Archive for March, 2018

Food Matters Visits Local Goat Farm

Students at Creekside Farm

  The Food Matters at Ohio University student organization took a trip out to Creekside Farm on Monday, March 26. Owners Paul Tomcho and  Krista Duval manage the farm, which is home to 25 goats and 50 laying hens, along with small-scale vegetable, berry, and shiitake mushroom production. Tomcho took […]

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March 28, 2018 at 12:16 pmNews

Internship ǀ Testing Nanoscale Materials to Improve Energy-Storing Devices

Ari Blumer

By Ari Blumer ’18 B.S. Engineering Physics, Honors Tutorial College Electrochemical supercapacitors typically store 10 to 100 times more energy per unit than electrolytic capacitors. They utilize the energy-storing mechanisms found in traditional capacitors and batteries, bringing them both into one device using an ionic electrolyte and a high-surface-area electrode […]

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March 27, 2018 at 12:23 pmNews Research

New Cellular Slime Mold Family Named after Professor Emeritus Cavender

Dr. James Cavender

By MC Tilton, PACE Writer A new cellular slime mold family and genus have been named after Dr. James Cavender, Professor Emeritus of Environment & Plant Biology, whose decades of work have distinguished him as the leading expert on Dictyostelids. When Cavender began working on his Ph.D. in the early […]

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March 27, 2018 at 10:11 amNews Research

Advising Tip | When, Why, and How to Withdraw from a Course

Tetyana Dovbnya

By Tetyana Dovbnya Academic Advisor and International Student Advising Specialist If you’re struggling in a course, have already discussed your grade with your professor, and don’t think it’s passable, you may consider withdrawing. The last day to withdraw from a course is this Friday, March 30, at 5 p.m. When […]

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March 26, 2018 at 10:36 pmNews

Transfer Tip | Plan Ahead If You Will Be Taking Courses Elsewhere This Summer

Kristi Conrad

By Kristi Conrad Academic Advisor / Transfer Specialist Are you planning to take a course at another college or university over the summer and transfer the credit back to Ohio University? If so, your first step should be to complete a transient form and return it with the course description […]

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March 26, 2018 at 10:30 pmAnnouncements News

Apply for Center for Student Legal Services Board by March 30

Apply for Center for Student Legal Services Board by March 30

The Ohio University Center for Student Legal Services is taking applications for positions on its Board of Directors for the 2018-19 academic year. The application requires a form as well as a resume to be provided to the CSLS by March 30. Interviews will be conducted thereafter. CSLS is a […]

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March 26, 2018 at 3:45 pmNews

CLJC Seeks Program Assistants for Summer Law & Trial Institute

Students of OHIO's Summer Law and Trial Institute with Judge McCarthy

The Center for Law, Justice & Culture is accepting applications for two program assistants for the Summer Law & Trial Institute in July 2018. The application deadline for the positions is April 25. This is a paid position for the duration of the program. The Summer Law & Trial Institute is a 13-day immersive residential program […]

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March 26, 2018 at 3:34 pmNews