PROGRAM OF INNOVATION

The University of Findlay’s computer science, pharmacy and biology programs recently were designated Programs of Innovation by the state of Ohio, and awarded a grant to offer Choose Ohio First (COF) scholarships to students in those fields of study.  

Unlike most scholarship programs that direct funds to students or schools based on a formula or a set group of criteria, the COF scholarship program called for schools to submit proposals that described their innovative STEMM programs in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine (STEMM). The goal of the $100 million scholarship program is to recruit students to study in the best and most innovative programs.  

Davis Street Labs
The recently contructed Davis Street Labs provide students with state-of-the-art laboratory facilities for course work and research capabilities.  The labs support courses in molecular and cellular biology, genetics, forensics, and microbiology.  The facility contains a myraid of molecular equipment including a tissue culture facility, a flourescent microscope, and DNA extraction and anaylsis equipment.
 
Current ongoing research in this facility includes: DNA mutation, antibiotic resistance, disease transmission, and antimicrobial bioremediation.

	Dr. Edelbrock in the tissue culture lab in the Davis Street facility.
Teaching Classroom in the Davis Street facility.

Rieck Center for Habitat Studies

The Rieck Center for Habitat Studies is a 46-acre facility that contains a
diversity of habitat — riparian, woods, flood plain and prairie, as well as a bird observation room, feeding station and butterfly/hummingbird gardens.  The site also contains a nature center for class meeting and social gatherings.

 

	A Downy Woodpecker observed outside the bird viewing room at the Rieck center.
Students involved in an ecological study at the Rieck Center for Habitat Studies.