Places to Go, People to See

Science Cafe | Black Holes: Fact and Fiction, March 6

Dr. Ryan Chornock. Photo by Rob Hardin

Science Café presents Dr. Ryan Chornock discussing “Black Holes: Fact and Fiction” on Wednesday, March 6, at 5 p.m. in the Front Room at Baker University Center. Black holes are some of the most exotic objects in the universe. Their bizarre properties have been featured in numerous science fiction books and […]

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March 1, 2019 at 10:45 pmEvents

WGSS Colloquium | Andromeda Unbound: Objectification, Agency, and Embodied Perception in Pompeian Domestic Spaces, March 6

The Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies Colloquium series presents “Andromeda Unbound: Objectification, Agency, and Embodied Perception in Pompeian Domestic Spaces” on Wednesday, March 6, from 4 to 5:15 p.m. in the  WGSS Conference Room 31 S. Court St. The presenter is Dr. Neville McFerrin, Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics & […]

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March 1, 2019 at 10:45 pmEvents

Beasts of the Interior by Sarah Minor: Creative Writing off the Page, March 6

Sarah Minor, doctoral candidate in creative writing

Author Sarah Minor, Ph.D. candidate in English (nonfiction), will discuss and demonstrate her installation of visual essays, “Beasts of the Interior by Sarah Minor: Creative Writing Off The Page,” on Wednesday, March 6, at 3 p.m., starting on the fouth floor of Alden Library. Minor will be discussing and demonstrating […]

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March 1, 2019 at 10:45 pmEvents

Ecolunch | Influence of Short-Term Changes in Resource Abundance on Behavior in X. helleri hybrids, March 6

Ecolunch presents Fred Tucker discussing “Influence of short-term changes in Resource Abundance on Behavior in X. helleri hybrids” on Wednesday, March 6, from 11:50 a.m.to 12:45 p.m. in Irvine 159. Tucker is a graduate student in Biological Sciences at Ohio University. Ecolunch is a long-running seminar series that meets on […]

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March 1, 2019 at 10:45 pmEvents

Faculty Book Talk | Voting as a Rite: A History of Elections in Modern China, March 7

Dr. Joshua Hill

Dr. Joshua Hill, Assistant Professor of History at Ohio University, will deliver a talk on Thursday March 7 at 4:30pm in Baker Center 242. In his recently published Voting as a Rite: A History of Elections in Modern China (Harvard University Press), Hill covers the period from the Opium War to the present […]

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March 1, 2019 at 10:30 pmEvents

Lecture | Islam & the Arab Uprisings, March 7

Dr. Loren Lybarger

Dr. Loren Lybarger will lecture on “Islam & the Arab Uprisings” on Thursday, March 7, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Kennedy Museum. Lybarger, Associate Professor of Classics and World Religion and Director of Islamic Studies, will survey the different types of religious movements and politics that manifested during and […]

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March 1, 2019 at 10:30 pmEvents

Psychology Colloquium | Can Burdensome Facebook ‘Friends’ Cause You Pain? March 8

Dr. Bradley Okdie

The Psychology Colloquium Series presents Dr. Brad Okdie on “Can Burdensome Facebook “Friends” Cause You Pain? Self-reported Pain and Tolerance as Motivations for Exclusion” on Friday, March 8, at 11:50 a.m. in Porter 102. Dr. Okdie is an associate professor at the Newark campus of The Ohio State University. He […]

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March 1, 2019 at 10:15 pmEvents