Archive for March, 2018

The theme for the 2018 Baker Peace Conference on March 22 and 23 is “Populism, the Press, and the Election of 2016.” The keynote speakers and panelists will examine the upsurge of populism during the 2016 presidential election in the United States as well as elsewhere in the world. The […]

The Wealth and Poverty Theme presents Dr. Natasha Quadlin on “The Mark of a Woman’s Record: Gender and Academic Performance in Hiring” on Friday, March 23, from 4-5 p.m. in Bentley Annex 007. Quadlin is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Ohio State University. This event is cosponsored with the Sociology […]

The Environmental and Plant Biology Colloquium Series presents Dr. Seth DeBolt on “Chemical and genetic dissection of cellulose biosynthesis” on Friday, March 23, at 11:50 a.m. in Porter Hall 104. DeBolt is a Professor in the Department of Horticulture at the University of Kentucky, Lexington. Abstract: Cellulose is needed for cellular expansion in […]

Three Ohio University English students read their work at the latest installment of Dogwood Bloom: A Graduate Literary Reading Series on Friday, March 23, 7 p.m. in Galbreath Chapel. The event features the following students: Justin Mundhenk, doctoral student in fiction Emily Kramer, master’s student in poetry Megan Griffith, master’s […]

The Sociology & Anthropology Colloquium Series presents Dr. Natasha Quadlin on “The Mark of a Woman’s Record: Gender and Academic Performance in Hiring” on Friday, March 23, at 4:00 p.m. in Bentley Annex 007. Quadlin is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Ohio State University. Her research focuses on social inequality […]

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Frank van Graas, of Ohio University,  on “Radio Telescope Applications to Navigation and Timing” on Friday, March 23, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract: The development of high accuracy and scientific GPS applications has benefited from several radio telescopes, including the Arecibo […]

Public Telescope Night is March 23, hosted by the Ohio University astronomy faculty and students. This event is scheduled for 9 to 11 p.m. and will be canceled if the sky is cloudy or stormy. Telescope nights are free and open to the public. Visitors may see Lunar craters, Saturn’s […]