Archive for April, 2017

Springtime means wildflowers in the woods and lawns around campus. Violet expert Dr. Harvey Ballard, Associate Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology, has some advice. “It’s that time of the year, when the purple-flowered violets are blooming, and we can make delicious jelly! The Common Blue Violet, Viola sororia, is […]

The History Department is pleased to announce the 2016-17 winners of the department’s scholarship, research grant, and essay competitions. While many of these awards are designated for History majors, several of them are available to all OHIO undergraduate students. The department offers an array of annual scholarships and grants that range […]

Robert Venosa, a Ph.D. student in the History Department, presented a paper at the Britain and the World Conference on April 6-8, 2017, in Austin, Texas. Venosa’s paper is titled “The Meaning of Manchuria: The Chatham House Assessment of Collective Security in the Wake of the Manchurian Crisis.” He argues that, despite a […]

Eight College of Arts & Sciences graduate students received Ohio University Student Enhancement Awards in spring 2017. Three of them are from Environmental & Plant Biology. And Dr. Viorel Popescu‘s lab in Biological Sciences features two winners. History and Psychology also were represented. The Ohio University Student Enhancement Awards program […]

Dr. Jennifer Hines, Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, received a Baker Fund Award of $12,000 for research on “Biogenic Amine Modulation of Regulatory RNA Function.” The John C. Baker Fund awarded $67,163 total to six faculty proposals for research, scholarship and creative work during spring semester 2017. Endowed in 1961 […]

Dr. Allan Showalter, Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology, received a Baker Fund award of $12,000 for his research on “Glucuronosyltransferase Genes Involved in the Biosynthesis and Function of Arabinogalactan-Proteins in Arabidopsis: A Genetic Mutant Analysis.” The John C. Baker Fund awarded $67,163 total to six faculty proposals for research, […]

Dr. Shiyong Wu, Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Ohio University, received a John C. Baker Fund award of $12,000 for his work on “The Role of Carnosol in Preventing Skin Cancer Development.” The John C. Baker Fund awarded $67,163 total to six faculty proposals for research, scholarship and creative […]