Archive for October, 2013

By Corinne Colbert If you don’t think it matters whether women serve in legislatures, Dr. Sarah Poggione has a story for you. In the late 1990s, an all-male committee of the Pennsylvania state senate was deciding which benefits to mandate in health insurance coverage sold in the state. On the […]

Ohio University alum Gregory Landsman ’99 is running for City Council in Cincinnati. Landsman majored in Economics in the College of Arts & Sciences. In an interview with the Cincinnati Enquirer: Landsman says he wants to focus on job creation and growing the city. City Hall can’t do it alone, […]

The Condensed Matter & Surface Sciences Colloquium series presents Dr. Tijana Rajh, of Argonne National Laboratory, on Thursday, Oct. 10, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Rajh will address “Electroactive Biocomposites: From Nanosurgeons to Energy Gradient Architectures.” “Semiconductor photocatalysis using nanoparticlate TiO2 has proven to be a promising technology for […]

Startup Weekend is a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures. Startup Weekend Athens is Oct. 18-20. Teams organically form around the top ideas (as determined by popular vote), and then it’s a 54-hour frenzy of business […]

The Indo-American Friendship Day Dinner provides an evening of Indian cuisine & entertainment on Saturday, Oct. 19, at 5 p.m. in the Baker University Center Ballroom. Proceeds go to support current Friends of India activities such as funding for Ohio University students to study and participate in service-learning projects in […]

Ohio University Research Committee (OURC) competitive awards of up to $8,000 provide seed money for faculty and staff to pursue new research and creative activity projects. Priority is for new faculty and staff or established faculty pursuing projects that are a clear departure from previous research foci. Two review cycles […]

Student Enhancement Awards are competitive awards to support undergraduate, graduate, and medical student research, scholarship, and creative activities. Awards of up to $6,000 support research and travel to attend a professional meeting to present results. There is one review cycle in spring. Deadline:  Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, 4 pm Workshop:  […]