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Geology Students Observe an Impact Crater in Tennessee

Students get their serious caver faces on before crawling through the center of the Flynn Creek impact crater

Students from Dr. Keith Milam’s Planetary Geology class visited the Flynn Creek impact structure to examine the mostly buried, but partially exhumed, 3.8 km diameter crater in north central Tennessee. The students spent much of their time above ground, where they stopped at several locations along the crater rim and were […]

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March 8, 2018 at 2:36 pmIn Class News

Career Corner | Food Matters Students Get Tips on Creating Resume and Cover Letter

Career Corner | Food Matters Students Get Tips on Creating Resume and Cover Letter

Food Matters hosted a workshop on “Bragging Rights: Creating the Perfect Resume and Cover Letter” through the Career and Leadership Development Center on March 6. Students were given inside tactics on how to present themselves the best way possible to future employers. The workshop focused on topics such as job […]

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March 7, 2018 at 1:49 pmNews

Physics Intern Contributes to Lake Michigan Ozone Study

Jack Bruno participates in a day-long safety training session wearing a “dry suit” as he poses on the deck of a NOAA research vessel.

Ohio University Honors Tutorial College physics major Jack Bruno spent the summer as an intern based in the coastal city of Sheboygan, Wis., where he was a member of a scientific team studying the drift of pollution over Lake Michigan. Research since the early 1990s has shown the area has […]

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March 7, 2018 at 1:00 pmNews Research

Hla Recognized for Exceptional Achievement at Argonne National Laboratory

OHIO professor Dr. Saw Wai-Hla (right) was awarded the Samuel D. Bader Prize by the Argonne National Laboratory.

By Amanda Biederman NQPI editorial intern Dr. Saw-Wai Hla was awarded the 2017 Samuel D. Bader Prize for Exceptional Achievement from the Nanoscience and Technology division of Argonne National Laboratory. “Dr. Saw Hla has been instrumental in establishing the Center for Nanoscale Materials at Argonne as a (Department of Energy) […]

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March 7, 2018 at 11:51 amNews Research

Mattson Talks about Carter’s ‘Malaise’ Speech on Truth, Politics and Power

Dr. Kevin Mattson

Dr. Kevin Mattson, the Connor Study Professor of Contemporary History at Ohio University, was on the podcast Truth, Politics and Power, hosted by Neal Conan, former host of NPR’s Talk of the Nation. They discussed the changing geopolitics of oil and what that means for politicians and especially President Trump. Mattson […]

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March 6, 2018 at 4:41 pmFaculty in the News In the News News

College Invests in Upgrading Anatomy Teaching Labs

Students enrolled in Human Anatomy take advantage of the excellent learning environment in the newly renovated Biological Sciences anatomy teaching lab.

Thanks to funding from the College of Arts & Sciences, the Biological Sciences Department is now able to offer human and vertebrate anatomy laboratories for both undergraduate and graduate students in a state-of-the-art facility in the Central Classroom Building. The room is equipped with a separate air handling system that […]

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March 6, 2018 at 10:05 amIn Class News

Advising Tip | Consider the Benefits of Taking Summer Courses

Tetyana Dovbnya

By Tetyana Dovbnya Academic Advisor and International Student Advising Specialist You may have noticed that summer courses are now available through the Course Offerings page, but why choose to take one? There are plenty of reasons. To name just a few: It is a good way to catch up on […]

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March 5, 2018 at 7:01 pmNews