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Ritzenthaler Publishes Story in Nashville Review

Melanie Ritzenthaler

Graduate student Melanie Ritzenthaler‘s new story, “Fever Creek,” is published in the latest issue of Nashville Review. Ritzenthaler is a doctoral student in OHIO’s English Department, where she specializes in Creative Writing (Fiction). Her short stories have appeared or are forthcoming in Ninth Letter, West Branch, Colorado Review, Salamander, and […]

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April 28, 2019 at 10:57 amResearch

Political Science Students Take Firsts at Research Expo

Graduate student Bruna Pereira won first prize in Arts and Humanities 1 for her study, “The Impact of the Period of Crisis on the Electorate Behavior in Brazil.”

Five Political Science students presented their work at Ohio University’s 2019 Student Research & Creative Activity Expo on April 11. Four hailed from the Honors Tutorial Program, the fifth from the M.A. in Political Science. Two of the five presenters received awards. Political Science graduate student Bruna Pereira won first […]

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April 27, 2019 at 10:56 pmIn Class News Research

Engineering Physics Student Models Ammonia Synthesis

Esther Grossman with Environmental & Plant Biology professor Dr. Morgan Vis at the 2018 OHIO Student Expo.

By Amanda Biederman NQPI editorial intern Nanoscale and Quantum Phenomena Institute 2019 Spring Newsletter Modeling a chemical process with computational software is no easy task, but HTC Engineering Physics student Esther Grossman isn’t afraid to take on the challenge. Grossman is currently completing her honors thesis under the supervision of […]

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April 26, 2019 at 2:26 pmResearch

Biological Science Students Make Impact at EXPO

Kira Slepchenk with President M. Duane Nellis.

More than 50 undergraduate and graduate students in Biological Sciences presented their original research at Ohio University’s 2019 Student Research & Creativity Expo. Of those, more than 20 students received either first or second place in the judging competition. Graduate student Rachel Olson who received a first place ribbon for […]

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April 26, 2019 at 2:10 pmIn Class News Research

Gilbert Receives Presidential Graduate Student Medal

Anthony Gilbert

Ohio University President M. Duane Nellis announced that this year would be the inaugural year for two Presidential Graduate Student Medals, one awarded to a doctoral student, the other awarded to a master’s student. Biological Sciences graduate student Anthony Gilbert was selected as the winner of the Graduate Student Medal […]

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April 26, 2019 at 10:55 amNews Research

Ambos’ Research on Women’s Health in 1867-1908 Takes Prizes at Expo

Courtnee Ambos '19

Honors Tutorial College Biological Sciences student Courtnee Ambos ’19 took a first and a second at the Ohio University Student Research & Creative Expo. Her presentation, “Nevertheless She Persisted: Analysis of Women’s Health and Mortality from 1867-1908,” won first place in the Appalachian Rural Health Institute session and second place […]

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April 26, 2019 at 7:58 amNews Research

Bikowski Presents Research on Global Learning at Educational Research Conference

Dr. Dawn Bikowski, left, with fellow presenters in the Global Perspectives on Educational Outcomes panel

Dr. Dawn Bikowski, director of the English Language Improvement Program, presented her study on assessing global learning in classroom initiatives at the American Educational Research Association annual convention in Toronto in April. “Presenting at AERA was exciting, as it allowed me to share many of the ideas that have come […]

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April 25, 2019 at 5:02 pmResearch