Research

Sony Offers Two Types of Faculty Research Awards

Sony wants Ohio University faculty researchers to know about the Sony Research Award Program. Two types of awards are offered: the Faculty Innovation Award and the Focused Research Award. The application window closes on Sept. 15. From the Sony website: “As part of one of the world’s most innovative and […]

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July 25, 2017 at 2:48 pmResearch

Wyatt and Students Present at Plant Biology 2017 in Honolulu

Dr. Sarah Wyatt and her lab group: Alex Meyers, Colin Kruse, Proma Basu, Anne Sternberger in Hawaii

Dr. Sarah Wyatt and members of her research group presented their research—some of it resulting from their 2015 experiment on the International Space Station—at Plant Biology 2017 at Honolulu from June 24-28. Wyatt is Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology and Director of the Interdisciplinary Molecular and Cellular Biology Program. […]

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July 25, 2017 at 12:17 pmResearch

Clowe Research on Dark Matter Reported in News Blaze

Dr. Doug Clowe

Dr. Douglas Clowe, Associate Professor of Physics & Astronomy, was quoted about his research in an article headlined “Dark Matter Invisibility” in the News Blaze. Dark matter has not been explained by modern physics – yet. Researchers know dark matter exists because it bends light from distant galaxies and changes […]

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July 18, 2017 at 7:29 pmFaculty in the News In the News Research

Wanczyk Authors First Book about Blind Baseball

Dr. David Wanczyk

Ohio University alum and English faculty member Dr. David Wanczyk has authored the first book about blind baseball. Beep: Inside the Unseen World of Baseball for the Blind comes out in hardcover on Oct. 1. “For me, the important thing was to tell the story of beep baseball without idealizing and […]

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July 18, 2017 at 11:08 amAlumni Research

Inside NQPI | Editor’s Second Year in Antarctica

Amanda Biederman highlighting the Antarctic environment near Palmer Station, Antarctica.

By Raymond Humienny NQPI editorial intern Biological Sciences Ph.D. student and the Nanoscale and Quantum Phenomena Institute’s editorial intern Amanda Biederman has spent the past three months at Palmer Station, Antarctica, studying fish and their warming climate – though this is not her first time. “Since this is my second […]

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July 14, 2017 at 5:47 pmResearch

MCB Alum | Elahu Gosney Sustarsic Finds ‘Dream Job’ in Denmark

Zack Gerhart-Hines, Elahu Gosney Sustarsic and John Kopchick, Copenhagen, 2015

  By Elahu Gosney Sustarsic ’03 B.S. in Chemistry—Biochemistry and ’13 Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Biology—Biological Sciences My time at Ohio University with the Molecular and Cellular Biology program prepared me well for my current research. Specifically, the mentorship of John Kopchick, Darlene Berryman and Ed List taught me […]

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July 13, 2017 at 1:10 pmAlumni Research

Chen’s Team Among Two OHIO teams Selected for I-Corps@Ohio 2017 Cohort

Dr. Hao Chen

By Daniel Kington From the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs Two Ohio University research teams were selected for the third I-Corps@Ohio cohort and are currently in the midst of the seven-week program as they work to validate the market potential of their proposed technologies and learn about launching startup companies. […]

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July 13, 2017 at 9:01 amNews Research