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Stender Presents on Software for Analytical Chemistry at MUACC

Dr. Anthony Stender

Dr. Anthony S. Stender, Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Ohio University, was recently invited to present a talk at the Midwestern Universities Analytical Chemistry Conference (MUACC). This year’s conference was held Nov. 7 – 9 at Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis. Stender first attended this conference when it was hosted […]

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December 18, 2019 at 7:51 amResearch

Sandler Strengthens Collaborations with Brazilian Scientists

Dr. Nancy Sandler

Dr. Nancy Sandler was one of the few international invited speakers at the recent Brazilian Workshop for Semiconductor Physics 19, held at the Federal University of Ceará, in Fortaleza, Brazil. Sandler is Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University. The biennial workshop, held since 1983, began as the premier […]

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December 17, 2019 at 2:30 pmResearch

NIH Grant Helps Carroll Examine How to Combat MRSA Infections

From left, Dr. Ronan Carroll talks with Ph.D. student Rachel Zapf in his lab in the Life Sciences Building on the Athens campus. Photo by Ben Siegel

From Ohio University News Ohio University microbiologist Dr. Ronan Carroll was awarded a $2.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health this fall to study how scientists can combat a common bacterial infection that is becoming resistant to antibiotics. The funding builds on the discovery by Carroll and a […]

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December 17, 2019 at 7:48 amResearch

Wolbert Earns Prestigious Groundwater Research Prize for Work on Acid Mine Drainage

Ryan Wolbert

Ohio University graduate student Ryan Wolbert received the Farvolden Award at the National Groundwater Association’s annual Groundwater Summit in Las Vegas in December. The Farvolden Award is given to the most outstanding student posters on a scored, judged presentation. Wolbert, who is pursuing an M.S. in Geological Sciences at OHIO, […]

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December 16, 2019 at 4:02 pmResearch

Bischoff Authors ‘Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking from Anyon Condensation’

Dr. Marcel Bischoff

Dr. Marcel Bischoff co-authored “Spontaneous symmetry breaking from anyon condensation” in the Journal of High Energy Physics. Bischoff is Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Ohio University. Abstract: In a physical system undergoing a continuous quantum phase transition, spontaneous symmetry breaking occurs when certain symmetries of the Hamiltonian fail to be preserved […]

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December 12, 2019 at 11:45 amResearch

Ritzenthaler Publishes ‘The Ribboncutters’ and ‘A Good Place Gone’

Melanie Ritzenthaler

By Regina Yoong Ohio University graduate student Melanie Ritzenthaler published two of her stories—”The Ribboncutters” in the fall 2019 issue of West Branch and “A Good Place Gone” in the triple issue (winter, spring, summer 2019) of Cimarron Review. “The two stories are both part of a collection I’m working on that’s set […]

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December 12, 2019 at 8:13 amNews

Moore’s ‘The Story Cure’ Reprinted in Chinese Edition

Dinty W. Moore

By Regina Yoong Dinty W. Moore’s book The Story Cure: A Book Doctor’s Pain-Free Guide to Finishing Your Novel or Memoir (Ten Speed / Random House) was recently reprinted in a Chinese edition, titled Story prescription: The story is so beautiful, by Houlang Publishing Co. The Beijing press specializes in history, philosophy, politics, […]

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December 11, 2019 at 10:24 pmResearch