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Chang Gives Keynote on ‘Queergaming and Queer Possibilities’

Dr. Edmond Y. Chang

Dr. Edmond Chang gave the keynote at a Queer History Month Workshop at Oregon State University where he explored the desire for queerer design, queerer play, and queerer possibilities in video games. Chang is Assistant Professor English at Ohio University. His keynote was titled “Ready Player Three: Queergaming and Queer […]

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January 10, 2018 at 2:29 pmResearch

Two Geology Grad Students Explore Acid Mine Drainage in Appalachian Watershed

Frederick Twumasi

Two Geological Sciences graduate students are helping an interdisciplinary team—Ohio University’s Appalachian Watershed Research Group—assess data collected from regional mining operations in a first-of-its-kind study to better predict how groundwater levels will respond to mining. The research group has pulled together a team from Geological Sciences and the Voinovich School […]

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January 5, 2018 at 3:18 pmResearch

Trauschweizer on The Conversation: Should Military Men Draft Nation’s Security Strategy?

Dr. Ingo Trauschweizer

Dr. Ingo Trauschweizer authored “Should military men draft nation’s security strategy?” on The Conversation, and his article was picked up by UPI. Trauschweizer is Associate Professor of History and Director of the Contemporary History Institute at Ohio University. President Donald Trump greeted the new year with an angry tweet about […]

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January 4, 2018 at 5:07 pmFaculty in the News In the News Research

Inhabitat Says Govorov Research Could Open ‘Greater Efficiencies for Solar Energy’

Distinguished Professor Alexander Govorov

Research by Dr. Alexander Govorov, Distinguished Professor of Physics & Astronomy, was featured in an Inhabitat article headlined “Hot electron research could open up greater efficiencies for solar energy.” Hot electron research is heating up solar and renewable energy research, according to the Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory. Nanoscientists […]

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December 27, 2017 at 1:48 pmFaculty in the News In the News Research

Geography Senior Maps Risk on Buckeye Trail, Prepares to Deploy with Air National Guard

Carolyn Kinzel with her capstone research poster
on "Mapping Risk: Forecasting Future Land Use Risk and Multi-Use Trail Conflict: A Case Study of the Buckeye Trail."

  Carolyn Kinzel ’18 will graduate this spring with a Geographic Information Science major, but instead of hitting the job market she will be joining her fellow Air National Guards on a deployment. In addition to being an accomplished geography major with a promising future, Kinzel is a Senior Airman […]

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December 15, 2017 at 3:30 pmNews Research

ffitch Publishes Essay on Standing Rock, Activism, and Parenting

Madeline ffitch

  English Ph.D. fiction candidate Madeline ffitch published a nonfiction essay in the latest issue of Granta. The essay, “When We Fight, We Have Our Children With Us,” has been exceptionally well-received and widely shared on social media and elsewhere. Excerpt: “… Friends ask me about being a parent who […]

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December 13, 2017 at 10:22 amResearch

Nadeau Presents History of Augustine Volcano’s Eruptions at AGU

Dr. Patricia Nadeau

Dr. Patricia Nadeau, Visiting Assistant Professor of Geological Sciences, presented her ongoing research at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in New Orleans. Nadeau also is expanding this work with two senior geology majors who will travel to New York over the semester break to collect their own data on […]

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December 11, 2017 at 4:40 pmResearch