Archive for March, 2018

There are three Athens Algebra Seminar features the week of March 26. The March 27 seminar, from  4:30-5:30 p.m. in Morton 313, is a new installment the ongoing reading seminar on Nearrings. Doctoral student Majed Zalaiee is taking a reading course on the subject, and his lectures are part of […]

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Volker Koch, of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,  on “The Properties of Strongly Interacting Matter” on Friday, March 30, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract: In this talk I will discuss some of the properties of strongly interacting matter at temperatures in excess […]

The Psychology Colloquium Series presents Dr. Shayne Piasta on “Efforts to Improve Language and Comprehension in Early Childhood and Elementary Classrooms” on Friday, March 30, at 11:50 a.m. in Porter 102. Piasta is associate professor of Reading and Literature in Early and Middle Childhood in the Department of Teaching and […]

The Geological Sciences Colloquium Series presents Derek Sawyer on “Earthquakes and Submarine Landslides on Continental Margins” on March 30 at 2 p.m. in Clippinger 205. Sawyer is an Assistant Professor at the Ohio State University School of Earth Sciences. Abstract: Earthquakes are a primary trigger of submarine landslides yet some […]

Editor’s Note: The Happy Beginnings series features recent College of Arts & Sciences graduates who are getting started in careers, graduate school and service. By Mary Vandeman Linguistics Department As a part of a summer exchange program, Ukrainian college sophomore Tetyana Bychkovska ’17M visited the United States for the first time. […]

Twelve Ohio University students enrolled in Modern Languages Russian courses (first through third year) went to the College of Wooster to compete in the 8th Annual Russian Undergraduate Olympiada of Spoken Russian on Feb. 24, earning the following prizes: Usman Suerkulov (RUS 2120) took 1st place in the Heritage Learners category. Alex […]

Matthew Jordan ’99 says “tough-minded but civil discussion of contentious issues remains a fixture of my day-to-day life,” from his days as a philosophy major at Ohio University to his role as Associate Professor of Philosophy and the Director of the Honors Program at Auburn University in Montgomery, Ala. “If […]