Archive for March, 2020

Spring Break 2020 | Waterpark Just in Time, then Studying with Siblings & Just Dance

Spring Break 2020 | Waterpark Just in Time, then Studying with Siblings & Just Dance

By Hailey Burns ’21 Ohio University Over spring break, I napped a lot and helped my mom out around the house. Wednesday, March 11th, my boyfriend and I went to Kalahari, which is an indoor waterpark. We were there all day, and went to Samurai after. I am happy we […]

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March 27, 2020 at 1:15 pmNews

Biology Donates Lab Coats, Gloves & Masks to O’Bleness Hospital

Biology supplies are donated to O'Bleness Hospital.

Ohio University’s Biological Sciences Department donated numerous supplies to O’Bleness Hospital on March 24, including 300 disposable lab coats, 280 boxes of gloves from the biology laboratory courses, and some masks. Multiple faculty members such as Laura Saltman, Andrew Tucker, Nathan Weyand, Wendy Kaaz, and Mitch Day were involved with […]

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March 25, 2020 at 7:13 pmNews

Dispatch Quotes Elliott-Dorans on Moving Courses Online

Dr. Lauren Elliott-Dorans

The Columbus Dispatch interviewed Lauren Elliott-Dorans for a story headlined “Coronavirus: College courses move online, challenging Ohio’s professors, students.” Dr. Elliott-Dorans is Assistant Professor of Instruction in Political Science at Ohio University. She is also the recipient of the Provost Award for Excellence in Teaching for 2019-22.  Dr. Elliott-Dorans is currently […]

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March 25, 2020 at 2:05 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Runner’s World Interviews Klein about Using Ellipticals for Recovery Runs

Ian Klein

Runner’s World interviewed Ian Klein for a story headlined “Can You Use the Elliptical for Recovery Runs?” Klein is Assistant Professor of Instruction in Biological Sciences at Ohio University. …The reason training plans call for so much running is the rule of specificity: “Whatever you want to get good at, […]

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March 25, 2020 at 12:14 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Alumni News | Davidson, Roberson Participate in Public Policy Leadership Forum

An Ohio Today story headlined “Washington, D.C.-area alumni lend expertise to education public policy leadership program” includes Ohio University alumna Kelly Davidson. Davidson earned a bachelor’s degree in English from the College of Arts & Sciences at OHIO in 1992. “I’m a higher education administrator, and it sounded like a […]

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March 25, 2020 at 11:31 amAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Grad Student Preps for Space Flight in Apartment-Turned-Lab

Falcon lift off shot by Dr. Sarah Wyatt in 2020/

  It’s easy for the tiny seeds to practice social distancing on their flight up to the International Space Station. They’re on an unmanned SpaceX rocket. But making sure they don’t germinate too early is a problem that has to be solved back on Earth, where Ohio University has asked […]

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March 25, 2020 at 10:51 amUncategorized

Alumni News | Newspaper Features Richard Carter’s Research on Bats

Dr. Richard T. Carter

Ohio University alum Dr. Richard T. Carter was featured in a Johnson City Press story headlined “ETSU’s Dr. Richard Carter makes new discovery in anatomical study of bats.” Carter is Assistant Professor of Biology at East Tennessee State University. …And in the darkness, they find their way around using echolocation, […]

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March 25, 2020 at 10:01 amAlumni Alumni in the News In the News