therapy animals. Llamas have also made medical news in 2020. Their immune systems produce nanobodies – tiny antibody fragments much smaller than human antibodies...

Seals spotted sunbathing at Pleasure House Point in Virginia Beach Chris Freeman, Environmental Studies Program Coordinator for Virginia Beach City Public Schools By: Web Staff and last updated 2021-03-05 16:25:40-05 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - It may not be spring quite yet, but some are taking advantage of the nice weather! Seals were spotted sunbathing at Pleasure House Point in Virginia Beach on Thursday. A spokesperson with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation told News 3 high school students in the Environmental Studies Program who were returning to in-person learning got to see th...

VBCPS staff could see pay raises by summer of 2021. Author: Alex Littlehales (WVEC) Updated: 6:53 PM EST March 3, 2021 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A new budget could mean a new -- and higher -- paycheck for educators across Virginia Beach.  On Tuesday, the Virginia Beach School Board approved a new budget that includes a raise for all division staff up to 5 percent. Every staff member would receive a 4.5% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) pay increase, as well as a 0.5% step increase for those reaching or below top of scale. “We’ve got to make sure we’re comp...