Archive for May, 2021

Wyatt Receives Baker Award for ‘Plant Gravitropic Signaling: New Approaches to Old Questions’

Dr. Sarah Wyatt in the growth lab with a model of the Falcon rocket that will take their experiment to the International Space Station. Photo by Ben Siegel

Dr. Sarah Wyatt was one of five Ohio University faculty receiving John C. Baker Fund awards for research, scholarship and creative work during spring semester 2021. Wyatt is professor of Environmental & Plant Biology and director of the Molecular & Cellular Biology program. Endowed in 1961 by a gift of […]

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May 10, 2021 at 9:54 amResearch

Dewald Honored for Service in Provost’s Office, Returns to Roots in Chemistry

Dr. Howard Dewald

From Ohio University News After 35 years of service at Ohio University, Dr. Howard Dewald has announced his intention to return to his roots as a professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry in the College of Arts and Science. Dr. Dewald, who is a tenured faculty member in the chemistry department […]

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May 10, 2021 at 9:12 amNews

University Community Mourns Edwin Curmie Price Jr., Alumnus and OHIO’s First Black Faculty Member

Edwin Curmie Price Jr.

From Ohio University News Edwin Curmie Price Jr., an Ohio University alumnus and the University’s first Black faculty member, passed away on April 23. The history and status of Black Americans at Ohio University, published in 1974, notes “the hiring of O.U.’s first black faculty member, E. Curmie Price, in […]

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May 7, 2021 at 1:59 pmAlumni News

Ping Institute for Teachers Summer Workshop | Race, Ethnicity, and Identity in the Ancient World, June 16-18

Ping Institute for Teachers Summer Workshop | Race, Ethnicity, and Identity in the Ancient World, June 16-18

The Charles J. Ping Institute for the Humanities proudly presents: “Race, Ethnicity, and Identity in the Ancient World” a three-day workshop for high school teachers of the humanities on June 16-18. How old are concepts such as race and ethnicity? How did ancient Greeks and Romans define and describe people […]

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May 6, 2021 at 3:33 pmAnnouncements Events News

Alumni News | Anna Harvey named President and CEO of the Social Science Research Council

Dr. Anna Harvey

From Ohio University News Ohio University Trustee and 1988 Honors Tutorial College alumna Anna Harvey was named the 15th President and CEO of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), an independent and international research nonprofit organization. “I am deeply honored to have been asked to lead the SSRC as it […]

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May 6, 2021 at 1:49 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Science Magazine Writes about Just’s New Book on COVID-19

Dr. Winfried Just

Science Magazine writes about Dr. Winfried Just’s new book COVID-19 Unmasked: The News, the science and common sense in a story headlined “Tackling the persistent and sometimes controversial questions about COVID-19.” Ohio University mathematics professor Winfried Just’s new book COVID-19: Unmasked – The News, the Science, and Common Sense tackles […]

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May 6, 2021 at 9:43 amFaculty in the News In the News

Career Corner | Scribe Program Looking for Senior Pre-Health, Pre-Vet Majors

Career Corner | Scribe Program Looking for Senior Pre-Health, Pre-Vet Majors

ScribeAmerica hires and trains medical and veterinary scribes to work alongside physicians and veterinarians in health-care facilities nationwide. They are looking for graduating pre health and pre-vet seniors who plan on taking a gap year for openings in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Dayton, and Ironton. Cleveland Medical Scribe Application Cincinnati Medical Scribe […]

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May 5, 2021 at 5:33 pmNews