Research

Tokash Presents Poster on Diamondback Terrapin Reproduction

Alayna Tokash with her poster at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology meeting.

Biology graduate student Alayna Tokash presented a poster on diamondback terrapin reproduction at the annual Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology meeting in San Francisco in January. Her poster was titled “Within and among year variation in reproductive output from two populations of the diamond-backed terrapin, Malaclemys terrapin.” Tokash is a […]

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February 12, 2018 at 7:22 pmResearch

7 A&S Grad Students to Showcase Communication Skills during 3 Minute Thesis Competition

From Research Communications Ohio University graduate students will test how well they can describe their research or creative work to the general public during the 3 Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition. Seven College of Arts & Sciences students are participating in the semi-finals: Semi-final round – Tuesday, Feb. 13, 7 p.m. […]

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February 12, 2018 at 4:44 pmResearch

Nassif Presents Preliminary Data on Middle Ear in Extinct Reptiles

James Nassif

Biological Sciences graduate student James Nassif is presenting preliminary data regarding the morphology and physiology of the middle-ear conduction apparatus in both extinct and extant reptiles at the Association for Research in Otolaryngology’s Midwinter Meeting in San Diego from Feb. 9-14. The ARO meeting features cutting-edge basic and clinical research […]

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February 12, 2018 at 1:14 pmResearch

Going Underground (in caves) to Model Fire Frequency in Appalachian Forests

Going Underground (in caves) to Model Fire Frequency in Appalachian Forests

By Kelli Baxstrom ’19 Geological Sciences M.S. Candidate Every few weekends, Geological Sciences Chair Dr. Greg Springer and I travel to the West Virginia Association for Cave Studies near Lewisburg, WV, to go caving. Although spending the weekend underground can be both fun and adventurous, our main objective is to […]

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February 9, 2018 at 4:03 pmResearch

Weigand Reports Positive News for Box Turtle Population Bisected by U.S. 33 Bypass

Marcel Weigand presents her poster on the Eastern box turtles in the Wayne National Forest.

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology graduate student Marcel Weigand’s research shows positive news for Eastern box turtles whose habitat was bisected by construction of the U.S. 33 bypass through the Wayne National Forest. “In 2013, the Wayne National Forest in southeastern Ohio was bisected by a high-traffic, high-speed highway, affecting a road-naïve […]

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February 9, 2018 at 12:01 pmNews Research

Peters Authors Article on Partners’ Attachment Insecurity as Predictor of Physiological Threat

Dr. Brett Peters

Dr. Brett Peters was the lead author on a study of “Partners’ attachment insecurity predicts greater physiological threat in anticipation of attachment-relevant interactions” published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. Peters is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Ohio University. Abstract: This study examined whether anticipating interacting with a […]

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February 8, 2018 at 10:56 amResearch

McCrary Publishes Essay, ‘Becoming Bodies,’ in The Rumpus

Micah McCrary

Micah McCrary, a doctoral candidate in creative writing, has recently published an essay in The Rumpus, an online journal that features original poetry, essays, reviews, comics, and interviews. McCrary’s essay, “Becoming Bodies,” chronicles the writer’s long romance with a woman he met in high school. Together, they explore the challenges […]

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February 8, 2018 at 8:29 amResearch