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Weigand Reports Positive News for Box Turtle Population Bisected by U.S. 33 Bypass

Marcel Weigand presents her poster on the Eastern box turtles in the Wayne National Forest.

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology graduate student Marcel Weigand’s research shows positive news for Eastern box turtles whose habitat was bisected by construction of the U.S. 33 bypass through the Wayne National Forest. “In 2013, the Wayne National Forest in southeastern Ohio was bisected by a high-traffic, high-speed highway, affecting a road-naïve […]

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February 9, 2018 at 12:01 pmNews Research

Yoong Publishes Two Poems in ‘The Underground’

Regina Yui Jien Yoong

  Regina Yoong, a doctoral student in English literature, has recently published two poems with The Underground, a New York-based literary journal. Yoong’s poems, “Hydrangea” and “Brother Riley Takes a Bow,” appear in the 15th issue of The Underground. The bi-annual journal describes itself as “a literary bazaar” that “is […]

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February 8, 2018 at 2:53 pmIn the News Students in the News

Peters Authors Article on Partners’ Attachment Insecurity as Predictor of Physiological Threat

Dr. Brett Peters

Dr. Brett Peters was the lead author on a study of “Partners’ attachment insecurity predicts greater physiological threat in anticipation of attachment-relevant interactions” published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. Peters is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Ohio University. Abstract: This study examined whether anticipating interacting with a […]

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February 8, 2018 at 10:56 amResearch

Happy Beginnings | Biology Grad Works at Field Museum, Helps Discover New Dinosaur Species

Life reconstruction of the new titanosaurian dinosaur Mansourasaurus shahinae on a coastline in what is now the Western Desert of Egypt approximately 80 million years ago. Credit: Andrew McAfee, Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Editor’s Note: The Happy Beginnings series features recent College of Arts & Sciences graduates who are getting started in careers, graduate school and service. Ohio University alum Eric Gorscak ’09, ’17Ph.D., who is now a post-doc research scientist at the Field Museum in Chicago, helped in the discovery of a […]

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February 8, 2018 at 9:48 amAlumni News

McCrary Publishes Essay, ‘Becoming Bodies,’ in The Rumpus

Micah McCrary

Micah McCrary, a doctoral candidate in creative writing, has recently published an essay in The Rumpus, an online journal that features original poetry, essays, reviews, comics, and interviews. McCrary’s essay, “Becoming Bodies,” chronicles the writer’s long romance with a woman he met in high school. Together, they explore the challenges […]

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February 8, 2018 at 8:29 amResearch

Bencin Reports on Bobcats Killed on Roads in Ohio

Heidi Bencin

Dr. Viorel Popescu and graduate student Heidi Bencin presented a poster on “Predictors of road mortality for the recovering Ohio bobcat (Lynx Rufus)” at the Ohio Fish and Wildlife Management 2018 conference, held Jan. 26 in Columbus. They reported that bobcats were 50 times more likely to be killed on […]

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February 7, 2018 at 9:28 amNews

Malinski’s Study Shows Vitamin D3 Could Help Heal, Prevent Cardiovascular Damage

Dr. Tadeusz Malinski

A new study conducted by Dr. Tadeusz Malinski and Chemistry & Biochemistry graduate students suggests that a little more sunlight might help restore damage to your cardiovascular system. Malinski’s study was featured in Forbes, Study examines Vitamin D3’s potential effects on blood vessels, and other media outlets. The study shows […]

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February 5, 2018 at 8:22 amIn the News Research