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Dirty Feat Propels Geography Alum to List of 10 Young Professionals in Lansing

Timothy Schmitt, an Ohio University College of Arts & Sciences alum who majored in Geography, was named among 10 young professionals expected to contribute to in Lansing, Mich., over the next 10 years. Schmitt is a community development analyst for the City of East Lansing. He graduated from Ohio University with […]

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September 29, 2013 at 4:41 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Athens Messenger: Putting Down Roots: Ed Newman

The Athens Messenger interviewed College of Arts & Sciences alum Ed Newman ’81, ’03M for its series on “Putting Down Roots,” students who came and decided to stay in Athens. Newman “currently serves on the board of the nonprofit Athens County Recycling Centers Inc., is on the Athens Environment and […]

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September 27, 2013 at 3:21 pmAlumni Alumni in the News

DNA Barcoding of Medicinal Plants to Help Prevent Misidentification

DNA Barcoding of Medicinal Plants to Help Prevent Misidentification

What would happen if a Pakistani consumer thought she was buying chamomile to help her sleep or hyssop to help with a cough, but instead the herbs were misidentified? “In Pakistan, herbal products are a primary source of medicines, yet quality control for raw plant material sold to individuals or […]

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September 20, 2013 at 8:52 amAlumni Research

Psychology Alum Joins OHIO Survivor Advocacy Program

Psychology Alum Joins OHIO Survivor Advocacy Program

From Compass On Aug. 7, Ohio University alumna Kat Wargo ’03 and ’04  took on the newly created position of program outreach coordinator for the Ohio University Survivor Advocacy Program (OUSAP) for Meigs and Perry counties, which is funded by a grant from the Ohio Attorney General’s Office as part […]

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September 19, 2013 at 3:35 pmAlumni Alumni in the News

Alum’s Creative Writing Career Leapfrogs Ahead

Alum’s Creative Writing Career Leapfrogs Ahead

Congrats to Creative Writing alum David Armstrong ’02, ’11M, whose first book, a story collection called Going Anywhere, won the Leapfrog Press Fiction Contest and will be published in fall of 2014. He just started “seriously writing short stories” about two years ago, and in the last six months he’s […]

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September 11, 2013 at 12:12 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News News

From China to Athens to Prestigious Post-Doc in Germany

From China to Athens to Prestigious Post-Doc in Germany

By Jean Andrews Physics & Astronomy Physics and Astronomy doctoral student Yinyun Li ’13PhD, current holder of the department’s Y.-C. Chang Graduate Fellowship, has accepted a post-doctoral position beginning this fall in Germany, at the Georg-August-University Gӧttingen. “Yinyun has an outstanding record of academic achievement in our Ph.D. program, with […]

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September 9, 2013 at 11:25 amAlumni Research

Humble Beginning: From Selling Golf Balls to Making Breakthroughs in Science

Humble Beginning: From Selling Golf Balls to Making Breakthroughs in Science

By Jean Andrews Physics & Astronomy Dr. Lawrence Crum ‘63BS, ‘65MS, ‘67PhD remembers collecting stray golf balls along the Hocking River to help support himself and his young family. An Ohio University physics graduate student under Professor Emeritus Burt Stumpf’s tutelage in the late 1960s, Crum was on his way […]

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August 25, 2013 at 2:28 pmAlumni