Research

Physics Intern Contributes to Lake Michigan Ozone Study

Jack Bruno participates in a day-long safety training session wearing a “dry suit” as he poses on the deck of a NOAA research vessel.

Ohio University Honors Tutorial College physics major Jack Bruno spent the summer as an intern based in the coastal city of Sheboygan, Wis., where he was a member of a scientific team studying the drift of pollution over Lake Michigan. Research since the early 1990s has shown the area has […]

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March 7, 2018 at 1:00 pmNews Research

Hla Recognized for Exceptional Achievement at Argonne National Laboratory

OHIO professor Dr. Saw Wai-Hla (right) was awarded the Samuel D. Bader Prize by the Argonne National Laboratory.

By Amanda Biederman NQPI editorial intern Dr. Saw-Wai Hla was awarded the 2017 Samuel D. Bader Prize for Exceptional Achievement from the Nanoscience and Technology division of Argonne National Laboratory. “Dr. Saw Hla has been instrumental in establishing the Center for Nanoscale Materials at Argonne as a (Department of Energy) […]

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March 7, 2018 at 11:51 amNews Research

OHIO Physicists Offer New Method for Understanding Nuclei

Ohio University physics doctoral student Matthew Burrows

One of the central challenges of nuclear physics is to understand the structure of the atom’s nucleus and nuclear forces. Nuclear physicists for decades have sought ways to accurately compute the scattering of a proton or neutron from the nuclei, but lacked access to a sophisticated description of the nuclear […]

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March 6, 2018 at 1:05 pmResearch

Torres Publishes ‘Poetry to Be Read in the Street’

Torres Publishes ‘Poetry to Be Read in the Street’

Dr. Daniel Torres, Professor of Spanish in Modern Languages, published a collection of poetry titled Poemas para leerse en la calle [Poetry to be Read in the Street] in a new series of books from the Editorial de la Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán [The Autonomous University of the Yucatan Press]. […]

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March 5, 2018 at 1:54 pmResearch

Popescu Lab Takes on 4-Year Study of Bobcats Returning ‘Home’ to Ohio

Bobcat caught on camera on July 13, 2017.

As the bobcat begins to rebound in the state, Ohio University researchers are tasked with a four-year study for the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, which will use the analysis to develop management strategies for bobcat populations. Native to Ohio, bobcats became locally extinct by the mid-1800s as the state […]

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February 28, 2018 at 12:38 pmNews Research

Evans’ Team Gets Grant for Tool to Help School Clinicians Implement Interventions

Dr. Steven Evans

From Research Communications Dr. Steve Evans is the principle investigator on a newly funded project to develop and study the efficacy of a web-based tool to help school clinicians implement evidence-based interventions for children and adolescents with emotional and behavioral problems. The a $300,000 grant from Ohio University is one […]

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February 28, 2018 at 10:49 amNews Research

Six Biological Sciences Grad Students Awarded A&S Graduate Student Research Awards

Biological Sciences graduate student awardees outside Irvine Hall. from lft: Anthony Gilbert, Jasmine Croghan, Cassie Thompson, Juan Pablo Aquilar Cabezas. Waymon Holloway. Not pictured, Rachel Olsen

Six Biological Sciences graduate students were chosen to receive College of Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Research Awards this past fall during the inaugural funding cycle for the award. The objective of the research award is to support graduate students in their research endeavors. Two review cycles are offered each […]

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February 24, 2018 at 11:51 amResearch