Archive for October, 2014

The Making & Breaking the Law theme announces a series of special “spotlight” course offerings in Spring 2015. All students are encouraged to sign up for these courses focusing on the complexities of law and justice in the 21st century. Ohio University general education and College of Arts & Sciences […]

October 2014 Geological Sciences Newsletter Geological Sciences Publications: 2013-14 Papers Antonacci, T., Lee, E.S., and Kim, Y., 2013. Characterizing and predicting contaminant transport in the Newport Wellfield aquifer, Ohio, Geosciences Journal, v. 17 (4), p. 465-477. Astray, G., González-­Temes, M., and López, D., 2013. Modelos de predicción basados en inteligencia […]

October 2014 Geological Sciences Newsletter Geological Sciences Department Publications: 2013-14 Conference Abstracts Astray, G., Iglesias-Otero, M.A., Araujo, P., López, D.L., Mejuto, J.C., and Soto, B., 2013. Predicting the discharge of the Lor River in the northwest Iberian Peninsula using neural networks. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. […]

October 2014 Geological Sciences Newsletter Twenty Geological Sciences students completed theses  during 2013-2014, with 16 of them master’s theses. Master’s Theses Jennifer Bauer, M.S. “A phylogenetic and paleobiogeographic analysis of the Ordovician brachiopod Eochonetes.” Adviser: Dr. Alycia Stigall (2014) Audrey Blakeman, M.S. “Carbonate lake deposits in the fluvial Bridger Formation […]

October 2014 Geological Sciences Newsletter The Ohio University Geological Sciences Department announces its extra-departmental awards for 2013-14. AAPG Student Research Grant Audrey Blakeman (Adviser: Dr. Elizabeth Gierlowski-Kordesch) SEPM Student Research Grant Audrey Blakeman (Adviser: Gierlowski-Kordesch) GSA Student Research Grants Jennifer Bauer (Adviser: Dr. Alycia Stigall) Audrey Blakeman  (Adviser: Gierlowski-Kordesch) Michael […]

By Jean Andrews Physics & Astronomy The Department of Physics & Astronomy welcomes three new faculty members—an experimental nuclear physicist and two astrophysicists. By coincidence, two are from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California: Dr. Heather Crawford, an experimental nuclear physicist, and Dr. Hee-Jong Seo, an astrophysicist. Dr. Ryan Chornock, also […]

The Sustainability Studies curricular theme kicks off its introductory course in spring 2015. CAS 1415 Introduction to Sustainability is a multi-disciplinary course that introduces students to sustainability concepts, issues, and trends from the local to the global levels. Students investigate the interrelationships between biophysical limits, human welfare, and social justice […]