Archive for October, 2014

Marciniak’s Book Explores Injustice Faced by ‘Illegal’ and Displaced People

Marciniak’s Book Explores Injustice Faced by ‘Illegal’ and Displaced People

Dr. Katarzyna Marciniak’s new book “Immigrant Protest: Politics, Aesthetics, and Everyday Dissent” explores how political activism, art, and popular culture challenge the discrimination and injustice faced by “illegal” and displaced peoples. The Ohio University Women’s Center hosts an International Women’s Coffee Hour and Book Party featuring Marciniak on Wednesday, Nov. […]

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October 27, 2014 at 4:23 pmResearch

OPIE Holds Pumpkin Carving Contest

OPIE Holds Pumpkin Carving Contest

News from OPIE Ohio Program of Intensive English Workshop “Navigating the University Landscape: A Roadmap” was successfully held on Oct. 15 for undergraduate students at the advanced and pre-academic levels of OPIE. The goal of the workshop was to make students’ transition from OPIE to the major fields of study at […]

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October 27, 2014 at 4:02 pmNews

Registration Now for Startup Weekend Athens Nov. 14-16

By Katie Quinn The Startup Weekend entrepreneurship event returns to Athens Nov. 14-16 at the Ohio University Innovation Center. This 54-hour program brings together designers, developers, entrepreneurs, engineers and business experts to pitch an idea and turn it into a viable start-up company. Participants create working start-ups during the event, […]

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October 27, 2014 at 3:46 pmAnnouncements

Gierlowski-Kordesch Leads Argentine Workshop on Lake Basin Types & Their Faunas

Gierlowski-Kordesch Leads Argentine Workshop on Lake Basin Types & Their Faunas

By Elizabeth Gierlowski-­Kordesch Argentina Blog, Oct. 15, 2014 Over 900 paleontologists gathered at the Sheraton Hotel in Mendoza for a week-long gala of talks, discussions, short courses, workshops, field trips, and poster sessions. I am a sedimentologist (studying sediments and sedimentary rocks), but fossils are found in sedimentary rocks and […]

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October 27, 2014 at 1:55 pmNews

Day of the Dead Sweatshirt Available in Modern Languages

Day of the Dead Sweatshirt Available in Modern Languages

Day of the Dead (El Dia De Los Muertos) shirts are available for purchase in the Modern Languages office. Buy a hoodie for $25, a sweatshirt for $18, or a T-shirt for $10. All proceeds go to the Spanish Club. For more information, contact a Spanish Club member or come […]

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October 27, 2014 at 10:18 amNews

Seminar: ‘A Model of the Model: Unpacking CGE Results on Leakage from Climate Policy,’ Oct. 24

The Economics seminar series features Dr. Daniel H. Karney presenting a paper on “A Model of the Model: Unpacking CGE Results on Leakage from Climate Policy” on Friday, Oct. 24, at 3 p.m. in Bentley Annex 302. The paper is coauthored with Kathy Baylis and Don Fullerton. Karney is Assistant […]

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October 24, 2014 at 5:15 pmEvents

PBIO Colloquium: ‘Conservation of Protein Function across Land Plants,’ Oct. 24

Dr. Ralph Quatrano

The Environmental & Plant Biology Colloquium Series presents Dr. Ralph S. Quatrano on “Conservation of protein function across land plants: What has the moss system revealed about the roles of the proteins ABI3 and DEK1 in desiccation tolerance and cell polarity?” on Friday, Oct. 24, at 11:50 a.m. in Porter […]

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October 24, 2014 at 5:15 pmEvents