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Alumni News | Peckham Gives Keynote at West Virginia 40 Under 40 Awards

Dr. Rachael Peckham

Dr. Rachael Peckham, Associate Professor of English at Marshall University, gave the keynote at the annual Generation Next: 40 Under 40 awards in Charleston, W.V., reports the State Journal in a story headlined “Generation Next recognizes up-and-coming community leaders.” Also see “Notable Alumni Spotlight | Rachael Peckham Teaches Creative Writing […]

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April 20, 2018 at 1:16 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Athens News Interview Economics Student about Research at Expo

An Athens News story on Ohio University’s Student Research & Creativity Expo featured an interview with Economics master’s student Md Shah Jalal Uddin. Md Shah Jalal Uddin, a second-year master’s student in economics, presented his research comparing oil and gas consumption in developing countries with that in developed countries. It […]

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April 20, 2018 at 8:23 amIn the News Students in the News

Messenger Quotes Cantino on Conservancy Funding to Purchase Land

Dr. Philip Cantino

Dr. Philip Cantino, Professor Emeritus of Environmental & Plant Biology, was quoted in an Athens Messenger article headlined “Athens Conservancy awarded more than $1 million in grant funding.” Among the three tracts the Athens Conservancy plans to purchase is “land from American Electric Power in York and Dover Twps. to […]

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April 20, 2018 at 8:08 amFaculty in the News In the News

Gallipolis Daily Tribune Writes about Scott Moody, ‘Ivy Leagues’ in Bidwell

Dr. Scott Moody

  Dr. Scott Moody, Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences, was featured in a Gallipolis Daily Tribune story headlined “‘Ivy Leagues’ show up in Bidwell.” BIDWELL — River Valley Advanced Placement (AP) students had the opportunity to listen to Dr. Scott Moody, a professor at Ohio University and a recruiter for […]

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April 20, 2018 at 7:58 amFaculty in the News In the News

Physicists Say Nanoparticles Could Block Excess Infrared Solar Radiation

Dr. Lucas V. Besteiro

Ohio University researchers co-authored a study proposing a new take on energy-efficient window design using energy-saving glasses and films that are cost-effective and block excessive solar infrared radiation. Dr. Lucas Besteiro, a former post-doctoral researcher at OHIO, Visiting Research Scholar Dr. Xiang-Tian Kong, and  Dr. Alexander Govorov, Distinguished Professor of […]

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April 19, 2018 at 1:12 pmFaculty in the News In the News Research

Ping Award Recipient Puts Entrepreneurship, Language Skills to Work

Simon Wang

Simon Wang, Ohio University’s 2018 Charles J. Ping International Leadership Award recipient, doesn’t just find a way—he forges a solution. Arriving in the United States with his mother, he was an entrepreneur by third grade. Unable to communicate with his father, still in Taiwan, he enrolled in Chinese courses as […]

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April 17, 2018 at 3:13 pmIn the News News Students in the News

Athens News: Mann Says Climate Changes Will Become More Intense, Difficult to Adapt To

Students, from left, Krista Thomason, Becca Steinberg and Zachary Matthews pose with books signed by author Michael Mann.

The Athens News covered a Sustainability Studies theme event that brought Climate scientist Dr. Michael E. Mann to campus on March 28 in an article headlined “Speaker at OU takes aim at climate-change denial.” During his talk Wednesday, Mann explained that global temperatures have been steadily rising, hitting new maximums […]

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April 13, 2018 at 2:51 pmIn the News Students in the News