Archive for June, 2016

Tomeo, Rosenthal Paper Looks at Differing Tree Responses to Acid Rain Conditions

Nicholas Tomeo and David Rosenthal

Graduate student Nicholas Tomeo and Dr. David Rosenthal, Assistant Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology at Ohio University, are co-authors on Fast-growing Acer rubrum differs from slow-growing Quercus alba in leaf, xylem and hydraulic trait coordination responses to simulated acid rain in Tree physiology. Their co-authors are Juliana S. Medeiros […]

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June 14, 2016 at 4:45 pmResearch

Michael Jaramillo | Positional Covariance in Multi-Wavelength Astronomy

Michael Jaramillo

By Michael Jaramillo ’17 B.S. Astrophysics I had the opportunity to work under the direction of Dr. Douglas Clowe. His research is on determining the dark matter distribution in galaxy clusters through weak gravitational lensing. One of my main jobs as his intern was to make sure the images of […]

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June 14, 2016 at 3:50 pmIn Class

Plant Biology Alum Headed Food Safety at PepsiCo, Gets International Award

Dale Morton

Ohio University alum R. Dale Morton ’81 receives the 2016 Grocery Manufacturers Association Food Safety Award at the International Association for Food Protection’s Annual Meeting in August. Previously Senior Director of Global Food Safety for PepsiCo Inc., Morton is now president of Morton Food Safety Associates LLC, providing expertise in […]

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June 13, 2016 at 3:06 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

MCB Faculty Member Mario Grijalva travels to Ecuador for grand opening of new research facility

Center for Research on Health in Latin America  Photo courtesy of Mario Grijalva

Molecular and Cellular Biology faculty member Mario Grijalva is among the delegation of Ohio University students, faculty and staff that will travel to Ecuador in June to take part in the grand opening of a new research facility and visit OHIO-related programs in the country. The OHIO delegation will be […]

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June 13, 2016 at 1:33 pmNews

Meet the Orientation Leaders | Amanda D’Agostino Explored Athens, Made New Friends

Amanda D'Agostino

Bobcat Student Orientation Leader Amanda D’Agostino ’17 got to know Athens—and a lot of Bobcats—in her first-year learning community. “My favorite memory from my first year was all of the activities I did with my learning community,” she says. “We went all around Athens—ziplining, art museum, gardens, etc. It really […]

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June 9, 2016 at 3:48 pmNews

Probing Red Giants with a DRAGON

Probing Red Giants with a DRAGON

By Jean Andrews Physics & Astronomy Dr. Carl Brune, Professor of Physics & Astronomy and member of the Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics (INPP), traveled recently to TRIUMF, Canada’s national lab for nuclear and particle physics, located in Vancouver. With him were his doctoral students Rekam Giri and Som […]

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June 9, 2016 at 3:18 pmNews Research

Stigall Honored with Prestigious ‘Best Paleontologist under 40 Years of Age’ Award

Dr. Alycia Stigall

Dr. Alycia Stigall, Professor of Geological Sciences, has been selected as the 2016 recipient of the Charles Schuchert Award from the Paleontological Society. This prestigious award, known colloquially as the “Best paleontologist under 40 years of age,” is presented annually by the Paleontological Society, an international professional society devoting to […]

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June 9, 2016 at 1:44 pmNews