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McCarthy: Why Amur Honeysuckle Threatens Midwestern Hardwood Forests

McCarthy: Why Amur Honeysuckle Threatens Midwestern Hardwood Forests

Dr. Brian McCarthy, College of Arts & Science Associate Dean for Faculty, Graduate Studies and Research and Professor of Forest Ecology, spoke on Amur honeysuckle, one of the top invading species in the United States, at the Invasive Ornamental Plant Symposium & Working Group” in Chicago last week. He discussed […]

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October 15, 2013 at 2:18 pmResearch

Phillips, Grad Students Present at Peer Tutoring Conference

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Dr. Talinn Phillips, Assistant Professor of English Rhetoric & Composition, and graduate students Yavanna Brownlee, Stephanie Cheslock, and Elise Dixon present next month at the National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing in Tampa, FL. Phillips is making a joint presentation on “Designing Support for Graduate Students” with Ohio University […]

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October 11, 2013 at 10:10 amAlumni Research

Grad Student Earns Outstanding Poster in Low-Energy Nuclear Science

Grad Student Earns Outstanding Poster in Low-Energy Nuclear Science

Dr. Carl Brune,  Professor of Physics and Astronomy, and graduate students Youngshin Byun, Sushil Dhakal, Cody Parker, and Anthony Ramirez attended the 2013 Stewardship Science Academic Programs (SSAP) Annual Review Symposium June 27-28 in Albuquerque, NM. All of the students presented posters at the meeting. These posters were judged by […]

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October 8, 2013 at 8:54 amResearch

Sandal on Two Panels, Religious Freedom and Political Change

Sandal on Two Panels, Religious Freedom and Political Change

Dr. Nukhet Sandal, Assistant Professor of Political Science, is a panelist at two conferences in October, including a Religious Freedom Project conference at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs at Georgetown University Oct. 9-10. The conference addresses the question: “Freedom to Flourish: Is Religious Freedom Necessary for Peace, […]

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October 7, 2013 at 9:06 amResearch

All the (Online) World’s a Stage

All the (Online) World’s a Stage

By Corinne Colbert When one thinks “social network,” it’s easy to envision Facebook posts or LinkedIn connections. When Dr. Ted Welser thinks “social network,” he sees the Industrial Revolution. Welser, Assistant Professor of Sociology, specializes in studying how people represent themselves and relate to others on the internet. He compares […]

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October 7, 2013 at 7:57 amResearch

Patton Discusses ‘Hopewell’ During Ohio Archaeology Month

Dr. Paul Patton, Anthropology faculty member, is presenting “How the ‘Hopewell’ Built Their World: Middle Woodland Period Domestic Landscape Management and Modification in the Ohio Valley” at the Athens County Historical Society and Museum Oct. 9. His presentation is for Ohio Archaeology Month.

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October 4, 2013 at 8:53 pmResearch

Students, Faculty, Alumni Noted in ‘Best American Essays’

Three current members of the Ohio University Creative Writing community saw their essays listed as Notable Essays in the latest edition of Houghton Mifflin’s Best American Essays. Current Ph.D. candidate Kelly Sundberg was listed for her essay “Like Mourners’ Bread,” published in Slice; English and Creative Writing Post-Doc Alison Stine […]

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October 1, 2013 at 8:15 amResearch