Archive for April, 2019

Dr. Ahmed Faik, Associate Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology at Ohio University, is the principal investigator on a one-year $200,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agriculture and Food Research Initiative exploratory research grant program for a project titled “Developing A High-Throughput Analytical Tool For Plant Cell Wall […]

Ohio University alum and meteorologist Alek Krautmann created a social media storm when he brought bagels to work sliced the St. Louis Bread Company way—vertically, not horizontally, reports Today in a story headlined “This is the most upsetting way to slice a bagel.” Krautmann earned an M.S. in Geography from […]

Earth, Space and Science News interviewed Dr. Jana Houser, Assistant Professor of Geography at Ohio University, for a story headlined “Before Canadian Scientists Can Study Tornadoes, They Have to Find Them.” Jana Houser, an assistant professor of meteorology at Ohio University, studies how tornadoes form and how topography affects them. She’s […]

Ohio University alum Dr. Craig Schenck ’10,’12M was awarded the 2019 Eric E. Conn Young Investigator Award from the American Society of Plant Biologists on March 20. Schenck worked in the lab of Dr. Sarah Wyatt, Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology, and earned two degrees from the College of […]

The Post quoted Dr. Art Trese, Associate Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology, in a story headlined “Athens and Ohio University collaborate to make sustainable agriculture accessible for students.” “The Ohio University Student Farm is a diversified, small scale, hand-powered produce farm that spans 1.3 acres,” said Arthur Trese, an associate […]

The Agence France Presse news service quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor & Chair of History at Ohio University, in a story headlined “White House 2020 spouses eye new title: First Gentleman.” But first ladies expert Katherine Jellison, chair of the history department at Ohio University, said that while Americans for […]

The Times Reporter wrote about the New Philadelphia High Science Club’s visit to Ohio University in a story headlined “Phila High Science Club’s Applied Science feature has been going strong for 20 years.” Jody Brady and Houmard said the focus of the science club is to get kids interested in […]