Archive for October, 2013

Hicks Speaks at Hadron 2013 International Conference

Hicks Speaks at Hadron 2013 International Conference

Dr. Kenneth Hicks, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, will be giving an invited plenary talk at the international conference known as Hadron 2013 in November in Nara, Japan. His talk will be on recent results relevant to particle physics from the CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer (CLAS) Collaboration, from data taken […]

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October 31, 2013 at 1:44 pmResearch

Fifth-Graders Come to See How Weather Works

Fifth-Graders Come to See How Weather Works

By Jill Wallenhorst from Compass Students in the fifth-grade class at Nelsonville-York Elementary School stood within feet of a tornado in the heart of Athens, but they weren’t scared. In fact, they loved it. The students weren’t storm chasing. They were on field trip to Ohio University’s Scalia Laboratory for […]

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October 31, 2013 at 10:41 amNews

So, You Want to Change the World: Promise and Peril

So, You Want to Change the World: Promise and Peril

By Dr. Debra Thompson College of Arts & Sciences faculty are tackling the challenges of the 21st century by building interdisciplinary and team-taught courses around a new set of curricular themes. This proposed thematic track—So, You Want to Change the World: Promise and Peril—addresses questions of intentionality, action, and consequence […]

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October 31, 2013 at 9:34 amNews

Conflict and Cooperation: A War and Peace Thematic Track

Conflict and Cooperation: A War and Peace Thematic Track

College of Arts & Sciences faculty are tackling the challenges of the 21st century by building interdisciplinary and team-taught courses around a new set of curricular themes. The War and Peace Studies Curriculum Committee is working on the theme “Conflict and Cooperation.” The committee has developed a list of optional […]

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October 31, 2013 at 8:52 amNews

Alum is New Patent Attorney at Webb Law Firm

Intellectual Property Today reports that the Webb Law Firm added two new patent attorneys, one of them Ohio University alum Brian J. Gallagher ’08, who majored in Chemistry in the College of Arts & Sciences. Brian J. Gallagher has joined The Webb Law Firm as a Patent Attorney. Brian received […]

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October 30, 2013 at 4:35 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Becoming Human: Not Just Being Human

Becoming Human: Not Just Being Human

Courses and more information at the Becoming Human website. The phrase “Becoming Human” conjures up fragmentary images of primate prehistory in which our evolutionary ancestors made axe heads out of chipped flint and stared at cave walls transfixed by the shadows cast from their smoldering fires. But reflecting on ancestral […]

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October 30, 2013 at 3:35 pmNews

Making and Breaking the Law Theme: Law, Justice & Culture

Making and Breaking the Law Theme: Law, Justice & Culture

By Dr. Haley Duschinski College of Arts & Sciences faculty are tackling the challenges of the 21st century by building interdisciplinary and team-taught courses around a new set of curricular themes. The Center for Law, Justice & Culture has developed a new interdisciplinary thematic track, Making and Breaking the Law, […]

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October 30, 2013 at 8:27 amNews