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From Ohio University News Physics doctoral student Eva Yazmin Santiago Santos received a prestigious Best Speaker Award at a large international conference in Spain for her talk describing hot-electron generation of nanoparticles. “I had presented a poster and given a virtual talk at other international conferences before. However, this was […]

From Ohio University News The Ohio University Board of Trustees voted in June to award promotion to 25 College of Arts & Sciences faculty members, with seven named full professor, 15 promoted to associate professor with tenure, and three named associate professor of instruction. “Tenure-track assistant professors generally apply for […]

From Ohio University News The Ohio University Board of Trustees approved 22 College of Arts & Sciences faculty members for faculty fellowship leave during the 2022-23. “Faculty fellowship leaves provide invaluable opportunities for faculty to devote substantial time to scholarship,” said Florenz Plassmann, Dean of the College of Arts & […]

 From Ohio University News As the world’s appetite for carbon-based materials like graphite increases, Ohio University researchers presented evidence this week for a new carbon solid they named “amorphous graphite.” Physicist David Drabold and engineer Jason Trembly started with the question, “Can we make graphite from coal?” “Graphite is […]

From Ohio University News The Ohio University Observatory is reopening with a series of Spring 2022 Public Telescope Nights set for the following dates: March 4 and 5 — 7 to 9 p.m. April 8 and 9 — 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. May 6 and 7 — 9 to 11 p.m. Public Telescope Night […]

From Ohio University News Astrophysicist Zach Meisel, Ph.D., is part of an international team of pioneers whose research is delving into the mysteries of the center of the sun and other nuclear infernos that produce the building blocks of the universe. Their goal is to solve some of the mysteries […]

Dr. Kenneth Hicks wrote a special column for the Columbus Dispatch and USA Today Network headlined Astronomy: Just as in the Bible story of the three wise men, there is today still much to ponder in the night sky. … Soon, Christmas will have come and gone. Children will have […]