Archive for September, 2016

The Global Challenges week, from Sept. 26-30, brings together Ohio University students, faculty, staff, and community members who share an academic interest in the major global challenges of today and tomorrow.  This week-long event focuses on global hunger, climate change, health crises, and human disasters which can only be addressed through the pooling […]

The Center for Campus and Community Engagement hosts “Community Coffee Talks” on a variety of different themes throughout the year. The next Coffee Talk is Sept. 30, from 2-3:30 p.m. in Baker 341 on the topic of Health and Wellness. No registration required. Community Coffee Talks are an opportunity for […]

All students and faculty are invited to attend a discussion of the Inside/Out Prison Exchange Program on Friday, Sept. 30, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in Bentley Annex 102. This discussion will feature Dr. Renee Heberle, Professor of Political Science at the University of Toledo, and Dr. Angela Bryant, Professor of Sociology […]

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Monica Burdick of  Ohio University, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering on “Functional Selectin Ligands in Cancer Cell Transit and Transition” on Friday, September 9, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract: Metastasis, or the spread of cancer from the site of origin to secondary […]

The Economics Seminar series presents Dr. Gregory DeAngelo on Sept. 30 at 3 p.m. in the Bentley Annex 302 Conference Room. They will discuss “Private Security, Maritime Piracy and the Provision of International Public Safety.” DeAngelo is Assistant Professor of Economics at West Virginia University. Abstract: Private solutions to personal […]

The Geological Sciences Colloquium Series presents Nilmani Perera on “Hierarchical spatial patterns in paleocommunities of the Late Pennsylvanian Ames Limestone” and Caitlin Shaw on “Treatment of PAHs in Urban Runoff Using Slow-Release Oxidants” on Sept. 30 at 4:10 p.m. in Clippinger 205. Perera and Shaw are both graduate students in the […]

The Ohio University-Ohio State University Ring Theory Seminar presents “On additive classes and rings” on Friday, Sept. 30, at 4:45-5:45 p.m. in Cockins Hall 240, OSU-Columbus. The speaker is Sergio Zamora-Erazo from the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Mexico City, Mexico. Abstract: In 1972, Walker & Walker gave a somehow different approach […]