Archive for July, 2016

Dr. Ziad Abu-Rish, Assistant Professor of History, published a co-edited volume titled Critical Voices: A Collection of Interviews from and on the Middle East (Tadween Publishing) Comprised of 27 interviews with leading researches, intellectuals, artists, and activists, Critical Voices explores the ways in which power and popular mobilizations manifest in the […]

The opening event of the 10th Annual Undergraduate History Conference (April 14-15) featured reflections by History alumni on their time in the department and how it helped prepare them for their post-college careers. The panel included Sara Fisher (The Lakewood Historical Society), Chrissy Matzen (Department of History at the University […]

Dr. Christopher S. Thompson, Associate Professor and Chair of Linguistics, has been invited by Iwate Prefectural University in Morioka, Japan, to participate in a Tsunami Relief Forum on July 16-17. The purpose of the forum is to celebrate five years of successful tsunami relief collaboration activity between Ohio University and […]

The Astrophysical Research Consortium announced this week the sharpest results yet on the properties of dark energy. Hundreds of scientists from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III (SDSS-III) collaborated to make the largest-ever, three-dimensional map of distant galaxies. The scientists then used this map to make one of the most precise […]

By Kristin M. Distel In Fall 2016, the African American Studies Department is offering a new course designed to teach Ohio University students the logistics of opening their own businesses. AAS 4900: Special Topics in Black Entrepreneurship gives students extensive experience with every step of creating a business enterprise. The […]

By Kristin M. Distel Graduate student Amanda Biederman, undergraduate Elizabeth Evans ’16, and Dr. Lisa Crockett spent April through June 2015 at Antarctica’s Palmer Station, where they studied the dominant fishes of the area and physiological and biochemical processes that limit their capacity to tolerate a warming climate. Their journey […]

Congratulations to the College of Arts & Sciences faculty whose promotions were approved at the June 23-24 Ohio University Board of Trustees meeting. “It is always a great pleasure to read the dossiers of the faculty being considered for promotion and tenure,” says Robert A. Frank, Dean of the College […]