Archive for September, 2019

The Center for the Student Legal Services (CSLS) is currently encouraging students to apply for two open positions on the Board of Directors no later than Oct. 13. The board is looking to fill two at-large director positions. At-large directors will be considered for 1-year terms. The board is composed […]

Dr. Geoffrey Buckley published an article on “Teaching Urban Sustainability: A Study Abroad Perspective” about Ohio University’s study abroad experience in Edinburgh, where he and co-authors “conclude that an urban sustainability theme conjoined with a location abroad presents educators with an opportunity to communicate critical sustainability principles that would be […]

By Kate Nichols NQPI Editorial Intern Ohio University Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Assistant Professor Sumit Sharma presented “Molecular Simulations of Adsorption and Self-Assembly of Surfactants on Metal Surfaces” on Sept. 5 as part of the Nanoscale & Quantum Phenomena Institute seminar series. Sharma and his research group in OHIO’s Russ […]

Dr. Edmond Chang’s essay “Drawing the Oankali: Imagining Race, Gender, and the Posthuman in Butler’s Dawn” was published in the edited collection Approaches to Teaching the Works of Octavia E. Butler from The Modern Language Association. Chang is Assistant Professor of English at Ohio University. According to Chang, “Octavia Butler’s […]

Dr. Molly R Morris, Professor of Biological Sciences at Ohio University, presented one of the plenary lectures at the International Conference of Poeciliid Biologists held in Mexico City in September. The conference meets every other year and attracts biologists from all over the world. Talks include topics as diverse as […]

Dr. Homer Leslie Bradshaw, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Ohio University and also an alumnus, died on Sept. 15, 2019, at the age of 97 in Friendship Village in Kalamazoo, Mich., according to his obituary. Bradshaw, of Sinking Spring, Ohio, was born on July 29, 1922, in Pomeroy, Ohio, and […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, was quoted in an article originally appearing in the New York Times headlined “‘Catastrophic,’ ‘Cataclysmic’: Trump’s Tariff Threat Has Retailers Sounding Alarm.” As China grew into its position as the world’s workshop, Walmart prospered with it, said Richard Vedder, […]