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Alum’s Creative Writing Career Leapfrogs Ahead

Alum’s Creative Writing Career Leapfrogs Ahead

Congrats to Creative Writing alum David Armstrong ’02, ’11M, whose first book, a story collection called Going Anywhere, won the Leapfrog Press Fiction Contest and will be published in fall of 2014. He just started “seriously writing short stories” about two years ago, and in the last six months he’s […]

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September 11, 2013 at 12:12 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News News

From China to Athens to Prestigious Post-Doc in Germany

From China to Athens to Prestigious Post-Doc in Germany

By Jean Andrews Physics & Astronomy Physics and Astronomy doctoral student Yinyun Li ’13PhD, current holder of the department’s Y.-C. Chang Graduate Fellowship, has accepted a post-doctoral position beginning this fall in Germany, at the Georg-August-University Gӧttingen. “Yinyun has an outstanding record of academic achievement in our Ph.D. program, with […]

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September 9, 2013 at 11:25 amAlumni Research

Nominations open for Konneker Medal for Commercialization and Entrepreneurship

(Aug. 27, 2013) The Vice President for Research and Creative Activity is soliciting nominations for the 2013 Konneker Medal for Commercialization and Entrepreneurship. The Ohio University Foundation established the new award to recognize current and former faculty members, students and alumni who have demonstrated excellence in innovation, invention, commercialization and […]

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August 27, 2013 at 9:41 amAnnouncements Research

What the Brachiopods from Cincinnati Say About Tectonic Shift

What the Brachiopods from Cincinnati Say About Tectonic Shift

Did you know that North America was part of an ancient continent called Laurentia that sat near the equator and had a tropical climate? Or that the forerunner to the Appalachian Mountains—called the Taconic Mountains—were forced up about 450 million years ago through tectonic plate movement? As the Taconic Mountains […]

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August 26, 2013 at 9:21 amResearch

Humble Beginning: From Selling Golf Balls to Making Breakthroughs in Science

Humble Beginning: From Selling Golf Balls to Making Breakthroughs in Science

By Jean Andrews Physics & Astronomy Dr. Lawrence Crum ‘63BS, ‘65MS, ‘67PhD remembers collecting stray golf balls along the Hocking River to help support himself and his young family. An Ohio University physics graduate student under Professor Emeritus Burt Stumpf’s tutelage in the late 1960s, Crum was on his way […]

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August 25, 2013 at 2:28 pmAlumni

McCarthy Named A&S Associate Dean for Faculty, Graduate Studies and Research

Dr. Robert A. Frank, Dean of the Ohio University College of Arts & Sciences, announces Dr. Brian C. McCarthy ’84MS as Associate Dean for Faculty, Graduate Studies and Research, effective Sept. 1. McCarthy, Professor of Forest Ecology, has served as Chair of the Department of Environmental and Plant Biology since […]

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August 23, 2013 at 10:32 amResearch

Pike County News: English Alum Earns Master’s in Library Science

The Pike Country News Watchman reported July 30 that Ohio University alum Jennifer Slone ’10 earned a master’s degree in Library and Information Science from Kent State University. Slone graduated from the College of Arts & Sciences in 2010, majoring in English. Jennifer is currently employed as the Administrative Assistant […]

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August 2, 2013 at 9:48 amAlumni Alumni in the News