Archive for April, 2017

Dr. Victoria Lee, Assistant Professor of History, contributed the entry on “Hakkō” (Fermentation) to the recently published Kagakushi jiten (Encyclopedia of the History of Chemistry), edited by Kagakushi gakkai (Japanese Society for the History of Chemistry). The encyclopedia, published in April 2017, will be the major Japanese-language reference work on the history of chemistry. Lee’s research focuses on […]

Ohio University alum Laura Koprowski ’93 is the new vice president of government affairs and strategic external communications at the Central Ohio Transit Authority, reports Mass Transit magazine. Connect with her on LinkedIn. Koprowski earned a B.A. in Political Science from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. […]

Dr. Sarah Poggione, Associate Professor of Political Science, led a research team of Ohio University Political Science M.A. and MPA students—Ellenore Holbrook, Alison Thornton, and Morgan Stanley—who presented a paper on “Selective Service: Gender and Legislative Oversight in the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee” at the Midwest Political Science Association […]

By Mary Vandeman and Dr. Edna Lima There is no such thing as one-size-fits-all in education. This is why the English Language Improvement Program at OHIO believes in the power of hybrid learning – to offer more than the traditional classroom experience typically provides. “What I love about hybrid learning, […]

Ohio University’s Society of Physics Students recently hosted the 8th annual SPS Research Conference at OHIO’s Athens campus. Eleven undergraduate students presented an overview of their projects undertaken during the previous summer. The topics ranged in scale from supernovae to solar thermal application of electrospinning fibers. The presentations were reviewed […]

Jacob Williamson presented “Burning out swiftly: SN 2005da and its curious nature” at the 2017 Ohio University Society of Physics Students Research Conference held in March. Williamson continued his work with Dr. Ryan Chornock from the previous summer.  Williamson examined the light curve and spectra of supernova (SN) 2005da.  This […]

Joseph Pincura presented “A Search for Echoes of Old Tidal Disruption Events” at the 2017 Ohio University Society of Physics Students Research Conference held in March. Late Times Tidal disruption events (TDEs) are objects where the supermassive black hole in the center of a galaxy disrupts and accretes a star […]