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Chemistry, Biology Faculty Get Innovation Funding for Ohio Drug Discovery Collaborative

Ohio University’s Innovation Strategy program has provided $50,000 in a seed grant to help a team of Ohio University faculty on a project named Ohio Drug Discovery Collaborative: Identification and Development of Novel Molecular Therapies for Human Disease. This project will build a centralized, interdisciplinary initiative focused on drug discovery […]

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June 7, 2016 at 5:47 pmResearch

Chornock Co-Authors Paper That Refines Hubble Constant, Expansion Rate of Universe

Three Steps to Hubble Constant (Artist's Illustration) -- This illustration shows the three steps astronomers used to measure the universe's expansion rate to an unprecedented accuracy, reducing the total uncertainty to 2.4 percent.

Dr. Ryan Chornock, Assistant Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University, is a co-author on a journal article that uses Hubble Space Telescope data to refine the local value of the Hubble Constant—resulting in a new rate of expansion for the universe and possibly pointing toward an additional source […]

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June 7, 2016 at 5:23 pmResearch

Psychology Faculty Get Innovation Funds for Connecting Science and Practice in School Mental Health

Ohio University’s Innovation Strategy program has provided $50,000 in a seed grant to help a team of Ohio University faculty on a project named Connecting Science and Practice in School Mental Health. This project proposes to improve services and care for children and adolescents with emotional and behavioral problems across […]

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June 7, 2016 at 12:31 pmResearch

Ingram Part of Innovation Team Funded for Sustainable Food, Energy and Water Systems Project

Ohio University’s Innovation Strategy program has provided $50,000 in a seed grant to help a team of Ohio University faculty on a project named ELECTROFEW: Innovation Alliance for Sustainable Food, Energy and Water Systems. This project will establish an alliance to advance sustainable electrochemical processes for Food, Energy and Water […]

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June 7, 2016 at 11:27 amResearch

Innovation Strategy Funds Wu Project for Natural Product Research Center & Commercialization Platform

Ohio University’s Innovation Strategy program has provided $50,000 in a seed grant to help a team of Ohio University faculty on a project named Establishment of a Natural Product Research Center & Commercialization Platform. This project is focused on identifying and developing natural products with proven therapeutic value for the […]

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June 7, 2016 at 11:20 amResearch

Collins Co-Edits Book of Prolific Vietnamese Columnist’s Writings

Collins Co-Edits Book of Prolific Vietnamese Columnist’s Writings

Dr. Elizabeth Collins, retired Professor of Classics & World Religions, co-edited the just-released book Viet Nam: Tradition and Change (Ohio University Press, 2016). With her co-editor, Lady Borton, Collins published selected work of prolific Vietnamese writer Huu Ngoc. “At age 98 by Western counting (99 according to Vietnamese), Huu Ngoc […]

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June 4, 2016 at 11:17 amResearch

Terman Co-Authors ‘Rise of Women Farmers and Sustainable Agriculture’

Terman Co-Authors ‘Rise of Women Farmers and Sustainable Agriculture’

  Dr. Anna Rachel Terman, Assistant Professor of Sociology, is the co-author of a new book, The Rise of Women Farmers and Sustainable Agriculture. “In this book, we wanted to make sure to highlight the voices of women farmers telling their stories,” Terman says. “The actual experiences of women farmers […]

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May 25, 2016 at 2:22 pmResearch