Archive for April, 2015

Four years after the start of the Syrian uprising, most Syrians find their fate hijacked by one of many undesirable options, where the lesser evil reigns supreme. In a lecture on “The Syrian Tragedy Four Years On,” Dr. Bassam Haddad addresses the causes and dynamics of the Syrian uprising turned […]

A public lecture on Constitutional Interpretation and Legal Philosophy features Dr. David O. Brink discussing “Originalism and Constructive Interpretation” on Thursday, April 9, from 7 to 9 p.m. in Grover West 115. Brink is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego.  His research interests are in […]

The 19th annual Spring Spanish and Latin American Colloquium is April 9-10 at Ohio University. The theme is “Choques y Avances: Clashes and Breakthroughs.” A Creative Writing Workshop with Carlos Vázquez Cruz of NYU’s Creative Writing Program is Thursday, April 9, from 3-6 p.m. in Gordy 211. Panel Presentations Panel […]

The Condensed Matter & Surface Sciences Colloquium Series presents Clarina dela Cruz of Oak Ridge National Laboratory on “Probing the World of Correlated Electron Systems: Materials Characterization and Neutron Scattering Studies” on Thursday, April 9, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter Lecture Hall 245. Abstract: An important field of experimental Condensed Matter […]

The Mathematics Department presents a Senior Seminar Talk on Thursday, April 9, at 2 p.m. in Morton 326. Xiaoyue Liu will make her final presentation on “Causality, foundations and applications.” Abstract: This talk will present some information about conditional probability to Markov chains. These ideas will be applied to discuss […]

The Sustainability Studies curricular theme and Department of Geography present “Urban Energy Metabolism: Causes, Consequences and Solutions for Hungry Cities,” on Friday, April 10, at noon in Baker Center 231. The speaker is Dr. Austin Troy, Associate Professor of Architecture and Planning at the University of Colorado, Denver. This event […]

The Mathematics Colloquium series presents “Parallel Numerical Solution of Boundary-Value Problems of Stiff Differential Equations” on Friday, April 10, at 3:05 p.m. in Morton 326. The presenters are H. Pasic, Ohio University Mechanical Engineering, and William Clark, Ohio University Mechanical Engineering and Mathematics student, Abstract: Boundary-value problems described by ordinary […]