Announcements

  1. Get to Know our New CFAES Faculty!

    Aug 6, 2021

    We're pleased to welcome the following new faculty to the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences! Some are new to CFAES in 2021 and others are transitioning to tenure-track faculty roles after years with the college, but we're lucky to have each of them, so we hope you'll take a few minutes to get to know them!

  2. Karcher named new chair of CFAES Department of Horticulture and Crop Science

    May 24, 2021

    COLUMBUS, Ohio—Douglas Karcher, PhD, an alumnus of The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES), is returning to the college as professor and chair in the Department of Horticulture and Crop Science. His four-year term begins August 1, 2021, pending approval by the university’s Board of Trustees.

  3. 2021 CFAES Faculty Promotions and Tenure

    May 18, 2021

    Congratulations to the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences faculty who were granted promotion and/or tenure at the May 19, 2021 meeting of the Ohio State University Board of Trustees and to the assistant professors and professional practice faculty who were reappointed at their current ranks after undergoing review during the 2020-2021 promotion and tenure cycle.

  4. Boone reappointed to focus on innovative enrollment strategies and programming at CFEAS Wooster Ohio State ATI

    Apr 5, 2021

    WOOSTER, OH –  Dr. Kristina Boone,  Assistant Dean and Director of the Ohio State Agricultural Technical Institute (ATI) in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) has been reappointed for a second four-year term April 1, 2021 through June 30, 2025, pending Board of Trustees approval. Dr. Boone received her undergraduate degree in Agricultural Communication from Texas Tech in 1991, her M.S. in Agricultural Communication from The Ohio State University in 1991, and her Ph.D. in Extension Education, from The Ohio State University in 1994.

  5. 2020 CFAES Family Scholarship Recipients

    Dec 9, 2020

    We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2020 CFAES Family Scholarships!

  6. CFAES appoints Dr. Kathy Lechman as Assistant Dean and Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

    Oct 6, 2020

    We are pleased to announce that Dr. Kathy Lechman has accepted an appointment and will return to CFAES to serve as our Assistant Dean and Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. As our former Assistant Dean, Dr. Lechman was successful in laying the groundwork to improve our DEI structure, and now brings new experiences and insights from her two years in the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity.   

  7. CFAES Dean announces chair appointments

    Sep 22, 2020

    COLUMBUS, Ohio—Devin Peterson joins Tim Habb in being named as The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES) inaugural Dean’s Chairs by Cathann A. Kress, Ohio State vice president for agricultural administration and CFAES dean.