Archive for December, 2014

By Angelita Faller Forty-nine million years ago, a freshwater bird known as Limnofregata azygosternon lived in the ancient lakes of what is now Wyoming. Leaving behind only a few skeletons, it is hard to imagine how this extinct bird once looked and lived. Thanks to the research of Ryan Felice, […]

“When NASA’s SpaceX Dragon rocket launches into space on Jan. 6, plants that are part of a research project between Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and Ohio University will be on board. The experiment will test how plants respond to gravity,” reports the St. Louis Business Journal on Dec . 19. […]

Dr. Ziad Abu-Rish, Assistant Professor of History at Ohio University, was interviewed on the emergence of ISIS and regional ramifications in October by Epohi, a weekly newspaper produced in Greece. Abu-Rish is co-editor of Jadaliyya, where he published an English translation of the interview. Epohi primarily focuses on Greek politics […]

Ohio University Psychology graduate students Anne Dawson and Alex Holdaway presented a poster on “Validation of a Tool to Assess Teacher Burnout” at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies annual convention Nov. 20-23 in Philadelphia. Dr. Brian Wymbs, Assistant Professor of Psychology, was a co-author.  Abstract: Teacher-implemented school-based interventions […]

Dr. Nukhet Sandal was part of a Crisis in the Middle East forum for Brown University students in October. The Brown forum featured views from scholars of politics, religion and international relations. The forum was designed to address the development of ISIS, one of the most alarming issues in the […]

Dr. Ziad Abu-Rish, Assistant Professor of Middle East history at Ohio University, is co-editor of Jadaliyya, which was recently featured in a Chronicle of Higher Education article. Established a few months before the Arab uprisings began, Jadaliyya (the Arabic word for “dialectic”) has become a reference for many professors in […]

Work by Ohio University alum Christina Jones ’14M appears in Shawnee State University’s fall edition of the “Silhouette,” a literary and art magazine, notes the Portsmouth Daily Times. Jones earned an M.A. in English from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. The magazine features local talent from […]