Archive for April, 2015

Dr. Ryan Chornock is an astrophysicist who joined Physics & Astronomy in Fall 2014. His most recent position was as a postdoc at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. He is a member of the Ohio University Astrophysical Institute. “I spent most of my childhood in the northern Virginia suburbs of […]

Physics & Astronomy faculty are involved in developing a number of “curricular themes” at Ohio University. Themes are clusters of courses and communities of students and faculty focused on interdisciplinary areas of interest. They represent a strategy that can be used by students to rationalize completion of the “breadth of […]

Dr. Mark Lucas, Associate Professor of Physics & Astronomy, conducted a day-long workshop on the LONCAPA open source course management system in summer of 2014 for area high school science teachers and others. Teachers use LON-CAPA to provide assessment and extra practice for their students as well as help prepare […]

In 2013 Professors Ernst Breitenberger and Louis E Wright each contributed $7,500 toward the initiation of an endowment fund to support the Graduate Program in the Department of Physics & Astronomy. Many friends and alumni contributed to help reach the goal of $25,000 which is the amount required to create […]

During the past academic years the Physics & Astronomy Department received contributions from many alumni, friends, and members of the faculty and staff. The department and faculty are very thankful to all of these donors. Donors from calendar year 2014 are listed below. (We apologize if we have overlooked any […]

The Physics & Astronomy Department is very fortunate to have many outstanding majors who hold academic scholarships that partially support them. “We are grateful for your previous support of these scholarship funds, and we would encourage you to be as generous as you can in providing continuing support,” says Dr. […]

From the Physics & Astronomy Newsletter The Clippinger Laboratories building upgrade has recently taken a big leap forward. Ohio University approved a six-year capital improvement plan that includes Clippinger Lab. The proposed $90M renovation will likely include additional building space. Design firm interviews were conducted, and the winning firm will […]