Places to Go, People to See

Science Cafe | Will Cool Lizards Succumb to a Hot Climate, Feb. 5

Dr. Donald Miles

Science Café presents Dr. Donald Miles discussing “Will Cool Lizards Succumb to a Hot Climate” on Feb. 5 at 5 p.m. in the Front Room at Baker University Center. Miles, Professor of Biological Sciences at Ohio University, will discuss recent efforts of detect the risk of extinction in lizards and […]

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March 1, 2020 at 11:00 pmEvents

Contemporary History | Moving Men: Labor Mobilizations To and From Africa During World War I, March 5

Dr. Michelle R. Moyd

The Contemporary History Institute welcomes Dr. Michelle R. Moyd discussing “Moving Men: Labor Mobilizations To and From Africa During World War I” on March 5 in Bentley 124 at 4:30 p.m. The talk is free and open to the public. Moyd is an Associate Professor in the Department of History; […]

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March 1, 2020 at 11:00 pmEvents

INPP Seminar | Study of β-delayed Charge Particle Emission with TPCs and a Curious Case, March 3

Jaspreet Randhawa

The Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics (INPP) presents Jaspreet Randhawa of Michigan State University, discussing “Study of β-delayed Charge Particle Emission with TPCs and a Curious Case of 11Be”, on Tuesday, March 3, at 4 p.m. in Edwards Accelerator Lab, Roger W. Finlay Conference Room. Abstract: Time Projection Chambers […]

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March 1, 2020 at 10:45 pmEvents

Geography Colloquium | Changing Management Can Mitigate Impacts of Climate-Driven Woody Encroachment in High-Elevation Pasture Woodlands, March 6

Dr. Rebecca Snell

The Geography Colloquium Series presents Dr. Rebecca Snell on “Changing management can mitigate the impacts of climate-driven woody encroachment in high-elevation pasture woodlands” on Friday, March 6, at 3:05 p.m. in Clippinger Lab 119. Snell is Assistant Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology at Ohio University. Her research is primarily […]

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March 1, 2020 at 10:45 pmEvents

Physics & Astronomy | Michael Mroz Defends His Dissertation, March 6

Physics doctoral student Michael Mroz uses a
low-energy electron microscope to examine the physical properties of compounds that make up
thermionic cathodes.

Physics & Astronomy graduate student Michael Mroz defends his Ph.D. dissertation titled, “Characterization of Morphological and Chemical Properties of Scandium Containing Cathode Materials,” on March 6 at 1 p.m. in Clippinger 259.

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March 1, 2020 at 10:45 pmEvents

Geology Colloquium | Cataclysmic Collapse of Mountain Topography Along Yellowstone Hotspot Track, March 6

Ryan Thigpen

The Geological Sciences Colloquium series presents Dr. Ryan Thigpen discussing “Cataclysmic collapse of mountain topography along the Yellowstone hotspot track” on Friday, March 6, at 2 p.m. in Clippinger 205. Thigpen is an Assistant Professor at the University of Kentucky in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. Abstract:  Removal […]

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March 1, 2020 at 10:45 pmEvents

International Women’s Day | 100 Years of Change: An International Perspective, March 8

Dr. Katherine Jellison, portrait

On International Women’s Day, the Southeast Ohio History Center presents “100 Years of Change: An International Perspective” on Sunday, March 8, from 2 to 4 at the center, 24 W. State St., Athens. The panel of women representing the Global South will address questions raised in the upcoming exhibit “Ohio […]

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March 1, 2020 at 10:15 pmEvents