Archive for October, 2016

Chemistry Nobel Prize Topic Resonates with OHIO Researchers

Chemistry Nobel Prize Topic Resonates with OHIO Researchers

Dr. Saw-Wai Hla, Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University and Dr. Eric Masson, Associate Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, are excited that the Nobel Prize awarded in Chemistry is for the development of molecular machines, a topic they research. This year’s Chemistry Laureates—Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir Fraser Stoddart and Bernard Feringa—received the […]

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October 6, 2016 at 4:13 pmNews Research

Bernstein Article Inquires, ‘No Justice in Climate Policy?’

Dr. Alyssa R. Bernstein, Associate Professor of Philosophy, published an article in the Midwest Studies in Philosophy, Vol. XL, dedicated to Ethics and Global Climate Change. Her article is titled “No Justice in Climate Policy? Broome versus Posner, Weisbach, and Gardiner.” “The urgent importance of dealing with the climate crisis […]

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October 6, 2016 at 8:46 amResearch

Senior Studies Language, Three Cultures in Morocco

Ohio University senior Mica Smith poses for a photo while visiting Morocco this past summer for an intensive summer language study.

By Catherine Hofacker From Compass While many college students worked summer jobs or interned in their field of study, Ohio University senior Mica Smith was in Morocco. Don’t think she had it easy, however. Smith was a spring 2016 recipient of the Critical Languages Scholarship, which offers awardees an eight-week […]

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October 5, 2016 at 9:40 amNews

Master Students Participate in a Symposium on the Spanish Comedia

Graduate students attend Reimagining the Spanish Comedia in the Transmedia Age.

Several graduate students from Ohio University participated in the symposium “Reimagining the Spanish Comedia in the Transmedia Age,” which explored new ways of examining Hispanic classical theater in order to make it more relevant to college students and other audiences in the United States.  As the conference, hosted by Ohio […]

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October 4, 2016 at 12:48 pmIn Class News

Students Invited to Get Involved in the Ohio Innocence Project

Students Invited to Get Involved in the Ohio Innocence Project

The Center for Law, Justice & Culture and Students for Law, Justice & Culture have been involved in the Ohio Innocence Project for two years and continue to work together in meaningful discussions about the criminal justice system. The Innocence Project is an organization committed to exonerating those wrongfully incarcerated in […]

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October 4, 2016 at 12:38 pmNews

Transfer Tip | Struggling in a Course? Meet With Your Adviser

Kristi Conrad

By Kristi Conrad Academic Advisor and Transfer Specialist As we approach the half-way point in the semester, it is important to keep an eye on where you are in your classes. Typically by this time students know if they are struggling in a course or not. If you do find […]

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October 4, 2016 at 10:47 amNews

Get a Professional Photo at PRSSA Headshot Fundraiser, Oct. 9, 10 & 11

The PRSSA student organization is having its annual Headshot Fundraiser and taking professional photographs to help students enhance their brand, land an internship or get a job. The photographs are being taken Oct. 9, 10 and 11 in Central Classroom Building 205 Pay $10 on site for two professional photos. […]

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October 4, 2016 at 10:39 amAnnouncements