Archive for October, 2018

Dr. Victoria Lee, Assistant Professor of History, authored an article on “Microbial Transformations: The Japanese Domestication of Penicillin Production, 1946–1951” in the Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences. Abstract: The domestication of penicillin production in Japan was a priority for the Allied occupation government (1945–1952) immediately after World War II, since […]

The George Washington Forum on American Ideas, Politics and Institutions at Ohio University invites paper proposals for a conference and subsequent edited volume on Popular Sovereignty and Populism. The conference is at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, March 15–16, 2019. The submission deadline for abstracts is Nov. 1, 2018. Previous […]

Ohio University’s online degree completion Psychology program is ranked eighth among the 2019 Most Affordable Online Colleges for Psychology Degrees, as defined by the SR Education Group. “These are the most affordable colleges and universities offering online bachelor’s degrees in psychology,” says the OnlineU.org website. “All 25 schools have annual […]

Applications for the College of Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Research Fund are due Nov. 1, 2018. The fund supports graduate students in their research endeavors by providing 20 grants of $1,000 annually (10 in a fall cycle, 10 in a spring cycle) based upon a competitive proposal process. Awards […]

The Ohio University Chapter Pi Rho/Tao of Sigma Delta Pi, the National Collegiate Hispanic Honor Society, celebrated the initiation of eight new members on Oct. 8. Sigma Delta Pi is the only national honor society recognizing outstanding college and university students of Spanish and requires members to hold a high […]

Dr. Liang Tao, Associate Professor of Linguistics, recently delivered two lectures in Beijing, China—a conference presentation and a one-day lecture. Tao’s invitation to speak at the seminar is acknowledgement of the major contribution she has made to the field of usage-based linguistic studies, and a recognition of the role that […]

Kerri Griffin, Interim Director and Title IX Coordinator in Equity and Civil Rights Compliance at Ohio University, recently spoke to staff and students in the Linguistics Department during the Fall Linguistics Colloquium Series’ presentation on university policies prohibiting discrimination in the context of Title IX. She was asked by the […]