Archive for July, 2016

Dr. Kimberly Rios, Associate Professor of Psychology, was quotes in a New York Times article on “United We Stand. Under Threat, We Divide Into Groups.” A week of violence and anguish in the United States has prompted increasingly familiar discussions of race, policing, discrimination and gun violence. But amid those […]

Slate Magazine‘s Culture Blog recently featured an interview with Dr. Kevin Uhalde, Associate Professor of History at Ohio University. The interview explores possible historical inspirations and parallels for the hit series Game of Thrones. Asked about how series creator George R. R. Martin might understand the history his show draws […]

By Kristin M. Distel Dr. Chunxi Zeng, just awarded a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Ohio University, published an article on “Factors that Influence T box Riboswitch Efficacy and tRNA Affinity” in Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry. In the face of increasingly resistant bacterial strains, Zeng’s work with the T box riboswitch […]

Professor Amritjit Singh is the co-editor of the recently released book, Revisiting India’s Partition: New Essays on Memory, Culture, and Politics (Lexington Books). The book’s publication anticipates the 70th anniversary next year of British India’s partition in 1947. Singh is the Langston Hughes Professor of English and African American Studies […]

“I really love teaching Sociology of Murder the most because it provides me the opportunity to talk about my research interests and teach students who are so eager to learn about the topic,” says Lauren Wright ’14M ’10B. Lauren Wright graduated with a B.A. in Sociology-Criminology and Psychology, then an […]

“I love being exposed to and creating new ideas, spending time with my students,” says Beth Ghiloni-Wage ’80. “Outside of work, my husband and I have hosted high school exchange students for the past few years. Next year we have a boy from Italy and a girl from Denmark. We […]

Dr. Norman Cohn, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Environmental & Plant Biology, age 86, died on June 29, 2016, at his home in Pittsburgh, PA, where he lived with his wife of 60 years, Margaret “Peggy” Cohn. He had joined the Ohio University faculty in 1959 after having earned his B.S. […]