Environmental Science and Design Research Institute
![Earth Fest 2024 Earth Fest 2024](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/EF%20small%20IMG_2077.jpg?VersionId=UUzAkRR6bR_cnFrRMORx8tokFAO.kxn0&itok=2l5oTmRv)
°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ celebrated Earth Month with an exceptionally full schedule of events, not the least of which were the activities on campus surrounding the total solar eclipse!
![Research ship in the Arctic](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/allyson%20tessin%20story.jpg?VersionId=vMprEIxlNjPRqnhEEre5dKGK.tOcANcJ&h=1c9b88c9&itok=7-tmlRm4)
![ESDRI fellows meeting](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/fellows%20meeting.jpg?VersionId=fo0r4N87BMA19lUwCw9sKk7JOnFhy5Dq&itok=Gh1Npmxh)
![(from left to right) Reid Coffman, Katherine Manning, and Christie Bahlai (from left to right) Reid Coffman, Katherine Manning, and Christie Bahlai](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/Coffman-Manning-Bahlai.jpg?VersionId=ayX99dFi2YHwuYyPATBMiLHx0Tm.3kU.&itok=Do8OQUTF)
![Turtle Bay Wetland Turtle Bay Wetland](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/2024-01/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%202.23.14%E2%80%AFPM.png?VersionId=PCxorlBw5kkSwYfv7Le4RNf.Oyau0Gbp&h=8da21835&itok=owh49sMo)
°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ researchers are studying how the presence of waterfowl contributes to the health of wetland ecosystems.
![Forest photo by Robert Boyd Forest photo by Robert Boyd](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/credit%20Robert%20Boyd.jpg?VersionId=9Ms5JUD_dTNrsaFHy2A5rkuq_kDsCOae&itok=tKyIvbBd)
°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ researchers are studying the ways that insects help in the recovery of forests.
While °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ graduates leave the university well-prepared to work in their fields nationally and internationally, their impact across the Northeast Ohio region—and the entire state—cannot be understated.
![Bioblitz 2023 Map Bioblitz 2023 Map](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/BioblitzMap.jpg?VersionId=2ghua4DLQRj1_TNRIQzsZoY8m22Mt9Sj&itok=MpkTzZ9d)
Bioblitz is an annual °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ event that invites anyone to explore nature and collect data alongside a faculty expert.
![Dorceta Taylor ESDRI Symposium Keynote Speaker Dorceta Taylor ESDRI Symposium Keynote Speaker](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/esdri%20symposium-0260.jpg?VersionId=KvcINgoi7eNZvVx9jJKIkgB0ebcJl7rP&h=4a4d9694&itok=4gUG-Jvg)
Issues concerning environmentalism and race will be explored at the 2023 ESDRI Symposium, April 13-14, at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ
![Drone footage shows the freight train derailment, Feb. 6, 2023, in East Palestine, Ohio. (Photo courtesy of Ntsbgov/via Reuters) Drone footage shows the freight train derailment, Feb. 6, 2023, in East Palestine, Ohio. (Photo courtesy of Ntsbgov/via Reuters)](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/Train%20derailment%20-%20photo%20courtesy%20of%20Ntsbgov-via%20Reuters.jpg?VersionId=A2OGxWErf9t1HcW_3fZlwzvbmFWuMLxp&itok=Jk4MbktU)
°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê×ÊÁÏ faculty members have been contacted by various media outlets to lend their expert opinions and insight as cleanup work, air monitoring, water testing and more continues following the Feb. 3 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.