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Weigand Reports Positive News for Box Turtle Population Bisected by U.S. 33 Bypass

Marcel Weigand presents her poster on the Eastern box turtles in the Wayne National Forest.

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology graduate student Marcel Weigand’s research shows positive news for Eastern box turtles whose habitat was bisected by construction of the U.S. 33 bypass through the Wayne National Forest. “In 2013, the Wayne National Forest in southeastern Ohio was bisected by a high-traffic, high-speed highway, affecting a road-naïve […]

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February 9, 2018 at 12:01 pmNews Research

Enterline ’68 Recalls Campus Unrest, Epic Flooding

David Enterline '68

By Julie Ciotola, photos from the Athena Yearbook and provided by pictured alumni From Compass Compass interviewed David Enterline, M.S., Plant Biology as part of a story on a special anniversary for the Ohio University class of 1968, as these Golden Bobcats celebrate years of success and achievement since waving […]

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February 9, 2018 at 11:50 amNews

Gawande Chair & Lecture Series Enters Fifth Year of Exploring Indian Culture

Brian Collins, the Drs. Ram and Sushila Gawande Chair in Indian Religion and Philosophy. Photo courtesy of Brian Collins

By Katie Coulter, BSJ ’19 from Ohio Today Within just five years, the generosity of two longtime Athens and Ohio University community members has helped established OHIO as a leader in the teaching, research and discussion of Indian history, religion and philosophy. Drs. Ram and Sushila Gawande moved to Athens […]

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February 9, 2018 at 11:32 amNews

Klein Appointed Interim Dean of Eastern Campus

Dr. Robert Klein

From Compass Interim Executive Vice President and Provost Elizabeth Sayrs and Executive Dean of Regional Higher Education Bill Willan have appointed Dr. Robert Klein as interim dean of Ohio University’s Eastern Campus effective July 1, 2018. Klein, Associate Professor of Mathematics, currently serves as interim associate dean of Ohio University’s […]

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February 9, 2018 at 11:09 amNews

Happy Beginnings | Biology Grad Works at Field Museum, Helps Discover New Dinosaur Species

Life reconstruction of the new titanosaurian dinosaur Mansourasaurus shahinae on a coastline in what is now the Western Desert of Egypt approximately 80 million years ago. Credit: Andrew McAfee, Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Editor’s Note: The Happy Beginnings series features recent College of Arts & Sciences graduates who are getting started in careers, graduate school and service. Ohio University alum Eric Gorscak ’09, ’17Ph.D., who is now a post-doc research scientist at the Field Museum in Chicago, helped in the discovery of a […]

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February 8, 2018 at 9:48 amAlumni News

BARR Peer Advisers Help Students in Science Courses -2018

BARR Peer Advisers Help Students in Science Courses -2018

The BIOS Advising and Resource Room (or the BARR) exists to help science students thrive. It was created to assist students in introductory biology and to help first-year students adjust to and learn about Ohio University. It’s been expanded to help students of all years and all science-related majors. The […]

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February 8, 2018 at 8:11 amNews

Biology Students | Apply Now for Maier Undergraduate Research Award

Biology Students | Apply Now for Maier Undergraduate Research Award

The Dr. Sig Maier Undergraduate Research Fund has been established by a gift from the estate of Dr. Sigfried Maier, a highly respected past member of the Biological Sciences faculty. The fund provides support for Biological Sciences undergraduate majors to conduct all types of research. Dr. Maier was a professor […]

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February 7, 2018 at 9:46 amAnnouncements News