Research

History Student Receives Grant for Research at Army Heritage Center

Alexander Lovelace, Ph.D. candidate

Alexander Lovelace, a History doctoral student at Ohio University, received a 2018 General and Mrs. Matthew B. Ridgeway Military History Research Grant from the U.S. Army Military History Institute. The grant program is designed to support “on-site research at the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle, Pa., on subjects that […]

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May 7, 2018 at 11:19 amNews Research

Sarr Receives Baker Fund Grant for Research on Liberated Africans (Creoles) of West Africa

Dr. Assan Sarr

Dr. Assan Sarr, Assistant Professor in the History Department, is one of five Spring 2018 awardees of the John C. Baker Fund award. Sarr received $12,000 to support research on his second book project, titled “Liberated Africans (Creoles) of West Africa: The Forster Family of Bathurst (Gambia) and its Diaspora […]

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May 3, 2018 at 12:27 pmResearch

NQPI Members Build Connections at International Conference

NQPI Members Build Connections at International Conference

By Amanda Biederman NQPI editorial intern Each year, the American Physical Society’s March Meeting brings together thousands of scientists from around the world, featuring the most current findings in condensed matter physics research (the APS hosts another meeting for Nuclear and Particle Physics, in addition to other specialized meetings throughout […]

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May 2, 2018 at 4:02 pmResearch

Muhammad Presents at Conference Black Radicalism in the United States

Dr. Robin D. Muhammad

Dr. Robin Muhammad joined more than 80 activists, scholars, and artists in New York City for a two-day conference on Black Radicalism in the United States. Muhammad is Associate Professor and Chair of African American Studies at Ohio University. The conference brought together scholars and activists dealing with the history […]

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May 2, 2018 at 2:59 pmResearch

Yavorsky Presents on Alzheimer’s Disease at the Ohio Osteopathic Symposium

Yavorsky Presents on Alzheimer’s Disease at the Ohio Osteopathic Symposium

Ryan Yavorsky presented research on tau protein and its role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease at the Ohio Osteopathic Symposium held April 27 in Columbus. Yavorsky is a second-year medical student in Ohio University’s Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine and has worked in the lab of Dr. Robert Colvin, […]

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May 2, 2018 at 12:32 pmResearch

Miles, Gilbert Article Suggests Lizards Won’t Adapt Fast Enough during Environmental Change

Dr. Donald Miles

Dr. Donald Miles and Anthony Gilbert are co-authors on a paper in Proceedings of the Royal Society on “Thermal physiology and thermoregulatory behaviour exhibit low heritability despitegenetic divergence between lizard populations,” which suggests that evolutionary change in the brown anole lizard is unlikely to keep pace with current rates of […]

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May 2, 2018 at 11:22 amResearch

Carter Reaches 45-Year Career Milestone at Edwards Accelerator Lab

Don Carter repairs a high voltage module for use in powering a particle detector at the Edwards Accelerator Lab.

Built into a hill on the Ohio University upper campus, the Edwards Accelerator Laboratory is Nuclear Instrumentation Engineer Don Carter’s dream career destination. Carter has spent the past 45 years as one of two engineers who manage the electrical and mechanical systems on a daily basis. Whether it is replacing […]

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May 1, 2018 at 3:09 pmNews Research