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Taylor Macy: A Wiiiiild Summer Internship

Taylor Macy: A Wiiiiild Summer Internship

By Taylor Macy ’14 Honors Tutorial College and Environmental and Plant Biology Major, Ohio University Summer internship at the Wilds in Cumberland, Ohio Helloooo. I am now a senior (CRAZY) studying Environmental and Plant Biology along with Environmental Studies. I am a Wilds Scholar at a wildlife conservation facility, the […]

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July 30, 2013 at 5:38 pmNews

Messenger: OU Professor Pens New Book on Surveillance

Messenger: OU Professor Pens New Book on Surveillance

Athens Messenger reporter Kelly Doran interviewed Dr. John Gilliom, Professor of Political Science and Associate Dean in the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University about his new book, SuperVision: An Introduction to the Surveillance Society. Surveillance has become unavoidable in today’s society, a new book co-written by an Ohio […]

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July 23, 2013 at 9:31 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Frantz Catches a Glimpse of New State of Matter with NSF Grant

Frantz Catches a Glimpse of New State of Matter with NSF Grant

As matter “cooks” to 4 trillion degrees Celsius—250,000 times hotter than the center of the sun—protons and neutrons melt into a liquid plasma of quarks and gluons. This liquid may have been present at the start of the universe for a few microseconds. But Dr. Justin Frantz has an even […]

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July 23, 2013 at 8:14 pmNews Research

Math Teacher Circles: Why Should the Kids Have All the Fun?

Math Teacher Circles: Why Should the Kids Have All the Fun?

Are math lovers the new underground? In the former Soviet Union, students who wanted to learn more—at the time the Soviets were dictating what was allowable in terms of research and studies—gathered in kitchens and living rooms in small groups to do…math. “Math circles,” as they were known, were “something […]

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July 23, 2013 at 3:55 pmNews

Eagle: Sociology Alum Expands Business Ties as Wichita State President

“Wichita State President John Bardo is making change happen,” according to a Wichita Eagle story on June 29. An Ohio University alum, John Bardo ’71M has been president of Wichita State for a year, and he’s working quickly toward a new business and technology park. He earned a master’s in […]

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July 22, 2013 at 4:44 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Circleville Herald: Ohio University Alum Surveyed Niagara Falls for Bridge

Circleville Herald reporter Steven Collins delves into the life of an early Ohio University alum in a July 12 story, “William Sooy Smith: Engineer of bridges, buildings and battle.” Collins writes that the historical marker in Tarlton heralds  Smith as a Civil War veteran, but his accomplishments included some engineering […]

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July 22, 2013 at 4:10 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Class of 2017: Circleville High Grad Plans Psychology Career

The Circleville Herald reported “Stanley earns Gerhardt family scholarship” on July 11. Kathryn Elizabeth Stanley, a 2013 graduate of Circleville High School, was awarded a $1,000 scholarship by the Gerhardt Family Scholarship Fund. Stanley plans to attend Ohio University this fall to pursue a career in Psychology. She played varsity […]

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July 22, 2013 at 3:44 pmIn the News Students in the News