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Wyatt Gives Columbus Science Pub Talk on ‘Plants on Orbit’

Dr. Sarah Wyatt at Columbus Science Pub

Dr. Sarah Wyatt, Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology at Ohio University, gave a Columbus Science Pub talk, “Plants in Orbit,” on March 7. The Columbus Science Pub is a free event that aims to present scientific issues in a relaxed and comfortable atmosphere.  Wyatt studies how plants grow by […]

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March 15, 2019 at 1:31 pmNews

Arts & Sciences Lead 2 of 3 New Sustainability Hubs

Dr. Theresa Moran

Ohio University has launched a new, innovative sustainability model across the institution, creating three faculty-led Sustainability Hubs to advance initiatives in 12 thematic areas to further progress the University’s Sustainability and Climate Action Plans. Two of the three hubs are led by College of Arts & Sciences faculty. Dr. Theresa […]

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March 15, 2019 at 10:37 amNews

Students Explore: Why are Americans Afraid of Dragons?

Students Explore: Why are Americans Afraid of Dragons?

by Kristin Distel Dr. Edmond Y. Chang led his students into battle. Armed with padded weapons and homemade shields, the group conducted Live-Action Role-Playing (LARPing) in a fantasy universe of Chang’s creation called Archaea. LARPing served as experiential learning for the Fall 2018 course, allowing students to put into practice […]

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March 11, 2019 at 10:28 amIn Class News

Boecking Discusses Trade Wars in Historical Context

Felix Boecking speaks at OHIO.

Boecking, Senior Lecturer in Modern Chinese Economic and Political History at the University of Edinburgh, presented “No Great Wall: Trade, Tariffs, and Nationalism in Republican China, 1927-1945.” With degrees from the Universities of Cambridge (Ph.D., 2008) and Oxford (B.A., 2003), Boecking also holds a certificate from the Hopkins-Nanjing Center for […]

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March 9, 2019 at 12:22 pmNews

Career Corner | Quidel Seeks Students Graduating with Life Sciences Background

Quidel employees in the lab

Quidel Corp. is seeking students with life sciences backgrounds graduating in May 2019. An opening for a Production Biochemist is at the company’s Athens location, which employs many Ohio University Bobcats from a variety of backgrounds and areas of expertise. More information about Production Biochemist position Apply online. About Quidel […]

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March 7, 2019 at 4:50 pmAnnouncements News

Career Corner | Apply by March 15 for Fall 2019 Capital Internship Program

Ohio University students in the Capital Internship Program.

Ohio University is accepting applications through March 15 for the Ohio University Capital Internship program, which gives students interested in government and public policy the opportunity to observe and contribute to the legislative process in Washington, D.C. About the Capital Internship Program Apply online by March 15. Through the Ohio […]

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March 7, 2019 at 1:23 pmAnnouncements News

Distinguished Professor Burgess: ‘We Celebrate It Together’

Dr. Susan Burgess, left, President M. Duane Nellis, middle, and Dr. Gerri Botte, right, get the first look at Dr. Burgess' Distinguished Professor Portrait.

 Original story by Alaina Bartel, photos by Hannah Ruhoff From Compass “I accept the honor tonight and we celebrate it together, for all of the women, all of the gay people, all of the LGBT people who have worked so hard to produce important research here at OHIO,” said […]

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March 7, 2019 at 12:37 pmNews