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Among the 31 space biology research proposals NASA announced on May 29 for immediate implementation is an experiment with Arabidopsis seedlings by Dr. Sarah Wyatt, Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology at Ohio University NASA will fund the “Research Opportunities in Space Biology” proposals to help investigate questions about how […]

Dr. Fred Toner, Associate Professor of Modern Languages, received the oldest and most respected award presented to academics by the French government on May 20. Denis Quénelle, Deputy Cultural Attaché in the Office of Cultural Affairs at the Consulate General of France, attended a reception at Ohio University to present […]

By Lucas Reilly Ohio University’s 1804 Lounge, nested high on the fifth floor of Baker Center, filled with the combined energy of two nations May 20 during the reception for the French for Business Symposium hosted by the Department of Modern Languages. The department hosted the fourth training workshop offered […]

Last week’s mine deaths in Turkey were “no accident,” writes Dr. Nukhet Sandal for the Huffington Post in an article headlined “No Death Is Ordinary: Soma Work Massacre in Turkey.” Sandal, Director of War and Peace Studies and Assistant Professor of Political Science at Ohio University, is  conducting research this […]

Michael Boldt, MD, second-year OB-GYN resident at the University of Cincinnati, is proud to be a buckeye who didn’t fall far from the tree. An Ohio University alum, Boldt earned a B.S. in the Biological Sciences pre-professional program in 2008 from the College of Arts & Sciences. He attended medical […]

Many states have fallen behind in providing funding, implementing policies, and placing a high priority on improving rural and small-town schools—led by Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina and Arizona—according to the new biennial Why Rural Matters 2013-14 report from the nonprofit Rural School and Community Trust. “This is a biennial report […]

The World Intellectual Property Organization published three patents involving Ohio University Chemistry & Biochemistry faculty. ‘Online Monitoring of Fuel Cell Reactions by Desorption Electrospray Mass Spectrometry’ WIPO published a patent of Ohio University for “Online Monitoring of Fuel Cell Reactions by Desorption Electrospray Mass Spectrometry.” Publication No. WO/2014/074699 was published on […]