Archive for August, 2015

By George E. Mauzy Jr. From Compass Ohio University junior Katharine “Rina” Welch had her life changed forever during her freshman year in April 2014 when she went to the emergency room at O’Bleness Hospital with severe abdominal pain. The Cleveland resident, who attended high school in San Rafael, California, […]

Some significant changes have been made to the Provost Undergraduate Research Fund guidelines. These small awards of up to $1,500 fund research and creative activity conducted by undergraduates. Some important changes include: The program is now administered through the Research Division. Funds are available for one year unless an extension […]

By Collin Arocho Dr. Tadeusz Malinski, Ohio University’s Marvin White Chair and Distinguished Professor, was awarded with the Grand Gold Medal by the Society of Arts-Sciences-Letters (ASL) on June 13 in Paris, France. The Grande Medaille d’Or is a very prominent international award given annually to three world-renowned artists, scientists […]

By Lori Price Sandor Katz called himself a food activist and a fermentation revivalist at the Food for Thought seminar  at Ohio University. “This is an incredibly important category of food and beverages, since everybody in the entire world eats or drinks things that have been fermented every single day,” […]

In its first year, the Plant Biology Graduate Student Association was busy helping with outreach events for schoolchildren, both on campus and in the community, with a special interest in getting young people interested in plant biology. The Plant Biology Graduate Student Association was formed to support graduate students in […]

By Cecilia Ellis ’17 Kevin Dennis‘ undergrad years were focused in literature and writing, but recently most of his time has been spent focused on one specific authors literature: Charles Dickens. A class of 2015 OHIO graduate with a bachelor’s degree in English, Dennis curated the elaborate Charles Dickens exhibit currently […]

Dr. Eric Masson, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Ohio University and the Roenigk Chair in Chemistry, sat down with WOUB.org’s “Conversations from Studio B” host Kelee Riesbeck to talk about his research. In this interview Masson unpacks supramolecular and bioorganic chemistry using everyday objects like pumpkins and exotic animals like […]