Archive for July, 2013

Kittle Thesis: Gentle Warriors: U.S. Marines and Humanitarian Action during the Vietnam War

Ohio University History graduate student Lindsay Kittle published her master’s thesis on “Gentle Warriors: U.S. Marines and Humanitarian Action during the Vietnam War” on OhioLINK. Abstract: Although largely ignored in secondary literature, benevolent and humanitarian actions were an important part of the Marines’ experience during the Vietnam War. From the […]

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July 30, 2013 at 11:51 amResearch

Griffith Thesis: Weighing Capabilities and Intentions: George Kennan and Paul Nitze Confront the Bomb

History graduate student Luke Griffith published his master’s thesis on “Weighing Capabilities and Intentions: George Kennan and Paul Nitze Confront the Bomb” on OhioLINK. Abstract: While countless historians have studied George Kennan and Paul Nitze, there has yet to be a comprehensive account of Kennan and Nitze’s views on nuclear […]

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July 30, 2013 at 11:26 amResearch

Esno Thesis: For Freedom and Free Enterprise: The Origins, Development, and Legacies of Ronald Reagan’s Caribbean Basin Initiative

History graduate student Tyler P. Esno’s master’ thesis on “For Freedom and Free Enterprise: The Origins, Development, and Legacies of Ronald Reagan’s Caribbean Basin Initiative” was published on OhioLINK in 2012. Abstract: In 1982, Ronald Reagan unveiled the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI). CBI was an aid, trade, and investment program […]

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July 30, 2013 at 10:53 amNews

Messenger: OU Professor Pens New Book on Surveillance

Messenger: OU Professor Pens New Book on Surveillance

Athens Messenger reporter Kelly Doran interviewed Dr. John Gilliom, Professor of Political Science and Associate Dean in the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University about his new book, SuperVision: An Introduction to the Surveillance Society. Surveillance has become unavoidable in today’s society, a new book co-written by an Ohio […]

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July 23, 2013 at 9:31 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Boaler: A trip to Naples Botanical Garden

Boaler: A trip to Naples Botanical Garden

By Julian Boaler ’14 Environmental and Plant Biology Major, Ohio University Summer internship at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Miami, FL Hi everyone, This past week I was lucky enough to take a visit to Naples Botanical Garden as part of a field trip that Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden […]

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July 23, 2013 at 9:21 pmNews

Frantz Catches a Glimpse of New State of Matter with NSF Grant

Frantz Catches a Glimpse of New State of Matter with NSF Grant

As matter “cooks” to 4 trillion degrees Celsius—250,000 times hotter than the center of the sun—protons and neutrons melt into a liquid plasma of quarks and gluons. This liquid may have been present at the start of the universe for a few microseconds. But Dr. Justin Frantz has an even […]

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July 23, 2013 at 8:14 pmNews Research

Math Teacher Circles: Why Should the Kids Have All the Fun?

Math Teacher Circles: Why Should the Kids Have All the Fun?

Are math lovers the new underground? In the former Soviet Union, students who wanted to learn more—at the time the Soviets were dictating what was allowable in terms of research and studies—gathered in kitchens and living rooms in small groups to do…math. “Math circles,” as they were known, were “something […]

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July 23, 2013 at 3:55 pmNews