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Senior Finds Adventure, Hands-on Science in Alaska Internship

Danielle Butts's internship in Kodiak, Alaska, provided adventure and education.

by Kristin M. Distel “My internship taught me about my skills and interests, and it took me outside of my familiar environment in Ohio,” says Danielle Butts, a senior in Wildlife and Conservation Biology, who spent summer of 2016 completing an exciting internship at Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge in Kodiak, […]

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March 28, 2017 at 6:59 pmNews

Biotech Company Quidel Seeks Applications from Biology, Chemistry Majors

Biotech Company Quidel Seeks Applications from Biology, Chemistry Majors

Quidel, a biotech company, and Ohio University are working together to support students and alumni in pursuit of rewarding career opportunities. The company’s Athens location employs many Ohio University Bobcats from a variety of backgrounds and areas of expertise. Quidel is looking for candidates for two open positions, especially biology […]

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March 28, 2017 at 3:31 pmNews

Biology Major Lou Duloisy Named Margaret Boyd Scholar

Lou Duloisy

Lou Duloisy, a Biological Sciences major, is a new member of the Margaret Boyd Scholars Program, Ohio University’s first and only women’s scholars program. Margaret Boyd Scholars Program announces new class In Her Words Hi there! Let me start off my telling everyone how incredibly excited I am to be […]

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February 4, 2017 at 4:18 pmNews

Biology Major Sophia Boothby Named Margaret Boyd Scholar

Sophia Boothby

Sophia Boothby, Environmental Biology major, is a new member of the Margaret Boyd Scholars Program, Ohio University’s first and only women’s scholars program. In Her Words: Siyo! My name is Sophia Grace Boothby and you just learned how to say “hello to all” in Cherokee. I am an environmental biology […]

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February 4, 2017 at 4:04 pmNews

Student Interns at Poplar Island, Gets Up-close with Diamondback Terrapins

Student Interns at Poplar Island, Gets Up-close with Diamondback Terrapins

by Kristin M. Distel “I can apply these skills to other areas in my field, whether I go on to earn a Ph.D. or to work in other research positions,” says Alayna Tokash, now a master’s student in ecology and evolutionary biology. Tokash, also an Ohio University undergraduate alumna of […]

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February 1, 2017 at 12:11 pmIn Class Research

Biology Grad Student Authors Article on Shigella dysenteriae Pathogenesis

Megan Fris

Megan E. Fris, a Ph.D. student in Biological Sciences at Ohio University, is the lead author on “Sibling sRNA RyfA1 Influences Shigella dysenteriae Pathogenesis” in the journal Genes. The co-authors are William H. Broach, Director of the Ohio University Genomics Facility and an alum who earned a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences in 2014 from the […]

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January 27, 2017 at 4:48 pmResearch

Five Faculty Receive Fall Baker Fund Support | Spring Deadline is Feb. 9

Dr. Zhihua Hua

Proposals now accepted for spring awards cycle. The deadline is Thursday, Feb. 9, at 4 p.m. The John C. Baker Fund awarded $53,704 total to five faculty proposals for research, scholarship and creative work during fall semester 2016. Endowed in 1961 by a gift of more than $612,000 from 1926 […]

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January 13, 2017 at 8:47 amNews