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Quidel Joins Fight Against COVID-19 Outbreak with Fast, Accurate Diagnostic Tool

Quidel Joins Fight Against COVID-19 Outbreak with Fast, Accurate Diagnostic Tool

Quidel Corp., which employs many Ohio University alumni in Athens, joins the fight against COVID-19 outbreak with fast, accurate diagnostic tool, according to a news release. The company announced on March 17 that it received Emergency Use Authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a molecular COVID-19 diagnostic […]

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March 21, 2020 at 3:57 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News News

Alumni News | Tomlinson Breaking New Ground in Cancer Screening

Heather Baird Tomlinson

Ohio Today writes about Ohio University alumna Heather Baird Tomlinson, director of clinical operations at biotechnology company Promega Corp., where she is spearheading the development of a cancer screening test. Tomlinson was a Cutler Scholar and earned a B.S. in Chemistry-Biochemistry from the College of Arts & Sciences at OHIO […]

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March 5, 2020 at 2:34 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Professors Find New Compound with Therapeutic Potential

Ohio University professors (Left to Right) Douglas Goetz, Stephen C. Bergmeier and Kelly McCall led team discovery of a new compound with therapeutic potential.

From Ohio University news Imagine discovering a compound that has the potential to create therapeutic opportunities for a plethora of diseases. Ohio University professors from three different colleges, along with the support of many students, faculty members and staff, may have just done that. Dr. Douglas Goetz, Dr. Kelly McCall, […]

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February 10, 2020 at 1:38 pmNews Research

Career Week | STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) Industry Panel, Jan. 29

Dustin Starkey

Ohio University students are invited to a STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) Industry Panel featuring three Ohio University alumni from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on  Jan. 29 at the CoLab in Alden Library 301. Light refreshments will be offered after the panel. This event is part of the […]

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January 1, 2020 at 5:00 pmAlumni Events

OHIO Today: Grasselli Brown Shares Love for Science, Knowledge

Though Grasselli Brown retired from Standard Oil Company in 1989, her scientific ambitions and philanthropic support for multiple organizations remains. Photo by Dustin Franz, BSVC ’10

OHIO Today writes about Ohio University alumna Jeanette Grasselli Brown in a story headlined “OHIO gifts share knowledge, wisdom, and love.” Grasselli Brown earned a B.S. in Chemistry from the College of Arts & Sciences at OHIO and was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science by the university. The Frontiers […]

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December 30, 2019 at 3:44 pmAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Happy Beginnings | Ordich Utilizes M.A. in Law, Justice & Culture in Election Law Work

Devin Ordich

Editor’s Note: The Happy Beginnings series features recent College of Arts & Sciences graduates who are getting started in careers, graduate school and service. Ohio University alum Devin Ordich ’18, ’19M is putting her interests in forensics and justice to work in election campaign finance at a law firm in […]

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December 5, 2019 at 3:37 pmAlumni

Malinski, Hua Research Shows ‘Bad Cholesterol’ Is Only as Unhealthy as its Composition

Dr. Tadeusz Malinski

From Ohio University News New research at Ohio University shows that a particular subclass of low-density lipoproteins (LDL), also known as “bad cholesterol,” is a much better predictor of potential heart attacks than the mere presence of LDL, which is incorrect more often than not. The presence of LDL is […]

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November 21, 2019 at 8:59 amResearch