Archive for May, 2013

History Alum Talks About ‘America’s Confrontation with the Eurocommunists’

History Alum Talks About ‘America’s Confrontation with the Eurocommunists’

Dr. Alessandro Brogi ’98 Ph.D. discussed “The Power of Dissent: America’s Confrontation with the Eurocommunists” in a Contemporary History Institute Lecture on April 18. Brogi is a Professor of History at the University of Arkansas and earned a Ph.D. in U.S. History with highest distinction from Ohio University, studying with Dr. […]

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May 6, 2013 at 4:06 pmAlumni Events

Scanlan Presents on Fracking at Sociological Association Meeting

Scanlan Presents on Fracking at Sociological Association Meeting

Dr. Stephen J. Scanlan, Associate Professor of Sociology, presented “Framing Fracking: Resource Extraction, Economic Development, and Greenwashing” in a session on environmental sociology focused on fracking at the North Central Sociological Association 2013 annual meeting April 4-7 in Indianapolis. This paper examines the framing mechanisms of the U.S. gas industry […]

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May 6, 2013 at 4:06 pmResearch

Japanese Students Role Play Social Scenes, ‘Skinship’ for Linguistics Class

Japanese Students Role Play Social Scenes, ‘Skinship’ for Linguistics Class

OHIO alum Greg King and his students from Chubu University in Japan visit a linguistics class. From left: Takayuki Naito, Yuto Katano, Akino Taniguchi, Yugo Tajima (front center), Sachiko Sakurai, Greg King, and Yoshiyuki Uno. Chris Thompson chose Japan’s communal baths as a lens through which students could study a […]

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May 6, 2013 at 4:06 pmNews

Alum in Alaska Legislature Fights Genetically Modified ‘Frankenfish’

Alaska State Rep. Geran Tarr (D-Anchorage) reports that she “met with a dozen Federal Drug Administration staff to express Alaskans’ concerns with an application to allow the sale of genetically modified salmon, dubbed ‘Frankenfish,’ in the United States.” Tarr earned a bachelor’s degree in Botany, Environmental Studies and Women’s Studies […]

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May 6, 2013 at 1:06 amAlumni Alumni in the News

Baker Peace Conference: ‘Lessons from End of Second World War’

The 2013 Baker Peace Conference on “A World at Peace?: Lessons from the End of the Second World War” featured keynote speaker Dr. Gerhard Weinberg, the William Rand Kenan Jr., Professor Emeritus of History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, as well as the following: Joseph Venosa […]

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May 5, 2013 at 4:06 pmEvents

Athens News: Author Talks About Love in Terms of Writing, Language

The  Athens News wrote April 14 about Diane Ackerman’s dual roles: full-time author and full-time caregiver to her husband of 34 years—and their journey from a stroke that deprived him of language to the day he found the words to express his love and began 100 days of nicknames for her, […]

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May 5, 2013 at 4:06 pmIn the News

Dean’s Scratch-and-Sniff NIH Test Helps Patients, Researchers

Dean Robert Frank and Dr. Nancy Tatarek share a common interest in bones. On visiting Tatarek's forensic anthropology lab, Frank discovered that they both have skull casts that were surgically perforated, or trephined, about 400 years ago.

Dean Robert Frank and Dr. Nancy Tatarek share a common interest in bones. On visiting Tatarek’s forensic anthropology lab, Frank discovered that they both have skull casts that were surgically perforated, or trephined, about 400 years ago. Imagine the following circumstances. You are taking a new drug developed to minimize […]

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May 5, 2013 at 4:06 pmNews Research