Archive for August, 2018

Alumni News | Conrad Enjoys New Role as Business Risk Advisor

Julie Conrad

When Julie Conrad ’04 visited Athens during the Arts and Sciences Annual Career and Networking Week early Spring semester of 2017 to talk with sociology and sociology-criminology students, she was a Quality Manager for JPMorgan Chase. Read more about the panel. Watch the panel. Connect with Conrad on LinkedIn. Conrad, […]

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August 2, 2018 at 10:10 amAlumni

Contemporary History Institute Announces Fall Speakers

The Contemporary History Institute is pleased to announce its Fall 2018 talks. Unless otherwise noted, these begin at 4:30 p.m. and are held in 242 Baker Center. These events are free and open to the public. On Thursday, Sept. 13, Bradley Simpson, U.S. foreign relations historian at the University of […]

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August 2, 2018 at 9:30 amEvents

Chemistry Colloquium | Complex Arabinogalactan-proteins in Duckweed, Nov. 19

Dr. Li Tan

Ohio University’s Chemistry & Biochemistry Colloquium Series presents Ohio University alum Dr.Li Tan ’03Ph.D. on Complex Arabinogalactan-proteins in Duckweed Monday, Nov. 19, from 4:10 to 5 p.m. in Clippinger 194. Abstract:  A complex arbinogalactan-protein (cAGPs) has been isolated from the growth medium of suspension-cultured Arabidopsis cells and shown to contain covalently linked arabinoxylan, […]

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August 2, 2018 at 5:00 amAlumni Events

Visiting Fiction Writer Thisbe Nissen, Feb. 21

Thisbe Nissen | author photo by Kaitlin Lamoine Photography

The English Department presents visiting fiction writer Thisbe Nissen on Thursday, Feb. 21, at 730 p.m. in the Walter Hall Rotunda. Madison Foltz‘s essay, “Crisis, Love, and Chaos in Thisbe Nissen’s Our Lady of the Prairie,” provides more information about Nissen’s work: “So much of this life we spend holding […]

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August 2, 2018 at 5:00 amEvents

2019 Spring Literary Fest is April 3-5

The English Department’s 2019 Spring Literary Fest is April 3-5. The authors, who will give readings and craft-based lectures, include the following novelists, poets, and essayists: Stephanie Powell Watts, Kiese Laymon, Mark Doty, Claire Vaye Watkins, and Laura Kasischke, Wednesday, April 3rd Walter Hall Rotunda 7:30p Stepahanie Powell Watts Reading […]

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August 2, 2018 at 4:50 amEvents

Chesapeake CESU Research Coordinator on Federal Funding and Connections, Aug. 8

Chesapeake CESU Research Coordinator Dan Filer will talk about trends in federal funding and how OHIO can use Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Units (CESU) Network to connect with other university, agency and external network partners on a wide range of research activities on Wednesday, Aug. 8, in Baker 239. Ohio University […]

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August 1, 2018 at 10:15 pmEvents

Public Telescope Night at Ohio University Observatory, Aug. 17

Public Telescope Night at Ohio University Observatory, Aug. 17

Public Telescope Night is Aug. 17, hosted by the Ohio University astronomy faculty and students. This event is scheduled for 9:30 to 11 p.m. and will be canceled if the sky is cloudy or stormy. Telescope nights are free and open to the public. Visitors may see Lunar craters, Saturn’s […]

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August 1, 2018 at 8:00 pmEvents