Archive for February, 2018

From Research Communications Two Chemistry & Biochemistry professors were recognized at the Ohio University Inventors Dinner for patents they received. The dinner recognized individuals who engaged with the university’s Technology Transfer Office over the past year to commercialize their research findings, by protecting their intellectual property through the patent process. […]

COMCorps, an AmeriCorps program housed in OHIO’s Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, is taking applications from those interested in serving approximately 38 hours each week in Athens or Washington county, serving at schools, local nonprofits and government agencies. In return for 1,700 hours of service, members receive a $13,732 living […]

By Maria Modayil President to the Graduate Student Senate We have several positions on Graduate Student Senate open for your departments and college. As you are aware, shared governance is a very important part of the current University administration. Graduate students affairs and needs are important to President M. Duane […]

Many of the Office of Global Opportunities’ summer and fall 2018 programs have extended their applications deadlines. Most of these programs are open to all majors. Out-of-state and international students also can get big savings because the non-resident surcharge is waived for all OGO study away programs. Programs with a […]

In a newly published journal article, Dr. Anthony Stender and his collaborators studied the optical properties of porous silica particles that were covered with varying amounts of smaller gold nanoparticles. Stender, Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Ohio University, is a co-author on “Monitoring the Stimulated Uncapping Process of […]

Dr. Alyssa Bernstein is one of two keynote speakers at a conference on “Kant’s Legal Theory and Global Justice” on June 29-30 at the University of Bayreuth in Germany. Bernstein is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Ohio University. “Kant’s legal theory has long been ignored in debates on global justice,” […]

By Dawn Bikowski Director of the English Language Improvement Program How do the seed-saving practices in Southeast Ohio compare with the struggles and triumphs of food sovereignty in the Andes of Ecuador? Dr. Rommel Montúfar (Biological Sciences, Pontíficia Universidad Católica del Ecuador), and Michael Ayala (Agricultural Sciences, Universidad Central del […]