Archive for July, 2020

Dr. Dawn Bikowski, director of the Academic and Global Communication Program (formerly ELIP), was selected by the U.S. State Department for a virtual language specialist project to develop and implement a professional development program for faculty in Brazil. Bikowski is part of a select group, as she is one of […]

Dr. Peter de B. Harrington was recently appointed to Chair the External Advisory Committee for the National Institutes of Health Center for the Influence of Dietary Botanical Supplements on Biological and Behavioral Resilience, a recently awarded cooperative agreement center at the Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine. Harrington is a […]

Except from Ohio University News The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) released today a comprehensive analysis of the largest three-dimensional map of the universe ever created, filling in the most significant gaps in the possible exploration of its history, and Ohio University researchers played key roles. The highlights of the […]

Ohio University is a founding leadership partner of BioOhio, which means faculty and students have access to events including: Telehealth Tech Trends — 2 Sessions, July 20 and 27 ($25) — BioOhio’s newest event series focuses on the game-changing telehealth field. Through the synergy of communications technology, digital health platforms, […]

From Ohio University News Dr. Sarah Wyatt, an internationally respected researcher in the field of plant gravity biology, was named a fellow of two national organizations — the American Society of Plant Biologists as well as the inaugural cohort of Sigma Xi Fellows. Wyatt is professor of Environmental & Plant […]

Dr. Munukutla Sastry, Associate Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Ohio University, passed away on May 28 at the age of 84, according to his obituary in the Athens Messenger: Sastry, as he was known to all, was born on July 24, 1935 in Chodavaram, India. Sastry came to the U.S. […]

Dr. Jana Houser, Associate Professor of Geography, was recently interviewed by the Weather Channel in a feature story headlined “A Storm Chaser Shares Her Experience of Living in Tornado Alley.” In the interview, Houser shares her personal experience of coping with the extreme weather that she has encountered in the […]