Research

Ohio University’s English Department awarded competitive scholarships this summer to eight students who are conducting research for their respective dissertations and projects. The scholarships could be used to fund travel to libraries, to attend workshops, to purchase books, software, and other materials, or to support other academic endeavors. Recipients’ projects […]

Renee Benham, a doctoral candidate in English, traveled to London to research nursing in 19th-century literature. She was awarded a competitive scholarship from Ohio University’s English Department, one of eight to students who are conducting research for their respective dissertations and projects. ABSTRACT: “Beyond Nightingale: The Transformation of Nursing in Nineteenth-Century Literature” Nursing programs […]

Dr. Bruce Hoffman, Associate Professor of Sociology, authored an article on “Birth Activism, Law, and the Organization of Independent Midwifery in Oregon” in the Oregon Historical Quarterly (Special Issue: Regulating Birth). 117 (2): 198-231. “Many birth activists have long perceived Oregon as an enviable place for independent midwives,” he writes […]

Dr. Saw-Wai Hla, Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University and Dr. Eric Masson, Associate Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, are excited that the Nobel Prize awarded in Chemistry is for the development of molecular machines, a topic they research. This year’s Chemistry Laureates—Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir Fraser Stoddart and Bernard Feringa—received the […]

Dr. Alyssa R. Bernstein, Associate Professor of Philosophy, published an article in the Midwest Studies in Philosophy, Vol. XL, dedicated to Ethics and Global Climate Change. Her article is titled “No Justice in Climate Policy? Broome versus Posner, Weisbach, and Gardiner.” “The urgent importance of dealing with the climate crisis […]

For the past two years, Dr. Daniel Phillips, Professor of Physics & Astronomy, has been at the helm of Ohio University’s Institute of Nuclear & Particle Physics. During this time, INPP faculty members received external awards totaling more than $3.7 million to conduct studies in theoretical and experimental nuclear physics […]

By Samantha Peko NQPI editorial intern — Ohio University Physics & Astronomy Professor and Nanoscale Quantum Phenomenon Institute Director (NQPI) Eric Stinaff will present a plenary talk at the 2016 fall meeting of the Ohio-region section of the American Physical Society. With more than 53,000 members, APS is the world’s […]