Archive for December, 2014

10 Students, Faculty Get Inaugural Kopchick Awards for Research

10 Students, Faculty Get Inaugural Kopchick Awards for Research

From Compass Ten Ohio University students and one faculty member have received funding from three new research awards programs supported by a gift from John and Char Kopchick and contributions from five academic colleges and administrative units. The scientists received a total of more than $79,000 in grants and fellowships […]

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December 23, 2014 at 12:01 pmNews

Kieliszewski Named Fellow by National Academy of Inventors

Dr. Marcia Kieliszewski

Dr. Marcia Kieliszewski, Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry, has been named a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors for her development of an innovative suite of drug delivery technologies based on the glycoproteins in plants. The academic innovators elected to the rank of National Academy of Inventors Fellow are […]

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December 23, 2014 at 11:49 amNews

A&S Team Follows the Yellow-Icing Road to Third Place

A&S Team Follows the Yellow-Icing Road to Third Place

The College of Arts & Sciences Dean’s Office took third place in the Ohio University Culinary Services’ eighth annual Gingerbread House Decorating Contest in December. It was the college’s third consecutive showing in the top 3. With a theme of “75 Christmases in Oz,” the Arts & Sciences cake featured […]

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December 23, 2014 at 11:22 amNews

Fortune Quotes Scanlan on ‘Next World War over Food’

Fortune Quotes Scanlan on ‘Next World War over Food’

Dr. Stephen Scanlan, Associate Professor of Sociology, was quoted by Fortune in an article on “Why the next world war will be fought over food.” The world has a massive food crisis on its hands. The crisis is so big that organizations like the World Bank and the United Nations say there won’t […]

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December 23, 2014 at 9:43 amFaculty in the News In the News

Guardian Quotes Morgan on Immigration Law in Utah

Dr. Charlie Morgan

Dr. Charlie Morgan, Assistant Professor of Sociology, was quoted in a Guardian article on “Immigration Provisions Rolled Back in Utah.” Some of the key provisions of the immigration law that the state of Utah put in place in 2011 giving police powers to arrest people on suspicion of being in […]

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December 23, 2014 at 9:28 amFaculty in the News In the News

Oklahoman Quotes Houser on New Model 2011 Tornado

Dr. Jana Houser, Assistant Professor of Geography, was featured in an Oklahoman article on a tornado model based on storm that struck Oklahoma City in 2011. An EF5 tornado that tore through the Oklahoma City area on May 24, 2011, cost the metro area several lives and left many residents […]

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December 23, 2014 at 9:18 amFaculty in the News In the News

Paxton Economics Class Partners with Buffet Foundation on $10,000 Donation

OHIO Associate Professor Julia Paxton (right) presents Mary Nally, executive director of CFI, with a certificate. Photographer: Lauren Pond/Ohio University

By Gretchen Gregory From Compass A unique new course is enabling Ohio University students to become philanthropists in a venture designed to teach them ways to effectively contribute to their communities. The Economics of Altruism class, taught by OHIO Associate Professor Dr. Julia Paxton, has partnered with Warren and Doris […]

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December 23, 2014 at 8:16 amIn Class News