Archive for September, 2014

A Farm and Dairy article on “American chestnut on the comeback trail” quotes Dr. Brian McCarthy, Professor of Forest Ecology and Associate Dean for Faculty, Graduate Studies and Research in the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. Dr. Brian C. McCarthy, an environmental and plant biology professor at […]

By Erica King Ohio University students filled the Athena theater on Thursday, Sept. 11, to hear faculty members from the Center for Law, Justice and Culture talk about recent events in Ferguson, MO. Dr. Patricia Gunn, Associate Professor of African American Studies; Dr. Kelly Faust, Assistant Professor of Sociology-Criminology; and […]

The Sustainability Studies theme is offering a new course—CAS 1415: Introduction to Sustainability—in Spring 2015. This multidisciplinary course introduces students to sustainability concepts, issues, and trends from the local to the global levels. Students will investigate the interrelationships between biophysical limits, human welfare, and social justice by analyzing several major […]

The Zanesville Times Recorder reports that Ohio University alum Robert W. Sidwell “will discuss the Cheat Mountain Campaign of September 1861 in western Virginia, the first offensive movement of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee,” at the Sept. 22 meeting of the Zanesville Civil War Roundtable. Sidwell is a native of […]

The Office of the Vice President for Research and Creative Activity is offering workshops on the 1804 Fund and Konneker Fund for Learning and Discovery on Tuesday, Sept. 23, from 1 to 2 p.m. and Wednesday, Sept. 24, from 9 to 10 a.m. at Alden Library 301. Light refreshments are […]

Chemistry doctoral student Mengliang Zhang received the 2014 Thomas Hirschfeld Award. These awards recognize the most outstanding papers submitted to the SCIX (Great Scientific Exchange) 2014 conference by a graduate student. Recipients, who must be a graduate student at the time of application, will receive economy travel to the meeting, […]

Ohio University alum James Rydzak ‘78M.S.will be named a Society for Applied Spectroscopy Fellow at the SCIX 2014 national meeting for the Society for Applied Spectroscopy. The award recognizes individual members for their outstanding service to the field of spectroscopy. Jim is a Senior Investigator who was responsible for the formation […]