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Four Ohio University Biological Sciences graduate students were awarded prestigious NSF graduate research fellowships and grants. James Nassif, a student in Dr. Larry Witmer’s lab, and Cassandra Thompson, in Dr. Viorel Popescu’s lab, were the only Ohio University students awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships this year. Both are in the […]

by Kristin M. Distel “My internship taught me about my skills and interests, and it took me outside of my familiar environment in Ohio,” says Danielle Butts, a senior in Wildlife and Conservation Biology, who spent summer of 2016 completing an exciting internship at Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge in Kodiak, […]

On Friday, March 17, at 3:15 p.m. Kaili S. Boarman will give a seminar and defense of her Master’s Thesis.  The title of Kaili’s thesis is, “Trade-offs in Natural and Sexual Selection on Wing Traits of the Banded Demoiselle, Calopteryx splendens“.  Her presentation will be in 159 Irvine Hall, and […]

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 […]

The fourth annual Ohio University/John Carrol University Herpetology Symposium took place Nov. 7-9. The symposium rotates between the two universities, and this year John Carrol University hosted it. “This has been a wonderful exchange between the universities, with nearly 50 participants,” says Dr. Shawn Kuchta, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences. […]

Biological Sciences graduate student Maggie Hantak presented a paper on “Color Polymorphism in the Eastern Red-backed Salamander (Plethodon cinereus): How Morphs are Seen through the Eyes of Visual Predators” at the 2014 Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists July 30 to Aug. 4 in Chattanooga, TN. Her co-author was Dr. Shawn […]

College of Arts & Sciences students received 11 of the 24 Ohio University Student Enhancement Awards program announced in March. A total of $115,945 in funding was awarded for original research, scholarship and creative work. The Student Enhancement Awards are funded by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Creative […]