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Class of 2021 | Shasta Kamara Accepted to Grad Program in Marine and Environmental Biology

Shasta Kamara

Editor’s Note: The Happy Beginnings series features recent College of Arts & Sciences graduates who are getting started in careers, graduate school and service. Shasta Kamara, a senior marine, freshwater, and environmental biology major, will be starting her master’s degree in Marine and Environmental Biology next fall at Nichols State […]

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March 12, 2021 at 12:26 pmNews

Popescu Challenges Students to Tackle World’s ‘Wicked’ Environmental Problems in New Textbook

Dr. Viorel Popescu

Dr. Viorel Popescu brings an urgency about environmental issues around the country and the world to today’s college students in a new edition of a textbook on conservation biology. “By embracing new theory and practice and documenting many examples of both conservation successes and the hard lessons of real-world ‘wicked’ […]

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March 5, 2021 at 3:24 pmResearch

Alumni News | Eliot Shearer Talks about His Research on Pediatric Hearing Loss

Dr. Aiden Eliot Shearer

Ohio University alumnus Dr. Aiden Eliot Shearer made a virtual stop at his alma mater recently, talking about his research on the genetics of pediatric hearing loss with faculty and students at a Biological Sciences/Biomedical Science Seminar. Evaluation of children for hearing loss has changed dramatically over the past 15 […]

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March 3, 2021 at 5:22 pmAlumni Research

Moody Recognized For a Life Spent Studying Snakes, Salamanders, Frogs, Much More

Scott Moody and a sandhill crane

 Ohio Biological Survey Recognizes Moody’s Teaching and Research in Natural History and Zoology Dr. Scott Moody, Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences at Ohio University, received the 2021 Herbert Osborn Award from the Ohio Biological Survey on Feb. 27. The Ohio Biological Survey is a consortium of colleges, universities, museums, […]

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March 3, 2021 at 2:06 pmNews Research

Alumni News | Lance McBrayer Featured in Smithsonian Magazine for Tegu Lizard Project

Dr. Lance McBrayer with his students on the tegu lizard project. Photo by Jonathan Chick, Georgia Southern University

by Hannah Cordes Ohio University alumnus Dr. Lance McBrayer was featured in Smithsonian Magazine for his recent research on invasive Tegu lizards in Georgia See the Smithsonian article, These Four-Foot Lizards Will Eat Anything—and They’re Invading the Southeastern U.S. McBrayer earned a Biological Sciences Ph.D. in 2002 from the College of Arts […]

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February 9, 2021 at 2:37 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Class of 2021 | Vera Giacomazzi Accepted to Grad Program in Genetic Counseling

Vera Giacomazzi (photo by Abigail Dean | Ohio Athletics)

Editor’s Note: The Happy Beginnings series features recent College of Arts & Sciences graduates who are getting started in careers, graduate school and service. Vera Giacomazzi, a senior in Biological Sciences and a standout on the volleyball court, has been accepted to the Università di Siena in Tuscany, Italy, to […]

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February 2, 2021 at 5:04 pmIn Class News

4 A&S Faculty Get Seed Money for New Research Projects

Dr. Harvey Ballard

From Ohio University News The Ohio University Research Committee selected five proposals—including four from College of Arts & Sciences faculty—for funding during its fall 2020 cycle. In total, the committee awarded $39,438. The program, which is funded by the Vice President for Research and Creative Activity, provides seed money for […]

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January 25, 2021 at 8:42 amNews Research