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Asteroid Named in Honor of Professor Thomas Statler

Professor Thomas Statler

It’s not every day you learn an asteroid bears your name. This month, Dr. Thomas Statler, Professor of Physics & Astronomy, attended the triennial “Asteroids, Comets, Meteors” conference in Helsinki, Finland, the leading international gathering in the field of small Solar System bodies, where it’s a tradition to announce new […]

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July 21, 2014 at 11:10 amNews

‘Morgan, Morgan, Morgan — Are You There?’

‘Morgan, Morgan, Morgan — Are You There?’

By Morgan Chaney ’10 Anthropology alum studying capuchin monkeys in Costa Rica “Morgan, Morgan, Morgan — are you there?” My radio’s staticky transmission cuts the serenity of the forest like a buzzsaw, startling me out of a meditative hike as I search for my troop. It’s been around seven hours since […]

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July 10, 2014 at 6:41 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Sarr Appointed a Ping Institute Fellow

Sarr Appointed a Ping Institute Fellow

Dr. Assan Sarr, Assistant Professor of History, was recently named an Untenured Fellow in the Charles J. Ping Institute for the Teaching of the Humanities. Sarr will begin his three-year term as a Ping Fellow in Fall 2014, in recognition of his teaching excellence and his commitment to humanities education […]

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July 2, 2014 at 2:41 pmNews

Dantas Wins International Research Network Grant

Dantas Wins International Research Network Grant

Dr. Mariana Dantas, Associate Professor of History, and her colleague Emma Hart of the University of St. Andrews in Scotland have won an International Research Network Grant from the United Kingdom’s Arts and Humanities Research Council. The grant will be used in support of the “Global City: Past and Present” […]

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July 2, 2014 at 1:36 pmNews

Juli Acurso Named to Capital One All-America Academic Team

Juli Acurso Named to Capital One All-America Academic Team

Arguably the most decorated student-athlete to ever don the Green & White, Ohio University senior cross country/track & field student-athlete Juli Accurso 14 was recognized for her outstanding efforts on the track and in the classroom on June 26, becoming the first Capital One Academic All-America selection at Ohio in […]

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July 1, 2014 at 9:42 amNews

Math, Biology & History Alumni Named 2014 Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellows

Math, Biology & History Alumni Named 2014 Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellows

Four Ohio University recent graduates—three of them from the College of Arts & Sciences—have been named 2014 Woodrow Wilson Ohio Teaching Fellows. The Woodrow Wilson Ohio Teaching Fellowship seeks to attract talented, committed individuals with backgrounds in the STEM fields—science, technology, engineering, and mathematics—into teaching in high-need Ohio secondary schools. […]

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July 1, 2014 at 9:20 amAlumni News

Bergmeier on Steering Committee for New Translational Biomedical Sciences Program

Bergmeier on Steering Committee for New Translational Biomedical Sciences Program

Ohio University has launched a new doctoral program in translational biomedical sciences that will give students a broad base of knowledge to tackle complex health issues. Students and faculty affiliated with the program will be eligible for five new research fellowships and awards funded in part by a $2 million […]

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June 25, 2014 at 8:40 amNews