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Fulbright Scholar Gets a Grand Tour of Buenos Aires

Fulbright Scholar Gets a Grand Tour of Buenos Aires

By Elizabeth Gierlowski-­Kordesch Argentina Blog, Sept. 21, 2014 After preparing all the lectures for the week-long short course on limnogeology, Dr. Cecilia Benavente from the University of Buenos Aires and I took a tour of the city on a bus called “Buenos Aires BUS”. There are 25 bus stops of […]

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September 21, 2014 at 9:00 amNews

Mengliang Zhang Receives Thomas Hirschfeld Award

Mengliang Zhang

Chemistry doctoral student Mengliang Zhang received the 2014 Thomas Hirschfeld Award. These awards recognize the most outstanding papers submitted to the SCIX (Great Scientific Exchange) 2014 conference by a graduate student. Recipients, who must be a graduate student at the time of application, will receive economy travel to the meeting, […]

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September 17, 2014 at 8:42 pmNews Research

Oweidat Tackles Cross-Cultural Encounters Between West and Muslim World

Oweidat Tackles Cross-Cultural Encounters Between West and Muslim World

In honor of National Postdoc Appreciation Week Sept. 15-19, the Office of Research Communications is spotlighting Ohio University postdoctoral fellows across campus. Dr. Lana Oweidat is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of English who also teaches in the Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program. She works with faculty member […]

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September 12, 2014 at 1:56 pmNews

Volunteers Needed to Plant Chestnut Trees at Wayne National Forest, Oct. 25

Dr. Brian McCarthy

Volunteers from the community are sought to help plant American chestnut trees in Wayne National Forest on Saturday, Oct. 25, from 10 a.m. till 3 p.m. Volunteers will plant up to 750 containerized seedlings from The American Chestnut Foundation seed orchards from Meadowview Nursery in Virginia. The seedlings are the […]

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September 9, 2014 at 6:32 pmFaculty in the News In the News News

Prof and Son Host ‘Robotics Day’ for Schoolchildren at Museum

Prof and Son Host ‘Robotics Day’ for Schoolchildren at Museum

By Jean Andrews Physics & Astronomy An Ohio University father-son team organized a “Robotics Day” at the Ohio Valley Museum of Discovery in August to celebrate the beginning of the new school year. Schoolchildren and families explored 3D printing, a “Robot Arena,” an electronic circuit workshop, and construction of a […]

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September 5, 2014 at 2:45 pmNews

Geography a Partner in Ohio University Water Project, Launching Sept. 4

Geography a Partner in Ohio University Water Project, Launching Sept. 4

The Department of Geography is a partner in the Ohio University Water Project, an information clearinghouse about water in the Appalachian Ohio Valley. The Water Project launches on Thursday, Sept. 4, at 4 p.m., in the lobby of the Steven L. Schoonover Center for Communication at 20 W. Union Street. […]

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August 30, 2014 at 4:18 pmEvents News

Malinski Earns Doctor Honoris Causa Award in Poland

Malinski Earns Doctor Honoris Causa Award in Poland

By Collin Arocho Contributions to the biomedical analysis of neurodegenerative and cardiovascular diseases and the development of nanomedicine have earned Dr. Tadeusz Malinski a fourth Doctor Honoris Causa award. Malinski, Ohio University’s Marvin & Ann Dilley White Professor of Biomedical Sciences, received the Doctor Honoris Causa award on June 3at A. […]

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August 26, 2014 at 11:02 amNews