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(12/01/23 1:00pm)
With global temperatures projected to rise 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit by 2050 and 19 out of 20 of the warmest years occurring since 2001, there is tremendous urgency for communities to take action about climate change. Higher temperatures make us prone to more frequent and severe droughts, storms, rising sea levels, coral bleaching and destruction of native habitats. Mitigating climate change is a global initiative, and Oxford is a part of that fight.
(11/30/23 1:00pm)
Scattered around the Hughes Hall basement chemistry lab lies a series of copper pipes snaking their way around the building. To regular onlookers, the pipes look like any other utility pipe. Little do they know that these copper pipes are saving Miami University hundreds of thousands of dollars each year.
(11/10/23 6:12pm)
On the western edge of Peffer Park lies an extensive wildflower garden and nature preserve housing a colorful array of plant species and hiking trails. On Saturday, Nov. 4, Miami University students and faculty descended on the Silvoor Biological Sanctuary to cut down invasive honeysuckle plants and survey the landscape.
(10/14/23 12:00pm)
When Daniel Accrocco was hired by Miami University five years ago as a project manager, he was assigned to repair run-down seating blocks for an obscure outdoor theater on Western Campus. After studying the space’s history, he wondered why no one else had seen its potential.
(09/18/23 4:00pm)
Miami University students and faculty listened closely as environmental and migration history expert Sunil Amrith delivered a lecture about reframing the conversation around climate migration and how the history of migration gives us a greater understanding of climate change.
(09/12/23 9:19pm)
More than 500 Oxford citizens and Miami University students participated in the 2023 Hike-a-Thon commemorating the progress of the Oxford Area Trail System (OATS) on Saturday, Sept. 9. The OATS project is committed to planning, building and sustaining multi-use pathways to make Oxford “a regional destination and a greater place to live,” according to its website.
