The way plants have been utilized in interior spaces has shifted from stand-alone houseplants to incorporating them within functional aspects of the home. This can be seen in interior green walls and indoor gardening. This project expands how green design can be incorporated within home decor items that maintain functionality and promote interaction with natural elements to promote mental well-being. Proximity to the proposed plants has been proven to promote psychological well-being.
This project consists of taking an existing property in Anderson Township, Ohio that serves as an urban farm and community education center and incorporating a working arboretum into it. The project consists of a ten-year timeline of how the arboretum can be incorporated into the existing property with necessary upgrades. The property has existing trees and shrubs planted on it. This research illustrates the benefits of an arboretum.
Toledo, Ohio has been struggling with soil contaminants due to factories and improper building demolishment, such as burying the remains of the building. This research creates a protocol for using hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) in the form of phytoremediation, as well as sheds light on the history of hemp and its other uses, including fiber, food, and oil. This capstone explores a protocol that helps remove heavy metals from the soils in areas such as Toledo.
Horticulture therapy is using nature to aid in healing the mind, body, and spirit. We can use this to help ourselves, and those who served our country. Veterans who have symptoms of PTSD face a multitude of challenges everyday. Horticulture therapy provides complementary treatment that aids their healing from trauma, and helps them manage symptoms of PTSD. This research is about PTSD, and the effects horticulture therapy has on veterans today.
This research investigates if there is a meaningful correlation between those living in low-income areas and the state of the soil’s health. Specifically, the neighborhoods of Lower Price Hill, Winton Hills, and Walnut Hills in Cincinnati, Ohio, are examined regarding socioeconomic class related to the quality of life for those living in these neighborhoods to determine if any quantifiable disparities in the aforementioned neighborhoods are perpetuated by or a direct result of poor soil health.
This capstone explores how a calming mobile living wall can improve the well-being and emotional health of individuals with ALS in palliative care, as well as those who care for them. This project examines a mobile green wall as an adaptable solution that introduces the benefits of green design into various spaces within a care facility. The goals of this project are (1) to better understand how mobile green walls enhance users’ senses, thus reducing anxiety and influencing mood and stress and (2) to gain insight into a mobile green wall’s overall impact in palliative care environments.
Raw data for: Siers, S.R., Mungaray, J.-C., Kastner, M. & Jayne, B.C. (2025) Hard to swallow: scaling relationships between the size of avian prey and the overall size and maximal gape of brown treesnakes. Ecology and Evolution (in revision). (BCJ corresponding author)
Data of monarchs subjected to righting response orientation trials under different artificial magnetic fields pre- and post-overwintering cold treatment.
Have you wanted to pursue your own research in Library and Information Science (LIS) but are unsure of how to start? You aren’t alone - the lack of affordable, accessible, and effective training opportunities means many library workers do not have the resources, time, or support to learn how to do research effectively, which leads to a field that lacks diverse, inclusive, and robust scholarship.
Utilizing funds granted by the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences, the presenters of this session have created a free, sustainable curriculum that provides library workers with the foundational knowledge and specialized skills necessary to conduct and publish rigorous original research in an effort toward improving LIS literature and promoting lifelong learning. This curriculum centers reflection and encourages learners to use their own lived experiences to inform their research journey, while also offering vital information that serves to democratize the often-privileged information around research and publishing for the public good.
This presentation will serve as the official launch of LibParlor Online Learning: An Open Source Curriculum for LIS Researchers, and will share preliminary pilot participant data to demonstrate how the curriculum has resonated with learners. Attendees interested in LIS research will learn how this curriculum could be of use to their own professional development as well as others in the field. Attendees will also be able to evaluate the curriculum and receive support from the presenters on how to embed this program into their own library organizations to support a robust culture of research.
This presentation provides an overview of LibParlor Online Learning, a free, open-source online curriculum of learning modules, and share how this professional development program will build the capacity for academic Library and Information Science (LIS) professionals to conduct and publish rigorous original research.
The lack of affordable, accessible, and effective training opportunities means many librarians do not have the resources, time, or support to learn how to do research, and this leads to a field that lacks diverse, inclusive, and robust scholarship. The presenters have created grant funded open-source online curriculum that will provide LIS professionals with the foundational knowledge and specialized skills necessary to conduct and publish rigorous original research. This work will democratize the often privileged information around research and publishing in an effort toward diversifying and improving LIS literature.
