Archive for November, 2013

The Research Seminar Series presents Dr. Erin Murphy on “Uncovering the role of RNA in controlling Shigella virulence” on Wednesday, Nov. 20, at 9 a.m. in Grosvenor 128. Murphy is Assistant Professor of Medical Microbiology in the Department of Biomedical Sciences in Ohio University’s Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine. “Bacteria […]

The Condensed Matter & Surface Sciences Colloquium series presents Dr. Zijian Diao, Associate Professor of Mathematics at  Ohio University-Eastern, on Thursday, Nov. 21, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Diao will discus “How to search and count on a quantum computer?” “Quantum computing is a revolutionary area of scientific research […]

The History Department invites the campus community to experience Nov. 22, 1963, as it happened. Watch the actual CBS News coverage through streaming video. This Drop-In Event on the Kennedy Assassination is Friday, Nov. 22, from 1:15 to 5 p.m. in Bentley Annex 402. Web streaming begins at 1:40 p.m. […]

The Department of Biological Sciences Research Seminar Series presents Dr. Amanda Bird of Ohio State University on “Hammering Out Details: Zinc Sensing in Eukaryotic Cells” on Nov. 25, at 4 p.m. in Irvine 159. Bird is Assistant Professor of Molecular Genetics at Ohio State University. “Zinc is essential nutrient that […]

Dr. Arthur Smith, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, presents an invited talk Nov. 8 in Tsukuba, Japan, at the 12th International Conference on Atomically Controlled Surfaces, Interfaces, and Nanostructures, in conjunction with the 21st International Colloquium on Scanning Probe Microscopy. Smith will discuss “Spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy of complex magnetic […]

The South African blog I Love Books reviewed Dr. Zakes Mda’s book The Sculptors of Mapungubwe on Oct. 15. Mda is a Professor in Ohio University’s Creative Writing: Fiction program in the College of Arts & Sciences Department of English. The narrative centres on the timeless kingdom of Mapungubwe where […]

The Leap Motion bloggers gave a shout out to the new language learning lab in Gordy Hall, dubbed the holodeck. At Ohio University’s Athens campus, there’s a room where students can travel virtually anywhere on Earth. Popularly known as the “Holodeck,” it uses projectors, Google Earth, and the Leap Motion […]