Archive for May, 2014

Graduate Student Research Conference Set for February 2015

The History Graduate Student Association at Ohio University organizes the annual Graduate Student Research Conference each spring, attracting participants from history graduate programs around the country. The next history conference is Feb. 6-7, 2015, at which alumni are invited to speak and students from universities around the country present papers.

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May 31, 2014 at 2:48 pmNews

Why Don’t These Monkeys Grow Up?

Why Don’t These Monkeys Grow Up?

Why does the Capuchin monkey need an extended childhood before it’s ready to become an adult? Ohio University alum Morgan Chancey ’10 is going to Costa Rica to study the monkeys and look for the answer by studying the skills they need as adults. But first he’s kick-starting his fund […]

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May 30, 2014 at 9:24 amAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Two A&S Students Awarded Gilman International Scholarships for Summer Abroad

Two A&S Students Awarded Gilman International Scholarships for Summer Abroad

Two College of Arts & Sciences students were awarded Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships for summer 2014. Lincoln Caldwell ’16, an Anthropology major, received a scholarship to study in China. Victoria Ream ’15, a Sociology-Criminology major, received a scholarship to study in Spain. The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program […]

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May 29, 2014 at 12:24 pmNews

Brobst: ‘Great Game’ Maneuvers Continue on Chessboard of Afghanistan

Brobst: ‘Great Game’ Maneuvers Continue on Chessboard of Afghanistan

Proxies, puppets, pawns. From the “Great Game” of British imperialism in the 19th century through the Cold War in the 20th century—conflict in Central Asia could still be looked at today as a continuation of hundreds of years of “proxy warfare” between the world’s great powers. Dr. John Brobst, Associate […]

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May 29, 2014 at 11:59 amFaculty in the News In the News Research

NASA Announces Wyatt Flight Experiment on International Space Station

NASA Announces Wyatt Flight Experiment on International Space Station

Among the 31 space biology research proposals NASA announced on May 29 for immediate implementation is an experiment with Arabidopsis seedlings by Dr. Sarah Wyatt, Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology at Ohio University NASA will fund the “Research Opportunities in Space Biology” proposals to help investigate questions about how […]

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May 29, 2014 at 10:05 amNews

To Tech Savvy and Beyond: AAUW Member Sends Her Research into Space

To Tech Savvy and Beyond: AAUW Member Sends Her Research into Space

A May 28 post on the American Association of University Women (AAUW) blog captured the energy of Tech Savvy, a new program for middle school girls and their parents. Ohio University was one of the pilot programs this spring, and Dr. Sarah Wyatt, Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology, gave the […]

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May 29, 2014 at 9:52 amFaculty in the News In the News

Scanlan Presents on ‘Impacts of Female Empowerment on Environmental Health and Sustainability’

Scanlan Presents on ‘Impacts of Female Empowerment on Environmental Health and Sustainability’

Dr. Stephen Scanlan, Associate Professor of Sociology, presented a paper in May at the Canadian Sociological Association 2014 Congress on “Women, the Environment and Development: The Impacts of Female Empowerment on Environmental Health and Sustainability.” Abstract: In this paper I examine the connection between female empowerment, sustainable development, and environmental […]

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May 29, 2014 at 9:29 amResearch