Archive for January, 2017

Contemporary History | Sarr on Gambian Election, Jan. 26

Dr. Assan Sarr

Dr. Assan Sarr will begin the Contemporary History Institute spring semester lecture series on Thursday, Jan. 26, with a talk entitled “Gambia’s ‘Unprecedented’ 2016 Election: Accounting for the Recent Crisis in the Small West African Nation.”  The talk is in Baker 242 at 4:30 pm. Sarr has just returned from a […]

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January 1, 2017 at 5:45 pmEvents

Science on Screen | Hidden Figures with Dr. Sarah Wyatt, Jan. 26

Dr. Sarah Wyatt

Science on Screen presents Hidden Figures with Dr. Sarah Wyatt on Thursday, Jan. 26, at 7 p.m. Free admission! Limited seating. Tickets available on a first-come, first-served basis, available starting 4 p.m. Thursday. Wyatt is Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology at Ohio University and a long-time space enthusiast. Her […]

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January 1, 2017 at 5:45 pmEvents

Between Love and Hate | The Times of Harvey Milk, Jan. 26

Between Love and Hate | The Times of Harvey Milk, Jan. 26

The Between Love and Hate theme is hosting a screening and discussion of the film The Times of Harvey Milk on Thursday, Jan. 26, from 6-8:30 p.m. in Gordy 307. The screening if free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. For more information, contact Dr. Akil Houston, […]

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January 1, 2017 at 5:45 pmEvents

Community Coffee Talk | Children and Families, Jan. 27

The Center for Campus and Community Engagement hosts “Community Coffee Talks” on a variety of different themes throughout the year. Community Coffee Talks are an opportunity for university and community partners to gather and discuss issues and projects of mutual interest on a particular theme and to explore avenues for […]

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January 1, 2017 at 5:30 pmEvents

Creative Writing Students to Read at Moon Tunnel Event, Jan. 27

All are invited to attend an upcoming reading from OHIO Creative Writing students on Friday, Jan. 27, takes place at 7:30 p.m. at Arts West (132 W. State St.). Emily Kramer, Derek Robbins, Michelle Pretorius, and Sarah Minor are the featured writers for this week’s event. Kramer and Robbins will read their […]

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January 1, 2017 at 5:30 pmEvents

Geography Colloquium | Grounding Traffic: How Cocaine Commodity Chain Transforms Lives and Land in Rural Central America, Jan. 27

Kendra McSweeney

The Geography Department Colloquium Series presents Dr. Kendra McSweeney on “Grounding traffic: how the cocaine commodity chain transforms lives and land in rural Central America” on Friday, Jan. 27, from 3:05 to 4 p.m. in Clippinger 119. McSweeney is Professor of Geography at Ohio State University, with over 20 years […]

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January 1, 2017 at 5:30 pmEvents

Physics Colloquium | Heating and Thermoelectricity at the Nanoscale, Jan. 27

Douglas Natelson

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Douglas Natelson of  Rice University on “Heating and Thermoelectricity at  the Nanoscale” on Friday, January 27, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract: When a wire is connected across a battery, energy is transferred from the macroscopic electrochemical potential difference of the battery terminals […]

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January 1, 2017 at 5:30 pmEvents