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Three departments are offering a variety of classroom, field, and online courses in the Ohio: Sense of Place theme this summer that will fill Tier 2 Natural Science or Arts & Sciences requirements. Take courses in Biological Sciences, Environmental and Plant Biology, and Geological Sciences and learn about the natural […]

The Environmental & Plant Biology Colloquium Series presents Dr. Richard Vierstra, on “Autophagy, the Master of Selective Recycling” on Friday, March 27, at 11:50 a.m. in Porter 104. Vierstra is a Full Professor with the Laboratory of Genetics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Abstract: Autophagy-mediated turnover plays an essential role […]

The Food Studies theme presents a mouthwatering menu of summer classes that will have students digging in the forest, brewing in the chem lab, and maybe even harvesting some wheat in the Ohio University garden. Students who want to get their hands dirty may want to practice sustainable agriculture with […]

What is biotechnology, and how does it affect our daily lives? A new course offered in Fall 2015 examines this question by highlighting what happens in the biotechnology research laboratory—and how this relates to the field, the marketplace, and daily life. The course is PBIO 2050: Biotechnology: From the Lab to […]

The Environmental & Plant Biology Colloquium Series presents Dr. Joshua Banta on “Integrative Multi-Level Approach to Plant Ecological Genomics” on Friday, March 13, at 11:50 a.m. in Porter 104. Banta is an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Tyler. Abstract: Plants are particularly interesting study organisms for understanding […]

“A research project conducted by professors at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Ohio University recently returned to earth aboard the SpaceX Dragon Capsule after spending a month in earth orbit on the International Space Station,” reports the Edwardsville (IL) Intelligencer. Darron Luesse, an associate professor in the department of biological […]

Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet, nor cold—nothing stopped the special FedEx delivery from Kennedy Space Center to Ohio University this morning, Feb. 18. The box labeled “Critical Space Item” was the only thing in the freezer truck, driven overnight by a two-person team of FedEx drivers, who encountered plenty […]