Archive for March, 2022

Colleagues mourn loss of graduate student Bernardo David Bastidas Mayorga

Bernardo David Bastidas Mayorga

From Ohio University News The College of Arts & Sciences mourns the loss of Bernardo David Bastidas Mayorga, a third-year doctoral student in the Chemistry and Biochemistry Department who passed away on Saturday, March 26, following a brief illness. “Bernardo was a great colleague and close friend with many other […]

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March 30, 2022 at 1:47 pmNews

Law, Justice & Culture fall 2022 courses include Slavery in the Americas, Politics of Race, Crime and Media, and more

Law, Justice & Culture fall 2022 courses include Slavery in the Americas, Politics of Race, Crime and Media, and more

From Ohio University News The Center for Law, Justice & Culture’s law-related graduate course offerings for fall 2021 include both online and in-person courses for students in the M.A. in Law, Justice & Culture. The fall offerings include core courses as well as electives on Slavery in the Americas, the […]

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March 25, 2022 at 2:19 pmNews

Vedder writes on ‘This Is What a Good University President Looks Like’

Dr. Richard Vedder

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, authored a column on “This Is What a Good University President Looks Like” for the American Institute for Economic Research. While American higher education often is rightly condemned for being inefficient, non-innovative, and resistant to change, there are exceptions, […]

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March 23, 2022 at 5:18 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Texas’ KXAN interviews Houser on ‘shifting’ Tornado Alley

Dr. Jana Houser with the University of Oklahoma’s Rapid-scan, X-band, polarimetric mobile radar (RaXPol).

NBC channel KXAN interviewed Jana Houser, Ph.D., for a segment headlined “Why do scientists believe ‘tornado alley’ is shifting?” Researchers are still trying to figure out how climate change plays a role in small-scale disasters. At Ohio University in Athens Ohio, Jana Houser believes tornadoes correlate with the hydrologic cycle, […]

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March 23, 2022 at 5:14 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Student Enhancement Awards provide $134,433 in funding to 24 students in spring 2022

Julia Joos in the foreground, tortoise in the background.

From Ohio University News The Ohio University Student Enhancement Awards program provided 24 students this spring with a total of $134,433 in funding for their original research, scholarship and creative work. The Student Enhancement Awards are funded by the Office of the Vice President for Research and Creative Activity and […]

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March 23, 2022 at 5:03 pmResearch

Alumni News: Army Capt. Erin Muri focuses her passion for learning on trauma, mental health

Capt. Erin Muri

From Ohio University News Topics like prison systems, sexual trauma, diversity, and sociological patterns in serial murders ignited Erin Muri’s passion for learning when she was an undergraduate sociology student at Ohio University. Now she’s a captain in the U.S. Army at Fort Carson in Colorado, where she’s found a […]

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March 23, 2022 at 4:04 pmAlumni News

Alumni News | Ranga Kalugampitiya found a place to raise a family, debate post-structuralism with beloved faculty

Dr. Maduranga Kalugampitiya

From Ohio University News Ohio University alumnus Maduranga “Ranga” Kalugampitiya came to Athens from Sri Lanka to pursue a graduate degree in linguistics. He found a community that welcomed his family and intellectual stimulation that propelled his career. Kalugampitiya earned his M.A. in Applied Linguistics in 2012 from the College […]

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March 22, 2022 at 7:19 pmAlumni News