Events

Summer 2016 | Global Cities, Past and Present Info Session, March 14

Summer 2016 | Global Cities, Past and Present Info Session, March 14

During summer 2016, three Ohio University faculty are leading a new two-week program that explores the historical relationship between globalization and urbanization, with a special focus on Ohio. An information session for the new summer program, Global Cities, Past and Present, is Monday, March 14, at 7 p.m. in Bentley […]

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March 1, 2016 at 8:45 pmAnnouncements Events

INPP Seminar | Looking for QCD in Pionless EFT, March 15

Roxanne Springer

The Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics (INPP) presents Roxanne Springer, of Duke University, presenting “Looking for QCD in Pionless EFT,” on Tuesday, March. 15, at at 4 p.m. in Edwards Accelerator Lab, Roger W. Finlay Conference Room. Abstract:  Pionless Effective Field Theory is the most streamlined of the EFTs […]

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March 1, 2016 at 8:30 pmEvents

Science Café | The Rise of the Superbugs, March 16

Ronan Carroll, assistant professor of biological sciences. Photo credit: Emily Mueting/Ohio University.

Science Café presents Dr. Ronan Carroll on “The Rise of the Superbugs,” on Wednesday, March 16, at 5 p.m. in the Baker Center Front Room. About 12,000 people die every year in the United States from infections caused by MRSA, which is an antibiotic-resistant form of the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus. […]

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March 1, 2016 at 8:15 pmEvents

Fire to iPhone | #WhatDoesIslamMeanToYou, March 16

Fire to iPhone | #WhatDoesIslamMeanToYou, March 16

The Fire to iPhone theme presents #WhatDoesIslamMeanToYou, a TEDx Ohio University event, on March 16 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Athena Theater. The event includes a discussion on the perceptions of Muslims in America, focusing on the impact of social media platforms that help spread a positive or […]

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March 1, 2016 at 8:15 pmEvents

Khalil Muhammad | Public Lecture on Race in America, March 17

Dr. Khalil Muhammad

Dr. Khalil Muhammad speaks about race in America on Thursday, March 17,  at 7:30 p.m. in Baker Ballroom. Muhammad is the Executive Director of the Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, NY. He is leaving that post in July to take a tenured teaching position at Harvard University. […]

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March 1, 2016 at 8:00 pmEvents

Wealth & Poverty | How I Became a Localist, March 18

Wealth & Poverty | How I Became a Localist, March 18

The Wealth and Poverty Theme announces a public lecture by Deborah Frieze on “How I Became a Localist” on Friday, March 18, from 2-3:30 p.m. in the Walter Hall Rotunda Abstract: Most of our big systems—education, healthcare, government, business—are failing our communities. What if we stopped trying to fix them? Deborah Frieze says […]

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March 1, 2016 at 7:45 pmEvents

PBIO Colloquium | Global Biodiversity of Myxomycetes, March 18

Dr. Steven L. Stephenson

The Environmental & Plant Biology Colloquium Series presents Dr. Steven L. Stephenson on “Global Biodiversity of Myxomycetes” on Friday, March 18, at 11:50 a.m. in Porter Hall 104. Stephenson is a research professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Arkansas. Abstract: The myxomycetes (also called slime molds) […]

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March 1, 2016 at 7:45 pmEvents