Archive for October, 2013

By MaryKate McHugh, Compass Passionate about education and helping students get a degree in physical therapy, Stephen Trotta ’79 created The Trotta, Haste and Schulman Physical Therapy Scholarship. The gift benefits physical therapy graduate students enrolled in or accepted for admission to Ohio University who pursue a doctorate in physical […]

By Kathryn McFadden A new piece of research equipment at Ohio University will help scientists study aging, cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes and metabolic disorders—including researchers in the Molecular and Cellular Biology program in the College of Arts & Sciences. The Seahorse XF Analyzer measures cellular metabolism by monitoring oxygen consumption rate […]

“At one point in his career, Howard Dewald utilized chaos theory — a complex mathematical principle in which a small change at the beginning of an event could drastically change the outcome,” writes Will Drabold in the Post. “You might claim his new job is just as unpredictable. Dewald, Ohio […]

Young scholars from 12 states, Canada and Spain visited Ohio University recently to spend a few days with faculty members on topics from poetry to fuel cells. This was the third year Ohio University has hosted a Young Scholars OHIO program. “This year 48 students, aged 10 to 17, and […]

Promotion Dossier Workshops for Faculty in December will be geared especially for Group II faculty in the College of Arts & Sciences who plan to be considered for promotion in spring 2014 and who will be working to develop a promotion dossier within the next several months. These workshops are […]

Science Café presents “Pulling, Pushing and Squeezing: Physics and Adhesion Biology” with Dr. David Tees on Wednesday, Oct. 23, at 5 p.m. in the Baker Center Front Room. “In everyday life, ‘pulling, pushing and squeezing’ is just something we humans deal with on a regular basis,” said Tees, Associate Professor of […]

By Craig A. Meyer, Ph.D. Associate Coordinator of the Graduate Writing and Research Center There are times as a graduate student that we all question our writing. There is a new, free Graduate Writing and Research Center in Alden Library (Room 309). The GWRC’s goal is to assist all Ohio […]