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Sasquatch DNA: A Red-Haired Sister to Humans?

Sasquatch DNA: A Red-Haired Sister to Humans?

DNA evidence has gotten felons off death row. Could it be about to get Sasquatch onto the list of newly discovered species? Dr. Scott Moody has been teaching and researching various topics of biology at Ohio University for 35 years. For the last 15 years or so, when he took […]

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October 23, 2013 at 9:13 amNews

Kidder, Worsley Present on Early Triassic Hypertropical Climate

Ohio University faculty will make an impact with 23 presentations at the Geological Society of America’s 125th Anniversary Annual Meeting & Exposition Oct. 27–30 in Denver. Dr. David Kidder, Associate Professor of Geological Sciences, and retired faculty member Dr. Tom Worsley present on EARLY TRIASSIC HYPERTROPICAL CLIMATE:  LATITUDE, ELEVATION, AND […]

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October 22, 2013 at 9:20 amResearch

Physics Open House: Beating Back Gravity, and More, Oct. 19

Hovercraft demonstration at Physics Open House.

Fun with liquid nitrogen? Beating back gravity? Sharks with lasers? It’s all there to explore at the Ohio University Department of Physics and Astronomy Open House on Saturday, Oct. 19, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Clippinger Laboratories on the Athens campus. “There are a lot of cool […]

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October 19, 2013 at 3:42 pmEvents

After the Troubles: Revising the Dominant Narrative

After the Troubles: Revising the Dominant Narrative

By Celia Burke ’14 Double Major in Anthropology and War and Peace Studies My plane landed on the runway of the Dublin International Airport on June 26, exactly 50 years (give or take a few hours) after John F. Kennedy arrived in Dublin for his first, and only, presidential trip […]

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October 18, 2013 at 4:01 pmNews

How the World’s Poor Live on Less Than $2 a Day

How the World’s Poor Live on Less Than $2 a Day

About 40 percent of the planet lives on $2 a day or less. How is it even possible? How do families get through a typical week or a year? Dr. Jonathan Morduch, Professor of Public Policy and Economics at New York University Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, shared lessons […]

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October 18, 2013 at 3:25 pmNews

Post: Proposal Submitted for Observatory on Ridges Site

“Joe Shields, Vice President for Research and Creative Activity and dean of the Graduate College, has proposed OU build an observatory to house two telescopes on the former site of Building 26 at The Ridges,” writes Ohio University Post reporter Will Drabold on Oct. 3. The proposal, submitted Aug. 26, […]

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October 18, 2013 at 9:35 amNews

Physics Colloquium: The Energy Challenge: Science, Technology, Economics and Policy, Oct. 18

Physics Colloquium: The Energy Challenge: Science, Technology, Economics and Policy, Oct. 18

Dr. Paul Debevec, Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of Illinois, will discuss “Understanding the energy challenge: Science, Technology, Economics and Policy” on Friday, Oct. 18, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. His talk is part of the Physics and Astronomy Fall 2013 Colloquium series. “The United States and […]

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October 18, 2013 at 9:20 amEvents