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The Stein-Firelands Regional Medical Center’s Medical Staff Scholarship program awarded “a $2,000 scholarship to a child or spouse of two Firelands Regional Medical Center, Medical Staff employees. This scholarship program was developed in 2009 and is given on behalf of and in honor of the many contributions the Medical Staff […]

From Research staff reports Nov. 29, 2016 Seven undergraduate students, three graduate students and one Ohio University faculty member received funding for their health and medical research from the 2016 John J. Kopchick Awards. The program provided a total of $54,863 in grants and fellowships to advance research on topics […]

Go Rufus! Everyone at Ohio University loves Rufus, yet it is amazing how few people realize that bobcats live in our backyards around Athens. A few weeks ago, Cassie Thompson, master’s student in Dr. Viorel Popescu’s Conservation Ecology Lab, participated in the Majors Fair in Baker Center and showcased a […]

Dr. Joseph Johnson, a new faculty member in Biological Sciences, is seeking undergraduate students from the College of Arts & Sciences to work in his lab. “I’m an ecologist specializing in the study of bats,” he says. “Two of my current projects include a study of the ecology of bats […]

Ohio University alum Rebecca “Becca” Hayes, M.D., was named the September 2016 Resident of the Month, reports the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine. Hayes, who majored in Biological Sciences, is a 2010 graduate of the College of Arts & Sciences as Ohio University. Hayes is currently completing […]

Dr. Willem M. Roosenburg, Professor of Biological Sciences, was quoted in an NPR interview on “America’s Biggest Terrapin Business Thrives During Ban on Capture.” The Diane Rehm Show interview aired on WYPR. Diamondback terrapin are a proud symbol of Maryland: a handsome turtle with a white neck spotted with black […]

by Kristin M. Distel “I took a leap of faith, and it was definitely worth it,” says Environmental Biology student Holly Richardson, who spent May 2016 in Nicaragua as a member of OHIO’s branch of the Growth International Volunteer Excursions (GIVE) program. The team with which she volunteered was composed […]