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‘Toads Prefer to Bound, Not Hop’

‘Toads Prefer to Bound, Not Hop’

“Toads prefer to bound, not hop,” says Science News Wild Things writer Sarah Zielinski about research by Dr. Stephen Reilly, Professor of Biological Science at Ohio University. If I were to write a children’s book, it might start like this: Hop, hop, hop, went the frog. Bound, bound, bound, goes […]

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February 8, 2015 at 6:37 pmFaculty in the News In the News Research

Hardison Book Named Outstanding Academic Title by Choice

Hardison Book Named Outstanding Academic Title by Choice

Dr. Ayesha K. Hardison’ book Writing through Jane Crow: Race and Gender Politics in African American Literature has been named an Outstanding Academic Title by Choice. Hardison is Associate Professor of English at Ohio University. Every year in the January issue, in print and online, Choice publishes a highly selective […]

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January 27, 2015 at 2:53 pmNews Research

Klein Co-Authors Math Circle Article on ‘Liar’s Bingo’

Klein Co-Authors Math Circle Article on ‘Liar’s Bingo’

Dr. Robert Klein, Associate Professor of Mathematics at Ohio University, co-authored an article on “Liar’s Bingo” in the national newsletter of the Math Teachers’ Circle community. “Bob Klein and Steve Phelps’ featured session on “Liar’s Bingo” is a great illustration of collaboration across MTCs in Ohio, where there is now […]

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January 23, 2015 at 4:07 pmResearch

Plant Biology Experiment Docking with Space Station Today

SpaceX rocket lifts off from Kennedy Space Center.

Before dawn on Saturday, the SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying an Ohio University experiment finally headed to space after several weeks of launch delay. Ohio University’s Team Gravitron plants-and-gravity experiment launched Jan. 10 and docks with the International Space Station today, Jan. 12. Dr. Sarah Wyatt, Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology […]

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January 12, 2015 at 9:44 amResearch

Carpenter Co-Organizes Session at AIA-SCS Joint Meeting

Dr. Tom Carpenter, Charles J. Ping Professor of Humanities and Distinguished Professor of Classics at Ohio University, co-organized a colloquium session on “The Consumer’s Choice: Uses of Greek Figure-Decorated Pottery” at the joint annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America and the Society for Classical Studies. The meeting was […]

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January 9, 2015 at 2:00 pmResearch

Vinogradov Organizing International Conference in Toronto

Dr. Vladimir Vinogradov, Associate Professor of Mathematics at Ohio University, is a co-organizer of the International Conference on Analysis, Applications and Computations next September in Toronto. He is working with jointly with Martin Muldoon, M.W. Wong, and Jianhong Wu, all from York University. An invited speaker, Vinogradov also will give […]

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January 7, 2015 at 2:02 pmResearch

Grad Student Mixon Presents on Teacher Application of Behavioral Principles

Psychology graduate student Clifton Mixon a poster on “Development and Validation of  Measure of Teacher’s Knowledge and Application of Behavioral Principles to the Classroom Setting” at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies annual convention Nov. 20-23 in Philadelphia. His co-authors were graduate students Theresa Egan and Anne Dawson, J. […]

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January 6, 2015 at 1:07 pmResearch