Plastic-Coated Fertilizer Passes Preliminary Greenhouse Studies, Future Payoff Could be Once-A-Year Lawn Feeding; UD Professor Exploring Criminal Acts and Victimization of Blacks as Part of Special Celeste Commission

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Feature leads for the media: University of Dayton Research Institute has developed a biodegradable plastic casing for fertilizer that releases in a similar manner to time-release medicines. It's undergoing testing by a major fertilizer company. Rom Haghighi, an assistant professor of criminal justice, has been appointed to the Governor's Commission on Socially Disadvantaged Black Males to review Ohio's criminal justice system.