Archive for January, 2014

Physics Colloquium: Transient Astronomy and the Violent Deaths of Star, Jan. 29

Physics Colloquium: Transient Astronomy and the Violent Deaths of Star, Jan. 29

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Ryan Chornock of Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics on “Transient Astronomy and the Violent Deaths of Stars” at a special time on Wednesday, Jan. 29, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract: The advent of systematic time-domain astronomical surveys is opening a new window of […]

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January 29, 2014 at 1:14 amEvents

Tsunami Relief: What the People Need

Tsunami Relief: What the People Need

College of Arts & Sciences students and faculty made their third trip to Iwate, Japan, this fall as part of tsunami relief efforts. While the physical devastation remains, they witnessed the emotional devastation that still runs deep. This year, they joined in a water distribution project. “Two-and-a-half years after [the disaster], the […]

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January 28, 2014 at 8:46 pmNews

Messenger Talks to Meteorology Grad Student About the Cold

For some perspective on this week’s cold weather, Athens Messenger reporter Sara Brumfield went to Kyle Clem, Associate Director of the Scalia Laboratory for Atmospheric Analysis and a graduate student in Geography-Meteorology in the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. Clem said this week’s cold snap won’t be as bad as […]

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January 28, 2014 at 6:04 pmIn the News Students in the News

Ecolunch: Reconstructing the Brains of Extinct Archosaur, Jan. 29

In an Ecolunch, Ashley Morhardt will discuss “Reconstructing the brains of extinct archosaur” on Wednesday, Jan. 29, at 11:50 a.m. in Irvine 159.

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January 28, 2014 at 4:57 pmEvents

Post: Political Science Alum To Run For Athens Common Pleas Court

Ohio University alum  and Athens City Law Director Pat Lang ’99 “confirmed late Monday that he plans to announce on Tuesday his candidacy for Athens County Common Pleas Court, Judge L. Alan Goldsberry’s seat on the court,” reported the Post’s  Kelly Fisher on Jan. 28 Lang earned a degree in Political […]

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January 28, 2014 at 4:44 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Economics & Political Science Alum Becomes Executive Director at Coolidge Foundation

Economics & Political Science Alum Becomes Executive Director at Coolidge Foundation

Ohio University alum Matthew Denhart ’10 joined the Calvin Coolidge Memorial Foundation in late 2013 as Executive Director leading operations at the foundation’s headquarters in Plymouth, VT. He previously helped launch and was an Immigration Fellow at the George W. Bush Presidential Center. Denhart double majored in Political Science and Economics in the […]

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January 28, 2014 at 4:08 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Alumnus Tech Writer Studied Journalism and English

Ohio University alum Brett Nuckles ’09 is a technology writer for Business News Daily. Nuckles studied studied Journalism at OHIO’s Scripps College and English in the College of Arts & Sciences. Read his most recent column on “4 Ways to Access your Business Files from Anywhere.” “He got his start in local […]

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January 28, 2014 at 3:35 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News