Café Conversations presents Dr. Julie Paxton on Wednesday, Oct. 24, at 5 p.m. in the Front Room at Baker University Center. Paxton is Professor of Economics at Ohio University. Can people be nudged to behave altruistically? People rely on problem-solving rules called heuristics to make decisions easier. Behavioral economists seek to […]

The Sustainability Studies theme presents Dr. Bekka Brodie on “Sustainable Solutions: A Conversation about Sustainable Pest Management” on Thursday, Oct. 25, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in Alden Library 319 (Friends of the Library Room). Worried about the growing use of chemicals in agriculture and pest management? Come and learn […]

Physics & Astronomy graduate student Dawei Zhai will defend his Ph.D. dissertation, titled “Studies on Electron Dynamics in Deformed Graphene,” on Oct. 25 at 9:30 a.m. in Clippinger Labs 259. All are invited to attend.

The Global Solidarities Lecture Series presents a public lecture by Dr. Leila Harris title “Narrating, Implementing, and Resisting the Human Right to Water” on Thursday, Oct. 25, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in Scripps 111. Harris is an Associate Professor at the Institute on Resources Environment and Sustainability and in the […]

Two-time Vice Presidential Candidate and the founder of the Black Radical Congress Jarvis Tyner will visit Ohio University’s campus in order to speak on several different topics on Thursday, Oct. 25, from 5 to 7 p.m. in Schoonover 145. Tyner will speak on black communists, the fight against Donald Trump, […]

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Gene Mele, of University of Pennsylvania ,  on “Anomalous Velocity and Geometry in Wave Mechanics” on Friday, Oct. 26, at 4:10 p.m. in Clippinger Labs 194. Abstract: In electronic band theory the dynamics of electrons in crystal lattices can often exhibit novel phenomena […]

The Environmental & Plant Biology Colloquium Series presents Dr. David Rosenthal discussing “From beans to nuts: Improving food security and informing ecological restoration in a changing world”on Oct. 26 from 11:50 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in Porter Hall 104. Rosenthal is Assistant Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology at Ohio University. […]