Archive for December, 2019

Career Corner | OHIO Supports Students with Disabilities through New Career Initiative

From Left: Carey Busch, ADA/504 Coordinator and Assistant Dean for Accessibility; Kristen Ballinger, Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities Deputy Director of Employer and Innovation Services; Duane Nellis, Ohio University President; Susan Pugh, Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities Deputy Director of Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation; Kevin Miller, Director of Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities. Photo by University College.

From Ohio University News Ohio University joined public colleges and universities in Ohio to support students with disabilities as they complete their education and prepare to enter the job market through a partnership with Opportunities for Ohioans with Disabilities and the Ohio Department of Higher Education. Launched in October, the […]

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December 6, 2019 at 10:04 amAnnouncements News

Johnson Study Suggests Family Interference Can Be Hazard in High-Risk Industries

Dr. Ryan C. Johnson

Dr. Ryan C. Johnson co-authored Home is where the mind is: Family interference with work and safety performance in two high risk industries in the Journal of Vocational Behavior, positing that family interference with work can be a safety hazard. Johnson is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Ohio University. His […]

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December 6, 2019 at 9:48 amResearch

Happy Beginnings | Ordich Utilizes M.A. in Law, Justice & Culture in Election Law Work

Devin Ordich

Editor’s Note: The Happy Beginnings series features recent College of Arts & Sciences graduates who are getting started in careers, graduate school and service. Ohio University alum Devin Ordich ’18, ’19M is putting her interests in forensics and justice to work in election campaign finance at a law firm in […]

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December 5, 2019 at 3:37 pmAlumni

Meet the 2019-20 NQPI Graduate Student Fellowship Awardees

Talha Furkan Canan

By Kate NicholsNQPI Editorial Intern Nanoscale and Quantum Phenomena Institute 2019 Fall Newsletter Up to six graduate students receive a one-semester stipend which is bestowed annually on a competitive basis by the Nanoscale and Quantum Phenomena Institute. Talha Furkan Canan Electrical Engineering Faculty Adviser: Dr. Savas Kaya Canan uses engineered Schottky […]

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December 4, 2019 at 5:02 pmNews Research

Alumni | Easton Enjoys Roles in Law School and Law Fraternity

Danielle Easton

Danielle Easton ’17 is in her third year at Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. She works part time as a law clerk at Mansour Gavin LPA, which is a law firm in downtown Cleveland. After she graduates and passes the bar, she expects to continue working at her current firm as […]

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December 4, 2019 at 4:20 pmAlumni

OHIO Undergraduate Researchers Rock the Insect World

OHIO delegation at Entomological Society of America.

Like moths to a flame, entomologists swarmed to the annual Entomological Society of America (ESA) conference to communicate what they have learned about the insects they study.  This year the conference was held Nov. 16-20 in St. Louis. Ohio University undergraduate research students Madeline Sudnick, Evelyn Blakeman, and Mitch Duffner—compelled […]

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December 4, 2019 at 2:04 pmIn Class Research

Day, Tanda Join NIH-funded Study Probing Fine Details of Deafness

Dr. Mitchell Day

Certain genetic mutations cause cell structures in the ear to break down, leading to deafness. With support from a three-year, $452,998 grant from the National Institutes of Health, three Ohio University researchers aim to learn more about this process at both the genetic and cellular levels. Dr. Mitchell Day, Assistant […]

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December 3, 2019 at 5:25 pmResearch