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O’Keefe Publishes Book on Immigrant Political Influence in Early American Republic

Dr. John O'Keefe

From Ohio University News Dr. John O’Keefe, professor of History at Ohio University’s Chillicothe campus, is trying to clear up misinformation about the history of immigration in his new book, “Stranger Citizens: Migrant Influence and National Power in the Early American Public.” His focus is on how immigrants who came to the […]

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March 11, 2021 at 4:46 pmResearch

Expo Deadline Has Creativity Up all over Campus; Watch out for Zlorps and Woodland Spirits

Liahna Brown at work on Blue Forest Game

As the March 15 registration deadline for the 2021 Virtual Expo looms, keyboards are clacking and neurons are firing all over campus as Ohio University students prepare for the opportunity to showcase their research and creative projects. Everyone—graduate, undergraduate, medical, online and regional students—is invited to participate. Register online for […]

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March 9, 2021 at 10:06 amNews

Klein Curates Pattern and Disruption: Diné Lifeways and Embedded Mathematics

From left, curators Sally Fowler, Bob Klein and Henry Fowler

Dr. Robert Klein is a co-curator of Pattern and Disruption: Diné Lifeways and Embedded Mathematics at the Kennedy Museum of Art. Reserve your visit. Klein is Professor of Mathematics at Ohio University. Drawing from the Edwin L. and Ruth E. Kennedy Southwest Native American collection, this exhibition explores Diné (Navajo) weaving […]

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March 8, 2021 at 5:09 pmResearch

Popescu Challenges Students to Tackle World’s ‘Wicked’ Environmental Problems in New Textbook

Dr. Viorel Popescu

Dr. Viorel Popescu brings an urgency about environmental issues around the country and the world to today’s college students in a new edition of a textbook on conservation biology. “By embracing new theory and practice and documenting many examples of both conservation successes and the hard lessons of real-world ‘wicked’ […]

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March 5, 2021 at 3:24 pmResearch

Balzer Discusses Dissertation and Continuing Research During COVID-19

Kyle Balzer

Kyle Balzer, a doctoral student in History and the Contemporary History Institute, recently won a Student Enhancement Award from Ohio University’s Research Division. Together with a research grant from the Gerald R. Ford Foundation for work at the Ford Presidential Library in Ann Arbor, Mich., this allows him to complete […]

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March 4, 2021 at 10:39 pmResearch

Hanisch Investigates the Value of Equality – Theoretically and Practically

Dr. Christoph Hanisch

“Most people living in democratic societies agree that they are committed to the moral and political value of ‘equality.’ However, when we ask them what this commitment exactly amounts to, and what political and social implications they endorse based on it, we get radically divergent and sometimes even incompatible answers,” […]

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February 26, 2021 at 1:51 pmResearch

Ask the Experts: Houston Talks about Hip Hop, Activism

Dr. Akil Houston

 From Ohio University News In honor of Black History Month, Ohio University professors discussed the origins of Hip-Hop and how over the last 50 years it has influenced black culture, activism and education in the latest Ask the Experts livestream. The experts emphasized how Hip-Hop is made of several […]

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February 24, 2021 at 10:46 amNews Research