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Bioinformatics: What Is a Support Vector Machine? Nov. 19

The Bioinformatics Journal Club presents What is a support vector machine? on Tuesday, Nov. 19, at 4:35 p.m. in the Academic and Research Center (ARC)  321. The discussion leader is Al-Ouran Rami. “Support vector machines (SVMs) are becoming popular in a wide variety of biological applications. But, what exactly are […]

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November 1, 2013 at 2:00 amEvents

Food for Thought: Eating with Your Pen: Food Writing as a Gallimaufry of Genres, Nov. 19

Food for Thought: Eating with Your Pen: Food Writing as a Gallimaufry of Genres, Nov. 19

The Food for Thought Speaker Series presents Dr. Eric LeMay ’93 discussing “Eating with Your Pen: Food Writing as a Gallimaufry of Genres” on Tuesday, Nov. 19, at 5 p.m. in Ellis 111. LeMay, Assistant Professor of English in the Ohio University College of Arts & Sciences, will provide a […]

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November 1, 2013 at 2:00 amEvents

Ecolunch: Vertebral Column of Snakes from an Ecological and Paleontological Perspective, Nov. 20

The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Colloquium presents Jacob McCartney, student in the Ohio University Biological Sciences program, on Wednesday, Nov. 20, at 11:50 a.m. in Irvine 159. He will discuss “The Vertebral Column of Snakes from an Ecological and Paleontological Perspective.” Upcoming Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Colloquia: Dec. 4—Jasmine Croghan, […]

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November 1, 2013 at 1:45 amEvents

Science Café: Pulling, Pushing and Squeezing: Physics and Adhesion Biology with David Tees, Oct. 23

Science Café: Pulling, Pushing and Squeezing: Physics and Adhesion Biology with David Tees, Oct. 23

Science Café presents “Pulling, Pushing and Squeezing: Physics and Adhesion Biology” with Dr. David Tees on Wednesday, Oct. 23, at 5 p.m. in the Baker Center Front Room. “In everyday life, ‘pulling, pushing and squeezing’ is just something we humans deal with on a regular basis,” said Tees, Associate Professor of […]

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October 23, 2013 at 2:57 pmEvents

Physics Open House: Beating Back Gravity, and More, Oct. 19

Hovercraft demonstration at Physics Open House.

Fun with liquid nitrogen? Beating back gravity? Sharks with lasers? It’s all there to explore at the Ohio University Department of Physics and Astronomy Open House on Saturday, Oct. 19, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Clippinger Laboratories on the Athens campus. “There are a lot of cool […]

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October 19, 2013 at 3:42 pmEvents

Physics Colloquium: The Energy Challenge: Science, Technology, Economics and Policy, Oct. 18

Physics Colloquium: The Energy Challenge: Science, Technology, Economics and Policy, Oct. 18

Dr. Paul Debevec, Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of Illinois, will discuss “Understanding the energy challenge: Science, Technology, Economics and Policy” on Friday, Oct. 18, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. His talk is part of the Physics and Astronomy Fall 2013 Colloquium series. “The United States and […]

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October 18, 2013 at 9:20 amEvents

Possible Astronomical Alignments of Ohio’s Earthworks, Oct. 16

Possible Astronomical Alignments of Ohio’s Earthworks, Oct. 16

  The Athens County Historical Society & Museum is located at 65 N. Court St., Athens. The event is part of Archaeology Month.  

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October 16, 2013 at 4:48 amEvents