Archive for September, 2013

Dr. Julie Roche, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, was invited to give a talk at the 2013 SACNAS National Conference & Special 40th Anniversary Celebration on Oct. 3 in San Antonio, TX. She will discuss “First Determination of the Weak Charge of the Proton.” One of the largest annual […]

Mark your calendars now for the 2013-14 Science Café and Café Conversation series, which kick off Wednesday, Sept. 11, with a line-up  that includes faculty from four Ohio University colleges, including four professors from Arts & Sciences. Café events are free and open to students, faculty and staff. Both cafés are […]

The Condensed Matter & Surface Sciences Colloquium Series presents Timothy M. Sweeney of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory on Thursday, Sept. 12, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter Lecture Hall 245. Sweeney will discuss “Cavity Assisted Electron Spin Flip: A Solid-State Qubit Coupled to a Photonic Crystal.” “Optical cavities and waveguides […]

The Psychology Department welcomes Dr. Julian Thayer of Ohio State University to present a colloquium on Friday, Sept. 13, at 11:50 in Porter Hall 102.  Thayer’s talk is on “Prefrontal regulation of the stress response: Implications from a Neurovisceral Integration perspective.”  All are welcome and invited to attend. For more […]

Almost half of the faculty and graduate student research projects announced by the Ohio University Foundation Board’s 1804 Fund committee include Arts & Sciences faculty. The committee this week announced  $265,475 for faculty research and graduate student research projects and $215,475 to 11 projects for undergraduate learning for the 2013 […]

Millions of people use prescription drugs daily to cure their various illnesses, but do they consider the detrimental effects these drugs could pose to their health after years of use? Dr. Janet Duerr, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts & Sciences, answers this very question in […]

By Neil Bernstein, Associate Professor of Classics and World Religions, and Herta Rodina, Associate Professor of Modern Languages Dear Colleagues, You enjoy teaching. You’re good at it. Have you taken any risks in your teaching lately? Several institutional structures discourage faculty members, especially untenured faculty, from taking risks. Our dependence […]