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Conversations from Studio B Interviews Shadis on Iberian Queens

Conversations from Studio B Interviews Shadis on Iberian Queens

Ohio University’s Kelee Riesbeck interviewed Dr. Miriam Shadis, Associate Professor of History, for  an episode of “Conversations from Studio B” titled Iberian Queens Played Integral Part in Formation of Portugal. Kelee Riesbeck talks about Iberian queens, kings and royal daughters with Associate Professor of history Miriam Shadis, whose research project, “Mothers, Daughters, […]

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April 27, 2016 at 9:28 amNews

History Grad Students Selected for RAND Corporation Summer Associate Program

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Matt Johnson and Adam Givens, both Ph.D. students in the History Department at Ohio University, have been selected as 2016 Graduate Summer Research Associates at the RAND Corporation. RAND is a non-profit non-partisan research organization that provides research and analysis to the United States Armed Forces. The Summer Research Associate Program […]

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April 26, 2016 at 9:16 pmAlumni News

Marciniak Gives Keynote in Germany on “Immigrant Protest, Immigrant Rage’

Dr. Katarzyna Marciniak

Dr. Katarzyna Marciniak, Professor of English at Ohio University, gave a keynote talk at the University of Tuebingen in April in Germany. The Spring School 2016 at Tuebingen where Marciniak spoke was organized around the theme of “Participation in Media Cultures: Studying Participation within Immigration Societies.” It was sponsored by […]

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April 25, 2016 at 9:42 amNews

ELIP Writing Class Allows Students to Get Their Hands Dirty Working with Rural Action

Moza Al Balushi participates in the Citizen Science project with Rural Action for a biodiversity fair.

By Dawn Bikowski Ask students what motivates them to attend class, do their work, and learn, and for many having the opportunity to apply their academic skills to a real-world experience is on the top of their list. International Ohio University students got to do just that in their freshmen […]

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April 25, 2016 at 9:27 amIn Class News

PBIO Senior Heads to Peace Corps, Will Work on Sustainability in Uganda

Charles Adam Cook

By Sydney Dawes PACE Writer Environmental & Plant Biology Charles Adam Cook, a senior Environmental & Plant Biology major and undergraduate researcher in Dr. Sarah Wyatt’s lab, starts his two-year service with the Peace Corps in Uganda this June under the agribusiness program. “The goal of the program is to […]

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April 21, 2016 at 2:58 pmNews

Environmental & Plant Biology Celebrates Student Achievements

Environmental & Plant Biology seniors honored at the Medal Ceremony, from left: Emily Spearman, Haley McAleer, Isaac Pouliot Adam Cook, Megan Osika, Christopher Benson. Not present: Nicolette Anderson and Nathan Becker.

Ohio University Environmental & Plant Biology faculty, students, and staff gathered at the department’s annual Awards Ceremony April 14 to look back on the year’s highlights, honor graduating seniors, recognize scholarship recipients, and acknowledge graduate student accomplishments. During a special medal ceremony, graduating seniors received a custom medal on a […]

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April 21, 2016 at 1:07 pmNews

Plant Biology Students Present Their Research at 2016 Expo

Graduate students, from left: Yuan (Susan) Zhang, Alex Meyers, Kathleen Gabler, Marion Holmes, Nick Tomeo, Anne Sternberger, Proma Basu

Fifteen graduate and 7 undergraduate students from Environmental & Plant Biology were among the 840 undergraduate, graduate and medical students who presented at Ohio University’s Student Research & Creative Activity Expo on April 14. Congratulations to this year’s PBIO winners! Graduate Student Awards Student: Anne Sternberger Title: “Using a De […]

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April 21, 2016 at 8:58 amNews Research