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Chemistry lab students predict spread of COVID-19 with kinetics models

Students in the spring kinetics lab predicted daily cases for the 2022-23 academic year.

From Ohio University News Chemist Jixin Chen looked at the rapid spread of COVID-19 early in the pandemic and saw a novel opportunity for his kinetics lab, where they study the rates of reactions. The first time he ran the lab in spring 2021, undergraduate students concluded that social regulations […]

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August 10, 2022 at 3:12 pmIn Class News

Students from any major can learn valuable career skills in data science course

Bike Sharing in Washington, D.C., from an example homework used with permission from DATA 100 at UC Berkeley.

From Ohio University News Students in any major can learn the basics of data collection and analysis in a fall 2022 course designed to enable them to ask questions and explore 21st century problems using data. “There are many careers that require a basic knowledge of data—how to collect it, […]

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August 3, 2022 at 4:12 pmIn Class News

Amy Neumann lands dream job, bringing social impact to high tech

Amy Neumann lands dream job, bringing social impact to high tech

From Ohio University News Amy Neumann recently got her dream job, where she will help fast forward environmentally friendly and socially impactful practices for businesses around the globe. Describing herself as “a social good and technology fanatic who has been creating positive change for over two decades,” Neumann is finishing […]

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April 26, 2022 at 8:55 amIn Class News

Students and faculty set out to uncover once-thriving Civil War-era African American settlement

Students and faculty set out to uncover once-thriving Civil War-era African American settlement

From Ohio University News All that’s left of Payne’s Crossing, an African American settlement dating back to the 1800s, is remnants of the cemetery? Actually, there’s a lot more to discover about this once-thriving settlement founded by formerly enslaved people that likely served as a stop on the Underground Railroad. […]

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April 21, 2022 at 2:57 pmIn Class News

Tony Vinci’s apocalypse course takes students beyond the end of the world to find…

Dr. Tony Vinci

From Ohio University News Tony Vinci’s students will soon get to explore life in an apocalyptic Africa, in a North American technological utopia, in a world without animals, in a Japanese-American vision of romance and intimacy after civilization collapses, and much much more. Creating this course is Vinci’s intellectual reward […]

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April 10, 2022 at 2:38 pmIn Class News

OHIO’s online psychology degree ranks 30th in nation, best in state

OHIO’s online psychology degree ranks 30th in nation, best in state

From Ohio University News The undergraduate online psychology degree offered by the College of Arts & Sciences is one of a number of Ohio University programs ranked among the best in the nation and the state in U.S. News & World Report rankings released Jan 25. The online B.S. in […]

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January 26, 2022 at 2:20 pmIn Class News

OHIO students get taste of archaeology at ancient Virginia site

Dr. Joseph Gingerich and students at a Virginia dig.

From Ohio University News Dr. Joseph Gingerich, an associate professor of anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio University, and his students recently had the chance to take part in a rare experience for undergraduate students. A select group of professors, students and alumni traveled to Virginia […]

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January 6, 2022 at 3:35 pmIn Class News