Funds from the American Councils for International Education (ACIE) and the U.S. Embassy in Moscow have enabled OSU South Centers at Piketon to cooperate with the International Integrated Research Laboratory for Climate Change, Land Use and Biodiversity under the Institute of Ecological and Agricultural Biology at Tyumen State University (UT) in Siberia.
The Navajo Nation’s water crisis and food security issues in arid regions of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah has become more critical in times of COVID-19. OSU’s Global Water Institute (GWI), in partnership with The Navajo Nation https://www.navajo-nsn.gov/ and others, will start by upgrading boreholes that use sustainable