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Harold Blazier, Greenhouse Manager in Environmental & Plant Biology, was selected for the College of Arts & Sciences Outstanding Staff Award for 2015-16. Blazier was nominated by Dr. Morgan Vis, Professor and department chair, and others from the department and beyond for his outstanding work as the greenhouse manager. The […]

The Center for Law, Justice & Culture invites incoming freshmen students to enroll in a special law and justice course in Fall 2016. Seats are still available! CAS 2500: Breaking the Law focuses on law and justice in relation to citizenship, global affairs, human rights, public health, and science and technology. This course […]

  The Food Studies Theme closed out the academic year with a potluck on April 28 to celebrate with students and Food Studies theme seniors. Despite the intermittent rain and wind, students and faculty gathered at the Plant Biology Learning Garden “circle garden” on the West State Street to share […]

High school students can apply now for a free Summer Law & Trial Institute offered at Ohio University from July 10-22, 2016. The Summer Law & Trial Institute is a 12-day immersive residential program that aims to increase understanding of the law and its possibilities among Ohio high school students […]

Dr. Elizabeth Gierlowski Kordesch, age 59 of The Plains, died unexpectedly Tuesday evening, May 17, 2016, at Ohio Health O’Bleness Hospital, Athens. Gierlowski Kordesch was a Professor of Geological Sciences at Ohio University since 1989. She was a member of several professional societies, including the Geological Society of America, and […]

The Nanoscale & Quantum Phenomena Institute is proud to announce Mahmoud M. Asmar as the recipient of the NQPI Outstanding Dissertation Award. He will receive a $500 prize for his dissertation titled “Electronic and Spin Transport in Dirac-Like Systems.” In his dissertation, he focused on the study of the relation between […]

By Amanda Biederman NQPI editorial intern A jacket that functions as a digital wallet or a blood glucose monitor may seem futuristic, but Ohio University electrical engineering and computer science professor and Nanoscale & Quantum Phenomena Institute member Savas Kaya is developing a technology to make these devices possible within three […]