Faculty in the News

Dr. Alexander Govorov, Distinguished Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University, was part of a team written about in a Science Daily story headlined “Physicists devise method to reveal how light affects materials: The new method adds to the understanding of the fundamental laws governing the interaction of electrons and […]

Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History at Ohio University, and Dr. Chester Pach, Associate Professor of History, were quoted in a Daily Jeffersonian story headlined “Bobby Kennedy’s legacy lives on in civic leaders today.” It was while he was attorney general in his brother’s administration, however, that Bobby […]

Dr. Sarah Poggione, Associate Professor and Chair of Political Science at Ohio University, was quoted in a Center for Public Integrity story headlined “Negative Energy: An Ohio legislator defied energy lobbyists. Then a “dark money” group helped sink her congressional campaign.” Christina Hagan, a state representative who was running in the […]

Dr. Loren Lybarger, Associate Professor of Classics & World Religions, is featured by eCampus in its Spotlight Sunday social media series. Lybarger is teaching CLWR 3330 Introduction to Islam this summer for eCampus. “My interest in Islam and Muslim societies and cultures goes all the way back to the very […]

From Research News Dr. Viorel Popescu, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences in Ohio University’s College of Arts & Sciences, will be the featured guest on the Party Line talk show with Dave Palmer on WATH radio from 9 to 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 23. Listeners can tune in to […]

The Ohio Wildlife Council indefinitely tabled a proposal to allow bobcat trapping in Ohio, citing a four-year Ohio University study just under way on the state’s the bobcat population. As reported in the Columbus Dispatch Friday morning, the chair of the advisory council, Dr. Paul Mechling II explained at the meeting why the panel […]

Dr. Alexander Govorov, Distinguished Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University, was quoted in a Materials Today story headlined “Ceramic nanoparticles turn light around.” Nanomaterials whose optical properties change in response to a magnetic field could have a central role in spintronics, magnetooptics, magnetochemisty, and chiral catalysis. But, until […]