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)
Kent State 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)
Kent State 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)
Kent State researchers are studying the ways that insects help in the recovery of forests.
While Kent State 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 Kent State 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 Kent State University
![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)
Kent State University 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.