Archive for March, 2021

Nine Biology Students Get Student Enhancement Awards for Research

Ryan Brown

From Ohio University News Nine Biological Sciences students are among 21 students receiving Ohio University Student Enhancement Award funding for their original research, scholarship and creative work this spring. The Student Enhancement Awards are funded by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Creative Activity and administered by […]

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March 29, 2021 at 11:05 amNews Research

Class of 2021 | Carter Fee Prepared for Air Force by Studying History, Geopolitics

Carter Fee

Carter Fee took advantage of a wide menu of history and geopolitics programs at Ohio University as he prepared for a career in the Air Force. In addition to Air Force ROTC and work, Fee majored in History, with two minors: Political Science and Aerospace Studies. He also tackled four certificates: […]

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March 29, 2021 at 10:10 amNews

Sylvi Oh Wins Garden Club Award for Summer Work on Migratory Birds, Herbs and Forests

Sylvi Oh

Ohio University graduate student Sylvi Oh will be spending the summer studying how effective migratory birds are in spreading herb seeds that can help forests recover after human disturbance. Oh was awarded The Joan K. Hunt and Rachel M. Hunt Summer Scholarship in Field Botany from the Garden Club of America. The […]

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March 26, 2021 at 4:33 pmNews Research

Happy Beginnings | Precious Oluwasanya Heads to Canada to Study Russia

Happy Beginnings | Precious Oluwasanya Heads to Canada to Study Russia

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 alumna Precious Oluwasanya’s undergraduate journey in modern-day Athens covered the timeline—from ancient Rome and medieval times to Russia and World War II. “The cool […]

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March 26, 2021 at 3:29 pmAlumni

Class of 2021 | Tyler Brown Wins History’s Eckes Prize

Tyler Brown. Photo by Adrianna Varner

Tyler Brown ’21 was awarded the 2021 Eckes Prize by the History Department at Ohio University, and he has high praise for the Zanesville campus faculty who got him interested in majoring in history. The Eckes Prize is given annually to the graduating senior with the highest grade point average […]

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March 26, 2021 at 11:26 amNews

Participants Sought for OHIO Brain and Behavior Study

Participants Sought for OHIO Brain and Behavior Study

An Ohio University research team is seeking participants for a study on behavior and brain responses to a series of different tasks and questionnaires. The Behavioral Event-Related Potential Study (BERP) aims to integrate behavioral, physiological and self-reported markers of sensitivity to anxiety and intolerance of uncertainty—with a goal of determining […]

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March 26, 2021 at 8:41 amNews

Work by Three Retired Geology Professors Cited in News Stories

Work by three retired Geology Department faculty was recently cited in news stories about their research: David Kidder, Damian Nance and Thomas Worsley. A geoscience magazine (GEOExPro) write about The Supercontinent Cycle: Patterns and Impacts: …This line of thinking was taken up by Thomas Worsley of Ohio University at Athens […]

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March 26, 2021 at 8:29 amFaculty in the News In the News