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Day Receives Ohio University Research Award for Hearing Loss Study

Dr. Mitchell Day

  Dr. Mitchell Day, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, received an Ohio University Research Award for experiments that will be the first physiological study of how sensorineural hearing loss affects brain processing of sound source location. “Our hope is that knowledge of how this type of hearing loss changes the […]

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May 17, 2018 at 12:35 pmResearch

Carroll Presents at Meeting on Regulating with RNA in Bacteria and Archaea in Seville Spain

Dr. Ronan Carroll presenting his poster to Dr Shelly Payne from the University of Texas.

Dr. Ronan Carroll, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences at Ohio University, attended the 5th Meeting on Regulating with RNA in Bacteria and Archaea in Seville Spain from March 19th to 22. The meeting focused on the mechanisms through which bacteria and archaea regulate cellular processes using RNA molecules. “At the meeting […]

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May 17, 2018 at 12:34 pmResearch

Physicists Uncover Secrets of the Weak Force

Julie Roche and Paul King

Ohio University Physics & Astronomy Associate Professor Julie Roche and Research Assistant Professor Paul King contributed to a 12-year collaborative effort of more than 100 scientists, in an experiment termed “Q-weak,” to provide a precision test of the weak force, one of four fundamental forces in nature. The group’s breakthrough […]

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May 11, 2018 at 4:43 pmResearch

Wyatt Sends Seeds to Space, Conducts Educational Outreach on Earth

Dr. Sarah Wyatt outside Porter Hall

By Jessica Vierling-West From Compass Dr. Sarah Wyatt, Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology and Director of the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology at Ohio University, is recognized as an expert in gravitational and space biology. Using cellular and molecular approaches, she examines how plants sense and respond […]

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May 10, 2018 at 5:09 pmResearch

Duschinski Co-Edits ‘Resisting Occupation in Kashmir’

Duschinski Co-Edits ‘Resisting Occupation in Kashmir’

Dr. Haley Duschinski, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Center for Law, Justice & Culture, co-edited a book titled Resisting Occupation in Kashmir (University of Pennsylvania Press). “Resisting Occupation in Kashmir presents new ways of thinking and writing about Kashmir that cross conventional boundaries and point toward alternative ways […]

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May 10, 2018 at 8:58 amResearch

Martin’s Poem ‘Iraq Good’ Wins Pushcart Prize

Hugh Martin

by Kristin Distel Graduate student Hugh Martin’s poem, “Iraq Good,” has been published in The Cincinnati Review and selected as a winner of the prestigious Pushcart Prize. Martin, a doctoral student in Creative Writing, is studying nonfiction at OHIO. The poem reflects on Martin’s own experience as a soldier in […]

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May 10, 2018 at 8:29 amResearch

History’s Brobst Delivers Annual Ewing Lecture at Lycoming College

History’s Brobst Delivers Annual Ewing Lecture at Lycoming College

Dr. John Brobst, Associate Professor of History, delivered the 45th Annual Robert H. Ewing Lecture at Lycoming College in Williamsport, Pennsylvania on April 4, 2018. The annual lecture is organized by professors of history at Lycoming College to “recognize one of their colleagues and friends.” The Ewing Lecture Series was established in […]

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May 9, 2018 at 10:53 amNews Research