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Oct 16, 2024
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Alternative versions of police and non-police response to crises have spread across the country since 2020, but what do we know about their effects? Funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, an interdisciplinary research team from The Ohio State University examined the impact of alternative response models for 911 mental/behavioral crises here in Columbus, Ohio.
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Oct 14, 2024
The campaign is part of a larger $2.5 million USDA-funded initiative that will test different food waste reduction strategies in three U.S. cities.
By: Tracy Turner, Ohio State News Contributor
The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) has partnered with the City of Columbus to pilot a consumer-focused food waste reduction campaign, with Columbus serving as the first test site for the initiative.
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Jul 12, 2024
COLUMBUS, OH – July 12, 2024 – A new study published in the American Economic Review reveals how a large-scale hospital modernization program in North Carolina, operated by The Duke Endowment, led to substantial improvements in health outcomes and reduced racial health disparities.
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Jun 27, 2024
The Department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics (AEDE) is excited to welcome our newest faculty member, Assistant Professor Alexis Villacis. Dr. Villacis earned his Ph.D. in Agricultural and Applied Economics from Virginia Tech, an M.Sc. in Agricultural Economics from Purdue University, and a B.Sc. in Agribusiness Management from Zamorano University.
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May 31, 2024
Ohio State University was selected to lead a $2.5 million U.S. Department of Agriculture-funded effort to conduct and evaluate a pilot consumer campaign to test educational messages and materials designed to meaningfully reduce the amount of food that is wasted in U.S. household.
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May 24, 2024
On May 15, 2024, Dr. Anna Parkman was reappointed as full Professor of Practice in the department of Agricultural, Environmental, and Development Economics (AEDE) and the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES).
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May 23, 2024
A recent evaluation by AEDE Associate Professor Anne Fitzpatrick, summarized here shows how to improve learning in secondary schools in India
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May 21, 2024
AEDE is proud to share that Professor Brian Roe has been elected to serve a term as President of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association. Brian is the Fred N. VanBuren Professor of Farm Management, was chosen as an AAEA Fellow, served as an editor of the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, and leads major research and policy initiatives on sustainable food systems.
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May 14, 2024
The Columbus Metropolitan Club recently hosted a community panel discussion focused on central Ohio’s growing circular economy. AEDE Professor Elena Irwin spoke on the panel, describing “doughnut economics” – providing for humanity’s needs within finite planetary boundaries and resources – with fellow panelists from Advanced Drainage Systems, Compost Clubhouse, and Rumpke Waste & Recycling.
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Apr 10, 2024
COLUMBUS OH, A policy brief just released by The C. William Swank Program in Rural-Urban Policy attempts to answer the question of why some rural communities thrive and others might lag behind by examining two rural-Ohio success stories: Holmes and Mercer Counties. Both Holmes and Mercer Counties have fared better than the average rural Ohio or rural U.S., even though both counties faced structural disadvantages.
