Archive for April, 2016

Nature: Malinski Reports Novel Imaging Sensors used for Early Diagnosis of Cardiovascular Disease

Dr. Tadeusz Malinski

By Collin Arocho Almost 25 years ago, Dr. Tadeusz Malinski was the first in the world to publish in Nature (1992) a paper describing a nanosensor that could measure nitric oxide (NO) in a single endothelial cell. This measurements provided final proof that NO exists in biological cells and is a […]

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April 15, 2016 at 9:30 amResearch

Dantas Authors Chapter on ‘Slave Women and Urban Labor in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World’

Dantas Authors Chapter on ‘Slave Women and Urban Labor in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World’

Dr. Mariana Dantas, Associate Professor of History, published two chapters and an article in 2015. She authored a chapter on “Slave Women and Urban Labor in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World,” in New Directions in Slavery Studies: Commodification, Community, and Comparison, edited by Jeff Forret and Christine Sears (Louisiana University Press, 2015). […]

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April 15, 2016 at 9:24 amResearch

Anthropology Interns Help Prepare Exhibit About Local Artist

Harlee Rozell with Hailee Fouch and Jessica Cydrus setting up art exhibit at Federal Valley Reserve Center April 14, 2016.

By Harlee Rozell ’17 On April 14, Hailee Fouch ’18 and I accompanied Jessica Cydrus, the curator for the Athens County Historical Society and Museum, to the Federal Valley Reserve Center in Stewart, Ohio, to help set up an art exhibit for viewing by the public later that evening. Hailee and […]

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April 14, 2016 at 4:58 pmNews

Summer 2016 | Learn Arabic in One Summer

Summer 2016 | Learn Arabic in One Summer

Ohio University students can finish one year of Arabic this summer. The Linguistics Department is offering the first two Arabic classes in Summer 2016. For more information, contact Dr. Areej Ahmed at ahmeda@ohio.edu. ARAB 1110 Elementary Arabic I Tier II Cross-Cultural Perspectives (2CP) Class #4462 | First Summer Session Description: […]

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April 14, 2016 at 11:39 amNews

Sophomore Double Major Studies Language & Law to Help Immigrants

Mara Diaz

By Juliana Scheiderer ’16 Mara Diaz ’18 knows what she wants to do and is on the road to achieve it. A sophomore with an interest in immigration issues, Diaz has taken advantage of everything Ohio University has to offer in order to prepare herself. She is a Spanish major […]

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April 14, 2016 at 9:24 amNews

Whitson presented 2016 Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award

Whitson presented 2016 Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award

Pam Benoit, executive vice president and provost, presented the 2016 Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award to Dr. Risa Whitson, Associate Professor of Geography and the Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies program. The Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award was established in 1972 to recognize a professor who has demonstrated exemplary performance as an […]

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April 14, 2016 at 8:15 amNews

Senior Takes Top Prize at OHIO Physics Conference

Physics major Max Camp

By Jean Andrews Physics & Astronomy Max Camp ’16 B.S., a senior in Physics & Astronomy received the “Best Presentation” award at the 2016 Society of Physics research conference for his presentation on particle physics and the search for a pentaquark, a new kind of sub-atomic particle. A pentaquark is […]

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April 13, 2016 at 2:50 pmIn Class Research