Archive for February, 2014

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Jens Dilling of the University of British Columbia on “Understanding the universe, one rare isotope at a time” on Friday, Feb. 7, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract: Many questions in understanding the universe remain at the centre of forefront research: how and […]

Throughout the Spring Semester 2014, the Department of Classics & World Religions hosts a series of colloquia featuring faculty members from both Ohio University and from other institutions. They will all take place in Ellis 212 starting at 5:35 pm on the dates specified. Wednesday, Feb. 19: Bice Peruzzi, from […]

While the Monuments Men movie depicts German looting of Europe’s cultural treasures, History Ph.D. student Seth Givens writes about U.S. looting of German civilian possessions. Givens, a Ph.D. candidate in the History Department, published “Liberating the Germans: The US Army and Looting in Germany during the Second World War,” in […]

Dr. Amritjit Singh,Langston Hughes Professor of English at Ohio University, received the Distinguished Achievement in Scholarship Award on Jan. 9 at the annual meeting of South Asian Literary Association, held in conjunction with the Modern Language Association meeting in Chicago. Singh has published more than a dozen books, including, most […]

By George Mauzy Compass Lei Han, a 24-year-old Ohio University senior economics major, died unexpectedly on Tuesday evening. The native of the city of Dalian in northeast China collapsed while playing basketball in the Ohio University Ping Student Recreation Center. He was treated by paramedics at the scene before being […]

The Condensed Matter & Surface Sciences Colloquium series presents Richard De La Rue from the University of Glasgow discussing “Nanophotonic Structures for Sensing: Exploiting Photonic Crystal and Metamaterial Concepts” on Thursday, Feb. 6, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter Lecture Hall 245. De La Rue retired from the University of Glasgow […]

Dr. Brian Collins will conduct the Scholars Colloquium on Thursday, Feb. 6, at 4:30 p.m. in Ellis 111. The theme of the colloquia this year is, “What does it mean to be Human,” and his presentation will be on “Being Human in a Buddhist Context.” Collins began teaching at Ohio […]