Archive for September, 2013

Nominations for the 2014 Presidential Teacher Award close Friday, Sept. 27, at 5 p.m. Students, faculty and alumni from all Ohio University campuses are welcome to nominate a full-time, tenured faculty member from any campus for this prestigious award. Nominees will be invited to submit an application for consideration by […]

The Women’s Center and the Office of Research co-host “How to Write a Competitive AAUW Fellowship Application” on Friday, Oct 4, at noon in the Women’s Center, Baker Center. Light refreshments will be served. No registration is required. Presenters are Catherine Cutcher, Ph.D., Study Abroad Coordinator and former AAUW Fellowship […]

Start Smart is a 2.5-hour interactive workshop designed to give college women the confidence and skills they need to earn fair compensation. Wednesday, Oct. 2, 9:30 a.m. to noon; 239 Baker Center Thursday, Oct. 3, 1:30 to 4 p.m. (repeat); 239 Baker Center Priority will be given to graduate students […]

Workshops are being held on “How to Obtain Funding from the 1804 Fund and the Konneker Fund for Learning and Discovery.” These programs support major new initiatives in research and student learning at Ohio University. For more information about them, visit: http://www.ohio.edu/research/funding.cfm. Workshops: Tuesday, Sept. 24, 10-11 a.m., 301U Alden […]

Dr. Alexander Neiman, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy, presented at a conference on “Emergent and Adaptive Behaviors in Soft Matter and Living Systems” Sept. 16 at Ximen University in Xiamen, China. His talk was on “Spontaneous Oscillations and Sensory Information Coding by Peripheral Receptors.” “Self-sustained oscillations have been observed in […]

Ohio University redshirt sophomore Devin Bass was selected as the Mid-American Conference East Division Defensive Player of the Week on Monday following his performance—including a key fourth-quarter interception—Sept. 14 in the Bobcats’ 34-31 win over Marshall. Bass is studying Sociology in the College of Arts & Sciences. Bass, of Omaha, Neb., was […]

By Stephen J. Scanlan, Fulbright  Scholar National University of Ireland Galway Greetings from Galway, Ireland. It has been far too long since I have traveled abroad. I have too often lived vicariously through the stories students and colleagues have shared with me.  I am thus drawn back to the simplicity […]