Archive for August, 2018

Dr. Joseph Johnson, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences at Ohio University, and Juan Pablo Aguilar Cabezas, student in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology doctoral program, are looking forward to embarking in a new fascinating research project: Understanding the population ecology of the vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus, in Ecuador. Yes: vampire […]

The Linguistics Department recognizes its 2018 graduates for their hard work. Many students are continuing on to a master’s or Ph.D. program, many plan to work or teach abroad, one will join the Army Officer Candidate Sschool to be a military linguist, at least one has joined the Peace Corps, […]

By Beverly Flanigan This fall, the Linguistics Department enters into its 48th year of existence. We have seen many changes over these decades, and have had many dedicated faculty. Dr. Gilbert Schneider and Dr. Robert Dakin co-founded the department in 1970 after Gil and his wife, Mildred, returned from doing […]

  The 10th annual Ohio University CALL (Computer-Assisted Language Learning) Conference this spring featured a keynote by Dr. Sebastién Dubriel from Carnegie Mellon University, who described an innovative project where students learn practical use of French over the long-term development of an online game that explores French language and culture. […]

Alexander Meyers, graduate student in Environmental & Plant Biology and the Molecular and Cellular Biology program, gave a 30-minute invited talk at the 2018 Committee On Space Research (COSPAR) conference July 14-22 in Pasadena, CA. His talk was titled “Proteomic and transcriptomic analysis of Arabidopsis seedlings in microgravity reveal novel […]

Dr. Sarah Wyatt, Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology and Director of Molecular and Cellular Biology, along with graduate students Anne Sternberger and Alexander Meyers, traveled to Montreal, Canada, for the joint meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists, Canadian Society of Plant Biologists/Societe Canadienne de Biologie Vegetale, and […]

Erin Phillips ’16 is a law student at the University of Cincinnati and currently interning at the Ohio Justice & Policy Center, an organization with the mission is to create fair, intelligent, redemptive criminal-justice systems through zealous client-centered advocacy, innovative policy reform, and cross-sector community education. She graduated with a […]