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Ohio University undergraduate student Ava Heller will present a poster at the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research meeting in Denver, CO., Nov. 20-23. “This project essentially looks at a protein that was less activated in space than on Earth,” Heller said. “I am growing plants that don’t have […]

A new book by Dr. Damian Nance, “A Complete Guide to the Engine Houses of Mid-Cornwall,” documents the history of an unlikely UNESCO World Heritage Site in the U.K., the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape. Nance is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Geological Sciences at Ohio University. Visitors to the […]

by Alex Paoletti ’20 Dr. Matthew Rosen, Assistant Professor of Anthropology in the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University, served on a panel discussing “Appropriating Public Spaces: Policy and Its Legacy Producing Russian Places” at the Association for the Study of Nationalities convention in May. The convention, which occurred […]

Dr. Nicole Kaufman, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Ohio University, presented at the Frontiers of Democracy Conference at Tufts University in Boston in June. This innovative conference brings together personnel from non-profits, city governments, foundations, and academia to discuss pressing issues in inclusion, political institutions, and community mobilization to improve […]

by Alex Paoletti ’20 Dr. Diane Ciekawy, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Ohio University, presented “Discursive Traditions of the Mijikenda Azhere a Kaya: Indigenous Knowledge for Social and Political Transformation” at the first international conference on African Studies held by the African Studies Research Center at Kisii University in Kisii, […]

Dr. Damian Nance, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Geological Sciences at Ohio University, was honored for his 45-year research career on the formation and breakup of Earth’s supercontinents by the Geological Association of Canada at its annual meeting in Quebec City. The event, entitled “Pannotia to Pangea: Paleozoic orogenic cycles in […]

Dr. Xizhen “Jenny” Schenk recently joined the faculty of Geological Sciences at Ohio University as an Assistant Professor of Instruction. Schenk’s teaching and research focus on exploring the field of environmental geology, particularly the intersection of climate, water, and human impacts. “My enthusiasm for geosciences originated from my admiration for […]