Alumni

Happy Beginnings | Koran Studies Swahili in Tanzania, Heads to Peace Corps in Rwanda

Alexandra Koran

Editor’s Note: The Happy Beginnings series features recent College of Arts & Sciences graduates who are getting started in careers, graduate school and service. Ohio University alum Alexandra Koran ’19 won a U.S. Critical Language Scholarship, a highly prestigious and nationally competitive scholarship, to study Swahili for eight weeks in […]

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April 18, 2019 at 1:31 pmAlumni

Williams Honored as 2019 Outstanding Cutler Scholars Mentor

Dr. Kelly Williams

  Dr. Kelly Williams, Lecturer in Biological Sciences, was recently selected as one of 17 outstanding mentors by the Cutler Scholars in the graduating class of 2019. Williams is a graduate of Ohio University and teaches several upper-level courses that are required of several BIOS majors: BIOS 3030 (Comparative vertebrate […]

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April 17, 2019 at 2:45 pmAlumni News

Happy Beginnings | Cones Awarded NSF Fellowship, Plans for Ph.D.

Seth Cones

  Editor’s Note: The Happy Beginnings series features recent College of Arts & Sciences graduates who are getting started in careers, graduate school and service. Biological Sciences alum Seth Cones ’18 was recently awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Cones earned a B.S.in Biological Sciences – Marine, Freshwater […]

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April 17, 2019 at 2:06 pmAlumni

Biological Sciences & MCB Graduate Students Contribute to Patent Development

Pratik Shriwas

Previous and current Biological Sciences and Molecular and Cellular Biology graduate students contributed, as part of their Ph.D. dissertations, to supporting research for two patents received by Ohio University faculty. Ohio University honored faculty, staff and student inventors during an awards ceremony Feb. 21. The Inventors Dinner recognized individuals who […]

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April 17, 2019 at 12:10 pmAlumni Research

Alumni News | Carey Named Director of Governor’s Office of Appalachia

John Carey

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine appointed Ohio University alum John Carey ’81 as the Director of the Governor’s Office of Appalachia, according to a Feb. 1 news release. Carey served as the Chancellor of the Ohio Department of Higher Education from 2013 to 2018. As Chancellor he worked to align higher […]

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April 15, 2019 at 8:58 amAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Alumni News | Cyders Named Southeast Ohio History Center Executive Director

Ohio University alum Jessica Cyders ’06, curator of the Southeast Ohio History Center, becomes the its executive director on April 15, reports the Athens Messenger. She earned a B.A. in History and Political Science from the College of Arts & Sciences. Jessica Cyders will become the new executive director on […]

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April 14, 2019 at 1:53 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Alumni News | Chapman Finds Career Success with Quidel

Nate Chapman

by Kristin Distel Ohio University alum Nate Chapman ’04 has put his Biological Sciences degree to work every day for the past 14 years right here in Athens—at Quidel Corp. on East State Street. Chapman works as the Associate Director of Molecular Manufacturing, a position that requires him to oversee […]

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April 12, 2019 at 3:10 pmAlumni