Archive for October, 2019

Alumni Lecture | African American Men in Higher Education, Oct. 29

Dr. Kalvin DaRonne Harvell

Ohio University’s Office for Multicultural Student Access and Retention presents “African American Men in Higher Education, a guest lecture by alumnus  Dr. Kalvin DaRonne Harvell ’99M, on Oct. 29 from 6 to 8 p.m. in Schoonover 145. Harvell is a professor of sociology at Henry Ford College in Dearborn, Mich. Connect […]

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October 1, 2019 at 5:00 pmAlumni Events

Science Cafe | Improving Rural Breast Cancer Inequities: Is Psychosocial Health the Key? Oct. 30

Dr. Shannon Nicks

Science Café presents Dr. Shannon Nicks discussing “Improving Rural Breast Cancer Inequities: Is Psychosocial Health the Key?” on Wednesday, Oct. 30, at 5 p.m. in the Front Room at Baker University Center. According to Nicks, Assistant Professor of Social and Public Health at Ohio University, differences in resources to maintain psychosocial […]

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October 1, 2019 at 4:45 pmEvents

Rescheduled: Wrongful Conviction Day | With Exoneree Raymond Towler, Oct. 30

Raymond Towler

Note: This event has been rescheduled for Oct. 30, 2019.  The Center for Law, Justice & Culture and the Ohio Innocence Project chapter of Ohio University (OIP-u), in conjunction with with the Ohio Innocence Project at University of Cincinnati College of Law, host exoneree Raymond Towler on the sixth annual […]

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October 1, 2019 at 4:45 pmEvents

Costa Lecture | Renowned Historian on America Divided in the 1960s and Today, Oct. 30

Dr. David Farber

Distinguished History Professor David Farber of the University of Kansas delivers the 42nd annual Costa Lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 30, at 7:30 p.m. in Walter Hall Rotunda on the Ohio University, Athens, campus. His topic is “The End of the 1960s and the Beginning of Today: Radicals, Reactionaries, and Political […]

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October 1, 2019 at 4:45 pmEvents

Contemporary History Panel | Legacy of Jeane Kirkpatrick’s ‘Dictatorships and Double Standards,’ Oct. 31

Contemporary History Panel | Legacy of Jeane Kirkpatrick’s ‘Dictatorships and Double Standards,’ Oct. 31

The Contemporary History Institute announces a panel a panel discussion of the impact and legacy of Jeane Kirkpatrick’s 1979 thesis on “Dictatorships and Double Standards” on Thursday, Oct. 31, at 5 p.m. in Baker 242. The panel features: Dr. Paul Milazzo, Associate Professor of History at Ohio University, introduction Dr. […]

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October 1, 2019 at 4:30 pmEvents

NQPI Forum | Periodic Strain Induced Moire Patterns in Graphene, Oct. 31

Graduate Student Md Tareq Mahmud

The NQPI Seminar Series presents Md Tareq Mahmud on “Periodic Strain Induced Moire Patterns in Graphene” on Thursday, Oct 31, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter Hall 245. Tareq is a graduate student in Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University. Abstract: Local Gaussian-shaped deformations induce strain fields that are represented by scalar […]

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October 1, 2019 at 4:30 pmEvents

Why Did the Turtles Cross the Road? Or Did They?

Why Did the Turtles Cross the Road? Or Did They?

Ohio University researchers set out to determine the impact of the Route 33 bypass through Wayne National Forest on the local box turtle population. The answers were not exactly what they expected. Roads are everywhere! Roads define the very fabric of our civilization, and very few places in North America […]

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October 1, 2019 at 10:29 amResearch