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Biology Alum Named OHIO Men’s Basketball Coach

From left, OHIO President M. Duane Nellis, Coach Jeff Boals, and Director of Athletics Jim Schaus.

Former OHIO team captain Jeff Boals ’95 was named the 19th head coach in the history of the Ohio University men’s basketball program, Director of Athletics Jim Schaus announced in a March 17 news release. “I am incredibly grateful and honored to return home to my alma mater as the […]

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March 19, 2019 at 4:00 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Alumni News | Taylor Joins Oncology Institute of Hope and Innovation

Dr. Jimmy D Taylor

Ohio University alum Dr. Jimmy D. Taylor ’88 is a board-certified medical oncologist who brings more than 30 years of medical experience to the Oncology Institute of Hope and Innovation, according to a news release in Medical Health News. Taylor began his undergraduate education at Ohio University, where he earned […]

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March 15, 2019 at 8:37 amAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Alumni News | NYIT Profiles Bourke on Dinosaurs, Dream Career

Dr. Jason Bourke

The Box, New York Institute of Technology’s blog, features Ohio University alum Dr. Jason Bourke and his “dream career” in a faculty feature headlined “Dinosaur Anatomy Through the Nose.” Bourke earned a Ph.D. in Biological Science from the College of Arts & Sciences at OHIO in 2015. Assistant Professor Jason […]

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March 8, 2019 at 2:08 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Sternberger, Basu, Keogh Take 3-Minute Thesis Awards

The 2019 winners, from left: Proma Basu, Michelle Michael, Rebecca Keogh, and Anne Sternberger.

College of Arts & Sciences students took some of the top honors at the 2019 Ohio University Three Minute Thesis (3MT) on Feb. 19. Anne Sternberger took second place for her presentation on “Figuring out flowers: Insight into the mixed breeding system of violets.” She is a graduate student in […]

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March 5, 2019 at 11:28 amNews

Alumni News | Ohio Today Writes about Papay’s Entrepreneurship in Medicine

Dr. Frank Papay, chair of the Dermatology and Plastic Surgery Institute at the Cleveland Clinic, delivers a lecture titled “Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Medicine” at the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine’s Cleveland Campus. Photo by Dustin Franz

Ohio Today features Ohio University alumnus Dr. Frank Papay, chair of the Dermatology and Plastic Surgery Institute at the Cleveland Clinic, in a story headlined “World-renowned plastic surgeon and alumnus shares expertise with OHIO medical students.” Papay earned a bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences from the College of Arts & Sciences at […]

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February 21, 2019 at 2:18 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Alumni News | Gorscak Co-Authors Discovery of New Dinosaur with Heart-Shaped Tail

Dr. Pat O'Connor (left) and Dr. Eric Gorscak work in their lab at Ohio documenting fossil discoveries.

 Ohio University alumnus Dr. Eric Gorscak and Dr. Patrick O’Connor just published new exciting fossil discoveries from eastern Africa in PLOS ONE.  Gorscak is currently a research associate at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago and new assistant professor at the Midwestern University in Downers Grove, just […]

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February 18, 2019 at 10:27 amAlumni Research

Williams Monitors Contamination in Bald Eagle Nestlings in Upper Midwest

Bald eagle nestlings (Photo by Jeff Hays)

Ohio University biologist Dr. Kelly Williams teamed up with scientists from Raptor Environmental, the U.S. National Park Service Great Lakes Inventory and Monitoring Network, and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to analyze trends in chemical contamination in bald eagle nestlings at six study areas in the upper Midwest from […]

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February 13, 2019 at 10:43 amResearch