Archive for May, 2018

NQPI Members Build Connections at International Conference

NQPI Members Build Connections at International Conference

By Amanda Biederman NQPI editorial intern Each year, the American Physical Society’s March Meeting brings together thousands of scientists from around the world, featuring the most current findings in condensed matter physics research (the APS hosts another meeting for Nuclear and Particle Physics, in addition to other specialized meetings throughout […]

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May 2, 2018 at 4:02 pmResearch

Alum to Keynote Midcontinent Paleobotanical Colloquium at OHIO, June 1-3

Alum to Keynote Midcontinent Paleobotanical Colloquium at OHIO, June 1-3

The 35th Midcontinent Paleobotanical Colloquium is being held at Ohio University from June 1-3, hosted by Environmental & Plant Biology faculty with a keynote by an alumna. MPC has been held annually since 1983 and is hosted by a different institution each year. This year’s meeting will feature a daylong […]

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May 2, 2018 at 3:45 pmEvents

See Additive Manufacturing Lab’s New Resources in Action at Open House, June 5

The Additive Manufacturing Lab offers Ohio University and the community new resources for design and product development. The Ohio University Innovation Center and the LIGHTS Regional Innovation Network recently acquired new design and product development equipment for the business incubator’s Additive Manufacturing Lab. The public is invited to an open […]

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May 2, 2018 at 3:15 pmEvents

Muhammad Presents at Conference Black Radicalism in the United States

Dr. Robin D. Muhammad

Dr. Robin Muhammad joined more than 80 activists, scholars, and artists in New York City for a two-day conference on Black Radicalism in the United States. Muhammad is Associate Professor and Chair of African American Studies at Ohio University. The conference brought together scholars and activists dealing with the history […]

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May 2, 2018 at 2:59 pmResearch

Ping Institute for Teachers Summer Workshop | Remembering the Great War, June 13-15

Ping Institute for Teachers Summer Workshop | Remembering the Great War, June 13-15

  The Charles J. Ping Institute for the Teaching of the Humanities presents a free three-day summer workshop for secondary teachers on “Remembering the Great War” from Wednesday, June 13, through Friday, June 15, at Ohio University. The First World War—at its outset dubbed “the war to end war” by […]

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May 2, 2018 at 12:45 pmEvents

Yavorsky Presents on Alzheimer’s Disease at the Ohio Osteopathic Symposium

Yavorsky Presents on Alzheimer’s Disease at the Ohio Osteopathic Symposium

Ryan Yavorsky presented research on tau protein and its role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease at the Ohio Osteopathic Symposium held April 27 in Columbus. Yavorsky is a second-year medical student in Ohio University’s Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and has worked in the lab of Dr. Robert Colvin, […]

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May 2, 2018 at 12:32 pmResearch

Miles, Gilbert Article Suggests Lizards Won’t Adapt Fast Enough during Environmental Change

Dr. Donald Miles

Dr. Donald Miles and Anthony Gilbert are co-authors on a paper in Proceedings of the Royal Society on “Thermal physiology and thermoregulatory behaviour exhibit low heritability despitegenetic divergence between lizard populations,” which suggests that evolutionary change in the brown anole lizard is unlikely to keep pace with current rates of […]

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May 2, 2018 at 11:22 amResearch