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 By Dr. Vincent Jungkunz and Dr. Ayesha Hardison College of Arts & Sciences faculty are tackling the challenges of the 21st century by building interdisciplinary and team-taught courses around a new set of curricular themes. In the Love and Hate theme, we explore at least two major understandings of the […]

Dear Colleagues, I know that many of us have had a strong reaction to the tragic events on Court Street during Homecoming. As a result of those events and the university’s constant cry for “safety” this Halloween, I have decided to put my feet where my mouth is so to […]

“The American chestnut (Castanea dentata) was once a dominant canopy species in the Eastern Deciduous Forest. Unfortunately, the species was decimated by the chestnut blight (Cryphonectria parasitica) in the early 20th century,” say Dr. Brian McCarthy and Lauren Bizzari in the introduction to their poster on “An experimental assessment of […]

By Kathryn McFadden A new piece of research equipment at Ohio University will help scientists study aging, cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes and metabolic disorders—including researchers in the Molecular and Cellular Biology program in the College of Arts & Sciences. The Seahorse XF Analyzer measures cellular metabolism by monitoring oxygen consumption rate […]

“At one point in his career, Howard Dewald utilized chaos theory — a complex mathematical principle in which a small change at the beginning of an event could drastically change the outcome,” writes Will Drabold in the Post. “You might claim his new job is just as unpredictable. Dewald, Ohio […]

Science Café presents “Pulling, Pushing and Squeezing: Physics and Adhesion Biology” with Dr. David Tees on Wednesday, Oct. 23, at 5 p.m. in the Baker Center Front Room. “In everyday life, ‘pulling, pushing and squeezing’ is just something we humans deal with on a regular basis,” said Tees, Associate Professor of […]

By Craig A. Meyer, Ph.D. Associate Coordinator of the Graduate Writing and Research Center There are times as a graduate student that we all question our writing. There is a new, free Graduate Writing and Research Center in Alden Library (Room 309). The GWRC’s goal is to assist all Ohio […]