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Hicks: Why is the Earth’s Core So Hot?

Hicks: Why is the Earth’s Core So Hot?

“In Jules Verne’s classic novel Journey to the Center of the Earth, explorers find a hidden tunnel that takes them to a forgotten land filled with wild beasts and other wonders,” writes Dr. Kenneth Hicks, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, on Sunday, June 2, in the Columbus Dispatch. Hicks writes […]

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June 4, 2013 at 5:58 pmNews

Class of 2017: Christopher Breeze Earns Beckett Scholarship

The Athens Messenger reports that Athens County resident Christopher Breeze is among the recipients of scholarships from the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio for the 2013-14 academic year. Breeze plans to study in the Ohio University College of Arts & Sciences with the Class of 2017. Breeze and Carter each received […]

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June 4, 2013 at 5:24 pmIn the News Students in the News

Arts & Sciences Alum Passes at Age of 100

The Athens News reported June 3 that Robert Colyer Wickham, an alum of Ohio University’s College of Arts &Sciences, passed away May 30, at the age of 100. After graduating high school in Salt Lake City, Utah, he came to Athens to attend Ohio University where he graduated in 1937 […]

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June 4, 2013 at 5:02 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Study Suggests Second Life for Possible Spintronic Materials

Study Suggests Second Life for Possible Spintronic Materials

Ohio University research merges manganese, gallium nitride in uniform layer Ten years ago, scientists were convinced that a combination of manganese and gallium nitride could be a key material to create spintronics, the next generation of electronic devices that operate on properties found at the nanoscale. But researchers grew discouraged […]

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New York Times Announces Wedding of Geography Pre-Law Alum

On April 21, the New York Times announced the marriage of Michael Hartman ’98, an Ohio University Geography-Pre-Law major who is now of counsel at a New York law firm: Dr. Lincy Ann Cherian and Michael Patrick Hartman were married Saturday in the Palm House at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. […]

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May 29, 2013 at 2:08 pmAlumni

Student Helps Japanese Students Translate Environmental Project, Takes Second

Student Helps Japanese Students Translate Environmental Project, Takes Second

  Ohio University’s Amanda Tragert ’14 was at the microphone, making the presentation that she had translated on behalf of the  environmental studies group. Tragert and her group took second place at the research symposium at Chubu University in Japan. “I’ve been helping out an environmental studies group on campus […]

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May 29, 2013 at 12:50 pmNews

Economics Alum ‘Gives the Gift of a Happy Childhood’

Economics Alum ‘Gives the Gift of a Happy Childhood’

“Srivyal Vuyyuri was 28 when he returned from Ohio University with a degree in M.A. Economics. He could have had the stereotypical life of comfort, but he went ahead and took the responsibility of educating many underprivileged children instead.” Writer Kanchan Agarwal describes Vuyyuri as the man behind Sphoorti, an organization […]

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May 29, 2013 at 12:46 pmAlumni