Archive for January, 2017

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Andrei Afanasev of The George Washington University, Washington, DC on “Optical Vortices and Their Interaction with Matter” on Friday, January 20, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract: I will present an overview of optical vortices, or the beams of light that carry […]

The College of Arts & Sciences offers a series of workshops, titled My Success Workshops,  throughout spring semester that are designed to help students improve their academic performance. The first workshop will be conducted by the Academic Advancement Center on Tuesday, Jan. 24 beginning at 6:30 p.m. in Tupper Hall […]

The TA Professional Development Faculty Learning Community in the College of Arts & Sciences is offering a workshop series that can help enhance graduate students’ teaching skills and get them ready for their professional endeavours. Read more about the new professional development teaching program for graduate students. For more information, […]

The Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics (INPP) presents Elton S. Smith, of Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, presenting “Photoproduction at 12 GeV with Glue X,” on Tuesday, January 17, at at 4 p.m. in Edwards Accelerator Lab, Roger W. Finlay Conference Room. Abstract: We have mounted the GlueX experiment […]

On Jan. 25, creative writing doctoral student Michelle Pretorius will be the featured speaker in the Africa@OHIO Colloquium series. Pretorius’s talk is from noon until 1 p.m. in Baker 231. The series, which gives OHIO students, faculty, and invited scholars a forum in which to share their Africa-focused work, is […]

Science Café presents Rajko Grlic presenting “The Constitution and How I Wrote It” on Wednesday, Jan. 25, at 5 p.m. in the Baker Center Front Room. The film “The Constitution” began as a simple email exchange between two writers. But it snowballed into a three-year writing adventure that translated into […]

The Common Experience Project on Sustainability unites Ohio University and the region through sustainability education with free screenings on Wednesdays from 7-9 p.m. at the Athena Cinema, 20 S. Court St. in Athens. Upcoming Screenings Jan. 25—Jumbo Wild This film explores the value of protected wilderness and the ever encroaching […]