Archive for June, 2014

Ohio University has launched a new doctoral program in translational biomedical sciences that will give students a broad base of knowledge to tackle complex health issues. Students and faculty affiliated with the program will be eligible for five new research fellowships and awards funded in part by a $2 million […]

English Professor Dinty W. Moore, Director of Creative Writing at Ohio University, recently judged an international writing contest at Writing for Peace where participants, age 13-19, are asked to write an 800-1000 word essay about a social, political, environmental, or familial challenge faced by individuals within a cultural group, or […]

Geology alum Darcy R. VanDervort ’12 and Dr. Dina López, Professor and Chair of Geological Sciences, co-authored an article  in the April 2014 issue of MEDICC Review, which focused on chronic kidney disease in agricultural communities. VanDervort, who doubled majored, did undergraduate research with López. She earned a B.S.in Environmental […]

Dr. Mirna Zakić, Assistant Professor of History, published an article on “The Price of Belonging to the Volk: Volksdeutsche, Land Redistribution and Aryanization in the Serbian Banat, 1941–4” on April 2014 in the Journal of Contemporary History. Abstract: Between 1941 and 1944, the Serbian Banat was occupied by Reich German […]

Dr. Mirna Zakić, Assistant Professor of History, completed a postdoctoral fellowship from the Volkswagen Foundation during 2013-14 in residence at Germany’s Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies. Her current research focuses on ethnic German communities in Southeast Europe, the transnational spread of National Socialist ideology, and the interplay of ideology and […]

By Jean Andrews Physics & Astronomy Dr. Tomoyasu Tanaka, age 94, Emeritus Professor of Physics at Ohio University, passed away in May in his native Japan. He was a highly respected theoretical physicist, loving parent to five children, husband, and son. “Professor Tanaka was a wonderful colleague. He was interesting […]

Dr. Mariana Dantas, Associate Professor of History and Director of Latin American Studies, published an article on “Succession of Property, Sales of Meação, and the Economic Empowerment of Widows of African Descent in Colonial Minas Gerais, Brazil” in the May 2014 Journal of Family History. Abstract: Although Portuguese laws protected […]