Archive for August, 2018

Washington Post Quotes Jellison on Slow Start to ‘Be Best’ Campaign

Dr. Katherine Jellison, portrait

The Washington Post quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History at Ohio University, in a Style section article headlined “A tiny staff. An aide’s abrupt departure. That jacket. Why Melania Trump’s Be Best is off to a slow start.” Katherine Jellison, a history professor at Ohio University, says Be […]

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August 10, 2018 at 4:49 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Career Corner | Ohio Valley Regional Development Commission Seeks Specialist with GIS Experience

Career Corner | Ohio Valley Regional Development Commission Seeks Specialist with GIS Experience

The Ohio Valley Regional Development Commission is looking for a Research/Planning Specialist. Under the direction of the Planning/Development Director, the Research/Planning Specialist is primarily responsible for providing technical assistance and research with community and economic development, business development, transportation planning, as well as continually developing and maintaining the OVRDC Geographic […]

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August 10, 2018 at 11:29 amAnnouncements

Dancing Dentist Back for #inmyfeelings Challenge with YMCA Campers

Dr. Rich Constantine

He’s back with another video. This time, Ohio University alum Dr. Rich Constantine is invited to a dance off #inmyfeelings challenge with campers at Caine Halter Family YMCA. Watch Constantine in a dance off with YMCA campers. After a Facebook video titled “In My Fillings” by Constantine racked up more […]

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August 9, 2018 at 2:42 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Tumbleson ǀ Operating Single Molecule Machines at Argonne National Lab

Ryan Tumbleson at Argonne National Laboratory

By Ryan Tumbleson ’20 B.S. Engineering Physics, Honors Tutorial College, B.S. Electrical Engineering, Russ College of Engineering and Technology For the third consecutive summer, I had the chance to intern at the Center for Nanoscale Materials at Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago. Working under the direction of Dr. Saw Wai-Hla, […]

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August 9, 2018 at 1:03 pmNews

Alumni News | Labor Attorney Hawk Joins Roetzel & Andress

Ohio University alum Morris L. Hawk ’90 is one of four labor and law attorneys joining the firm Roetzel & Andress LPA, according to an announcement. Connect with Hawk on LinkedIn. Hawk earned a B.A. in English from the Honors Tutorial College and a Contemporary History Certificate from the College of Arts & […]

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August 9, 2018 at 10:06 amAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Nance: ‘All Hell Breaking Loose on Earth’ Indicates Another Supercontinent 600 Million Years Ago

Dr. Damian Nance

Does Earth have another supercontinent hidden in its geologic history—about 600 million years ago? “It looks like all hell was breaking loose on Earth, and my guess is that Pannotia is at the center of all these weird and wonderful things that were happening at that time,” says Dr. R. Damian Nance, Distinguished […]

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August 9, 2018 at 8:31 amFaculty in the News In the News Research

Physicists Propose New Model to Study Pairing Properties of Nuclei

(L to R) Dr. Madappa Prakash, Md. Abdullah Al Mamun, and Dr. Constantinos Constantinou

A team of Ohio University nuclear physicists has proposed a new theoretical model for calculating pairing properties of atomic nuclei including those found in extreme astrophysical environments. As in some solids in which two interacting electrons pair up to act as one object that leads to superconductivity, interacting neutrons (or […]

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August 8, 2018 at 4:39 pmResearch