Archive for June, 2013

SGE Field Trip: Up, Down and Around in the American Southwest

SGE Field Trip: Up, Down and Around in the American Southwest

Throughout the year the members of Ohio University’s chapter of Sigma Gamma Epsilon worked to fund raise and organize a 12-day field trip to the American southwest, culminating with a day hiking in the Grand Canyon. Sigma Gamma Epsilon is for all geology and earth science majors and graduates who […]

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June 30, 2013 at 11:07 amNews

Heath Kersell Builds Sophisticated Equipment to Analyze Materials for New Technologies

Heath Kersell Builds Sophisticated Equipment to Analyze Materials for New Technologies

By Jessica Salerno Office of Research Communications Few physics students can say that they helped analyze a first-of-its-kind molecular motor, published a research article in the prestigious journal Nature Nanotechnology, and helped the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory to construct a major new piece of scientific equipment all […]

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June 28, 2013 at 8:08 pmResearch

Dewald Appointed Associate Provost for Faculty and Academic Planning

Dewald Appointed Associate Provost for Faculty and Academic Planning

(Compass, June 26, 2013) Executive Vice President and Provost Pam Benoit announced the appointment of Dr. Howard Dewald as Associate Provost for Faculty and Academic Planning. Dewald currently serves as the Senior Associate Dean in the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. Dewald was selected for the position […]

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June 28, 2013 at 9:13 amNews

Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest; Kniola’s Horticulture Internship

Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest; Kniola’s Horticulture Internship

By Ryan Kniola Environmental and Plant Biology Major, Ohio University Summer internship at Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest Greetings all, My name is Ryan Kniola and this blog will be centered on my experiences as a horticulture intern at Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest in Clermont, Kentucky.  Just some background […]

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June 27, 2013 at 10:34 pmNews

Accurso Named To Academic All-America Third Team

Accurso Named To Academic All-America Third Team

Junior distance runner Juli Accurso took another step toward history Thursday, becoming the first women’s cross country/track & field Academic All-American in Ohio University history. The Capital One Academic All-America Division I Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country roster is composed of just 45 student-athletes from across the nation, with 15 first team, […]

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June 27, 2013 at 4:00 pmNews

Washington Post: History Alum Who Exposed Nazi Theft of Jewish Property Dies at 84

“William Z. Slany, a top State Department historian who helped oversee a study in the 1990s that exposed Nazi looting of Jewish property and that led to $8 billion in belated compensation for Holocaust victims and their families, died May 13 at his home in Reston. He was 84,” reported […]

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June 27, 2013 at 8:55 amAlumni in the News In the News

Richie Janssen: Living Life in Soil

Richie Janssen: Living Life in Soil

By Richard Janssen Environmental and Plant Biology Major, Ohio University Summer internship at Bertrand Farm, MI Hello All, I chose to go a slightly different path this summer and apply my Plant Bio knowledge to agriculture. I am working at Bertrand Farm in southern Michigan ( or Michiana, as it […]

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June 27, 2013 at 8:38 amNews