BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations DESCRIPTION:Science Café features Thompson and Rosenthal on 'Planting Rooft ops around Town – Benefits and Challenges of Green Roofs' on Dec. 7\n\n \n\ nOhio University's Science Café presents Kim Thompson and David Rosenthal d iscussing "Planting Rooftops around Town – Benefits and Challenges of Green Roofs" on Wednesday\, Dec. 7\, at 5 p.m. at the Baker Center Theater on th e second floor of Baker University Center and via YouTube.\n\n \n\nOhio Uni versity is known for its beautiful campuses and focus on sustainability. In 2020\, Thompson and Rosenthal helped lead an interdisciplinary team to ins tall the university’s newest green roof on Schoonover Center. And while gre en roofs provide many advantages — slowing storm water runoff\, providing a habitat for other living organisms\, and cooling and extending the life of roofs — they can be a challenge.\n\n \n\nJoin Thompson and Rosenthal\, fac ulty in the Environmental and Plant Biology Department in the College of Ar ts & Sciences\, as they discuss the benefits\, challenges and educational a nd research opportunities of green roofs.\n\n \n\nFor more information\, co ntact Roxanne Malé-Brune at male-bru@ohio.edu.\n\nThe series is supported b y the Ohio University Research Division and Ohio University Chapter of Sigm a Xi.\n\nFree coffee is available for the first 50 in-person attendees.\n\n Science cafes will return in the Spring. For more information\, visit the S cience Café website.\n\n\n\nFall 2022 Science Café Schedule\n\nWednesday\, Sept. 7\, Nate Szewczyk\, Biomedical Sciences\, "Worms in Space: Improving Astronaut Muscle Health\," videoWednesday\, Oct. 5\, Viorel Popescu\, Biolo gical Sciences\, "The Secret Lives of the #RealBobcatsOfOhio\," videoWednes day\, Nov. 2\, Lynn Harter\, Communication Studies\, "The Poetics and Polit ics of Storytelling\," videoWednesday\, Dec. 7\, Kim Thompson and David Ros enthal\, Environmental and Plant Biology\, "Planting Rooftops around Town – Benefits and Challenges of Green Roofs\," video DTEND:20221207T230000Z DTSTAMP:20241123T000404Z DTSTART:20221207T220000Z GEO:39.324863;-82.101742 LOCATION:Baker University Center\, Baker theater SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Science Café features Thompson and Rosenthal on 'Planting Rooftops around Town – Benefits and Challenges of Green Roofs' on Dec. 7 UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_40864660672283 URL:https://calendar.ohio.edu/event/science_cafe_environmental_plant_biolog y_dec_7 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR