Archive for February, 2015

Dr. Roberto Duncan, Professor of Economics at Ohio University, published a working paper on “A Threshold Model of the US Current Account” in October 2014. The study was for the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas’ Globalization and Monetary Policy Institute Abstract: What drives U.S. current account imbalances? Is there solid […]

The Ohio University-Ohio State University Ring Theory Seminar presents Lulwah Al-Essa on Friday, Feb. 27, at 4:45 p.m. in Cockins Hall 240 at Ohio State University’s Department of Mathematics. Al-Essa, a doctoral student in Mathematics at Ohio University, will discuss “Modules over Infinite Dimensional Algebras.” Abstract: Let A be an […]

Dr. Anthony Herrel of the Natural History Museum of Paris gives the Darwin Lecture at Ohio University on Friday, Feb. 27, at 3:30 p.m. in the Baker Center Theater. Herrel’s topic is “Celebrating Darwin: Galapagos finches, Croatian lizards, and evolution on ecological time scales.” He is The event is free […]

Valparaiso, Round the Horn, a book of short stories by English doctoral student Madeline ffitch, is just out at Publishing Genius Press. ffitch is a doctoral student in the Creative Writing fiction program in the English Department at Ohio University. She will be reading from the book on March 1 […]

 By Jean Andrews Physics & Astronomy Dr. Charlotte Elster, Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University, is the organizer of “Reactions and Structure of Exotic Nuclei,” a two-week workshop being held March 2-13 at the Institute of Nuclear Theory in Seattle, Washington. Her co-organizers are Dr. W.H. Dickhoff of Washington University […]

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Morten Hjorth-Jensen of Michigan State University and University of Oslo  on “From nuclei to neutron stars: why is matter stable?” on Friday, Feb. 27, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract: To understand why nuclear matter is stable, and thereby shed light on […]

Evelyn Salinas Castro presented her work on “The emergence of auto-defense groups–vigilantes–within the Mexican drug war” as a revolutionary movement at the Capitalism & Socialism: Utopia, Globalization, and Revolution conference at the University of Southern Indiana  in November. She describes the rise in Mexican cartels, “unprecedented levels” of violence, and […]