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Bukky Presents on Adolescent Drug Use at North Central Sociological Association

Molly Bukky

Molly Bukky ‘08M, Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology, presents “Urban and Rural Adolescent Drug Use and Its Relationship with Classic Criminological Theory” at the North Central Sociological Association annual meeting this month in Indianapolis, Indiana. After graduating with her M.A. in Sociology from the College of Arts and Sciences at […]

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March 13, 2017 at 2:52 pmNews Research

Physicists Author Paper to Unlock Secrets of Graphene

Drs. Nancy Sandler and Daiara Faria and doctoral student Dawei Zhai

New insight into flexible material one atom thick will help scientists to untangle key intrinsic properties of graphene not easily understood until now. Graphene, a crystalline slice of graphite (a form of carbon), is perhaps one of the most important materials being studied worldwide. Ohio University Associate Professor Dr. Nancy […]

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March 13, 2017 at 6:00 amNews Research

Graduate Student’s Embroidery Appears in Digital Quilt Publication

Graduate Student’s Embroidery Appears in Digital Quilt Publication

by Kristin M. Distel Sarah Minor, doctoral student in creative writing, contributed a quilt square to a project called Unstitched States, a digital collection of artwork and squares that, as Minor explains, “Each have their own message.” The quilt features the work of writers and artists from all over the […]

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March 11, 2017 at 5:45 pmNews Research

Musaraj Presents on Corruption at American Ethnological Society

Dr. Smoki Musaraj

Dr. Smoki Musaraj, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, presents “Corruption, Right On! Hidden Cameras, Cynical Satire, and Banal Intimacies of Anti-corruption” at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Ethnological Society in Palo Alto, California, later this month. Musaraj’s areas of research include Anthropology of Money and Value, Bubbles and Crashes, […]

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March 10, 2017 at 9:40 amNews Research

Terman Presents on Class Identity at Appalachian Studies “Extreme Appalachia” Conference

Dr. Anna Rachel Terman

Rachel Terman, Assistant Professor of Sociology in the College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio University, presents “Class Identity, Experiences, and Intersections among Young College-educated People in West Virginia” at the 40th Annual Appalachian Studies Conference later this month in Blacksburg, Virginia. Terman’s areas of specialization include rural sociology, Appalachian […]

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March 8, 2017 at 8:26 amNews Research

González-Vallejo Gives Talk at the University of Chicago

González-Vallejo Gives Talk at the University of Chicago

by Kristin M. Distel On February 21, Claudia González-Vallejo, Associate Professor of Psychology, gave a talk entitled “Understanding Nutrition Judgments of Packaged Foods” at the University of Chicago. González-Vallejo was invited to speak as part of the Booth School of Business’s Winter 2017 Marketing Workshop. The presentation grew out of […]

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Society of Physics Students Hold Research Conference, March 25

Society of Physics Students Hold Research Conference, March 25

  The Society of Physics Students (SPS), an undergraduate student organization within Physics & Astronomy, hosts its 8th annual SPS Research Conference on Saturday, March 25, from 9:00 am to noon in Walter Hall 145. The event is free and open to the public. Conference organizer Zach Bernens (Physics ’17) […]

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March 1, 2017 at 6:00 pmEvents Research