Archive for October, 2014

Emotion and Violence in American Politics during the Antebellum Period, Oct. 16

Dr. Joanne Freeman

Dr. Joanne Freeman, Professor of History and American Studies at Yale University, will deliver the 37th Costa Lecture in History. Freeman’s talk, “The Field of Blood: Congressional Violence in Antebellum America,” is Thursday, Oct. 16, at 7:30, in the Baker University Center Ballroom B. All members of the University and […]

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October 16, 2014 at 7:15 pmEvents

‘Growing Up Digital: Learning After the End of Privacy,’ Oct. 16

Dr. Richard E. Miller

The Fire to iPhone theme presents “Growing Up Digital: Learning After the End of Privacy” on Thursday, Oct. 16, at 4 p.m. in Baker Theater. In this multimedia lecture, Dr. Richard E. Miller will discuss how digital technology is disrupting the Ivory Tower’s three cornerstones: teaching, learning, and administration. This […]

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October 16, 2014 at 7:15 pmEvents

CMSS Coloquium: STM Studies of Surface Electronic Structure & Local Hydrogenation of Graphene Islands on Cu(111), Oct. 16

CMSS Coloquium: STM Studies of Surface Electronic Structure & Local Hydrogenation of Graphene Islands on Cu(111), Oct. 16

The Condensed Matter & Surface Sciences Colloquium Series presents Shawna Hollen on “STM studies of the surface electronic structure and local hydrogenation of graphene islands on Cu(111)” on Thursday, Oct. 2, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter Lecture Hall 245. Abstract: The innate sensitivity of 2D material surfaces to their environment […]

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October 16, 2014 at 7:15 pmEvents

Seminar: ‘The Biology Behind Modeling of Vector-Borne Diseases,’ Oct. 16

The Mathematical Biology Seminar series presents Kara Finley on “The Biology Behind Modeling of Vector-Borne Diseases ” on Thursday, Oct. 16, from 5 to 5:45 p.m. in Morton 219 . Abstract:  Vector-borne diseases account for more than 1 million preventable deaths per year and cause more than 17 percent of […]

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October 16, 2014 at 7:15 pmEvents

Wealth & Poverty Screens ‘Inequalty for All,’ Oct. 16

Wealth & Poverty Screens ‘Inequalty for All,’ Oct. 16

The Wealth and Poverty theme’s 2014-15 Documentary Film Screening Series brings Robert Reich’s Inequality for All– A Passionate Argument on behalf of the Middle Class to Ohio University on Oct. 16. All faculty and students are invited to this free event on Thursday, Oct. 16, at 9 a.m. in the […]

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October 16, 2014 at 7:15 pmEvents

Café Conversation: ‘Courtship and Cruelty,’ Oct. 15

Café Conversation: ‘Courtship and Cruelty,’ Oct. 15

Loreen Giese, Professor of English, offers a new look at early modern courtship and marriage in daily life and in famous scenes in two Shakespeare plays during her Café Conversation, “Courtship and Cruelty,” on Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 5 p.m. in the Baker Center Front Room. In early modern England, […]

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October 15, 2014 at 7:30 pmEvents

Davis Seminar: ‘Sustainable Bioenergy in a Changing Climate,’ Oct. 15

Davis Seminar: ‘Sustainable Bioenergy in a Changing Climate,’ Oct. 15

The Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs presents a seminar with Dr. Sarah Davis on “Sustainable Bioenergy in a Changing Climate” Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 11:50 a.m. in Irvine Hall 159, Biological Sciences. Davis is Assistant Professor in the Voinovich School. Abstract: A major ecological problem of our time […]

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October 15, 2014 at 7:30 pmEvents