The Dynamical Systems Seminar presents Lanre Akinyemi on Tuesday, Feb. 14, at 3:05 p.m. in Morton 226. Akinyemi is a graduate student in the Mathematics  Department at Ohio University He will discuss “Exact solution to the two-phase Hele-Shaw problem.” Abstract: A two-phase problem describes an evolution of the interface $\Gamma(t)\subset{\mathbbR}^{2}$ […]

Science Café presents John Bowditch on “Disrupting Reality: Immersive Media at Ohio University” on Wednesday, Feb. 15, at 5 p.m. in the Baker Center Front Room. Bowditch, director of Ohio University’s Game Research and Immersive Design (GRID) Lab, believes that augmented and virtual reality is that next disruptive technology. In his […]

The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Colloquium series “Ecolunch” features Dr. Bekka Brodie on Feb. 15, at 11:50 a.m. in Irvine 159. Brodie’s presentation is titled “Foraging and communication ecology of calyptrate flies.” Brodie is a faculty member in the Biological Sciences Department at Ohio University. All Ecolunch seminars are open to […]

NEW LOCATION/TIME: Ohio University’s Creative Writing program hosts Visiting Fiction Writer Rachel B. Glaser On Thursday, Feb. 16, for a 8:00 p.m. reading at Athens Public Library (30 Home Street). A reception follows the event, which is free and open to the public. Glaser has published several books, including her […]

The Sociology and Anthropology Colloquium Series presents John Soderberg of Denison University on “Pagan and Christian: Religious Change at the end of the Iron Age in Ireland,” on Friday, Feb. 17, at 4 p.m. in Bentley Hall 306. Abstract: Iron Age Ireland is a puzzle. Archaeologists have known for a […]

The Geological Sciences Colloquium Series presents Dr. David Kidder on “Changing influences on chert formation through the Paleozoic and beyond” on Friday, Feb. 17 at 3:05 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in Clippinger 205. Kidder is Associate Professor of Geological Sciences at Ohio University where he conducts research and teaches courses […]

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Duncan Brown from Syracuse University of New York on “Gravitational Waves: A New Frontier in 21st Century Astronomy” on Friday, February 17, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract:  On September 14, 2015 the two detectors of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) […]