Archive for March, 2015

Two white dwarfs spinning around and around each other nearly 5,000 light years from Earth are making some waves, writes Dr. Kenneth Hicks, Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University, in the March 1 Columbus Dispatch. Using the largest telescopes of the European Southern Observatory, they saw two white […]

Ohio University alum Jonathan Milo Leal has taken advantage of the local business incubator to create an international product line and, as Messenger editor Joe Higgins writes, the Messenger’s Product of the Month for March—Creamy Vodka Parmesan sauce. Leal earned a B.S. in Education, majoring in French, followed by an […]

Think you’re interested in law school but want to know what it’s like first? Test it out with a mock criminal law class. Professor Dana Cole of the University of Akron School of Law joins the Center for Law, Justice & Culter on Tuesday, March 17, from 4 to 6 […]

A U.S. patent was granted to Ohio University on Feb. 24 for “Growth hormone and interferon-alpha 2 glycoproteins produced in plants.” Dr. Marcia Kieliszewski, Professor of Chemistry, is one of the inventors, along with Jianfeng Xu, John Kopchick, Shigeru Okada, and Gary Meyer. Abstract: Methods of increasing the yield in […]

Ohio University alum Steve Lonsinger ’04M has been named the new Coshocton County Health Commissioner, reports the Conshocton Tribune. Lonsinger earned a master’s degree from the Political Science Department in the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. Lonsinger will continue to retain responsibilities and duties as a registered […]

The 2015 Baker Peace Conference on “The Vietnam War: A Fifty-Year Retrospective” on March 26 and 27. A panel on War and Social Changes is Friday, March 27,  at 1 p.m. in Nelson Commons. The panel features: Moderator – Dr. Katherine Jellison, Ohio University Dr. Andrew L. Johns, Brigham Young […]

Science Café presents Dr. Elizabeth Gierlowski-Kordesch on “Reconstructing a Jurassic Landscape” on Wednesday, April 1, at 5 p.m. in the Baker Front Room. When dinosaur remains are found, paleontologists try to reconstruct the prehistoric environment in which they lived. But what about the rock surrounding the bones, what can they […]