Archive for March, 2017

Physics & Astronomy alumni news from 2015-16. 2010 – 16 Sean McGraw, Ph.D. 2016 (adviser Shields), will start in Fall 2016 as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Penn State in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics. Brian Muccioli, Ph.D. 2016 (adviser Prakash), is working for Frontier Technologies as a research scientist, […]

The Condensed Matter & Surface Sciences Colloquium Series presents Badri Shyam of Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory on “Structural Studies of Sub-micron Amorphous Thin Films using Grazing-incidence X-ray Total Scattering” on Thursday, March 2, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract: Amorphous thin films play an important role in science and […]

The Economics Seminar series presents Dr. Luke Fitzpatrick discussing “Surface Coal Mines in Housing Markets” on March 3 at 3 p.m. in Bentley Annex 302. Fitzpatrick is Assistant Professor of Economics at Ohio University. Abstract: Hedonic studies that estimate house price impacts of environmental disamenities can generate substantially different conclusions […]

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Supratik Guha NST Division Director, of Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago on “Sensors and Cyber-Physical Sensing Networks for Water and Agriculture” on Friday, March 3, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract:  The affordability of computing today, progress in nanomaterials […]

The Geography Department Colloquium Series presents Dr. Joseph Gingerich on “Ice Age Travelers of Virginia” on Friday, March 3, from 3:05 to 4 p.m. in Clippinger 119. Gingerich earned a Ph.D. at the University of Wyoming. He is an Assistant Professor in the Sociology & Anthropology Department at Ohio University. He is […]

The Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics (INPP) presents Renee Fatemi, of University of Kentucky, presenting “Looking High and Low for Beyond the Standard Model Physics,” on Tuesday, March 14, at at 4 p.m. in Edwards Accelerator Lab, Roger W. Finlay Conference Room. Abstract: The Standard Model of Particle Physics […]

The Common Experience Project on Sustainability unites Ohio University and the region through sustainability education with free screenings on Wednesdays from 7-9 p.m. at the Athena Cinema, 20 S. Court St. in Athens. Upcoming Screenings March 15—The Hand That Feeds Explores the sustainability of the restaurant food industry, battle for […]