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Miles Awarded NSF OPUS Grant to Build Database of Several Hundred Lizard Species

Dr. Donald Miles

By Kaitlyn Lyons Dr. Donald Miles, Professor of Biological Sciences at Ohio University, received a grant from the National Science Foundation’s Division of Environmental Biology program Opportunities for Promoting Understanding through Synthesis” (OPUS). This grant, in the amount of $209,451, is to provide support for synthesizing a body of prior […]

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February 14, 2020 at 4:32 pmResearch

Study Provides First Evidence of Natural Selection on Thermal Preference, Climate Change

Study Provides First Evidence of Natural Selection on Thermal Preference, Climate Change

Biological Sciences graduate student Anthony L. Gilbert and Dr. Donald Miles published an article that provides a critical study for those interested in climate change and the effects of climate change on species and ecosystems across the globe. They authored “Natural selection on thermal preference, critical thermal maxima and locomotor […]

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October 16, 2017 at 8:52 amResearch

Seniors Present with Patton at Sustainable Foodscapes Conference

By Cameron Fortin ’16 Assistant Professor of Anthropology Dr. Paul Patton, along with two undergraduate students (myself included), presented at the Bridging the Past, Cultivating the Future food studies conference at Chatham University in Pittsburg, PA this past summer, June 24-28, 2015. The theme that guided this year’s conference was […]

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January 26, 2016 at 11:49 amUncategorized

Geography Colloquium: Climate Change & Glaciers in Peru, Nov. 7

Geography Colloquium: Climate Change & Glaciers in Peru, Nov. 7

The Geography Colloquium series presents Dr. Bryan G. Mark on “Climate change and glaciers in Peru: hydrologic transformations and social vulnerabilities” on Friday, Nov. 7, from 3:05 to 4 p.m. in Clippinger 119. Mark is Associate Professor of Geography at Ohio State University and a member of the Byrd Polar […]

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November 7, 2014 at 10:30 pmEvents

A&S TV: ‘All Coupled Climate Models Are Wrong, Some Are Useful’

Ryan Fogt at Science Cafe

Dr. Ryan Fogt, said “All Coupled Climate Models Are Wrong, Some are Useful” in his Fall 2014 Science Café talk. Fogt is Associate Professor of Geography at Ohio University. His research focuses on the Antarctic and the Southern Hemisphere climate. “I use climate models in my research on understanding the […]

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November 7, 2014 at 10:34 amNews

Seminar: ‘A Model of the Model: Unpacking CGE Results on Leakage from Climate Policy,’ Oct. 24

The Economics seminar series features Dr. Daniel H. Karney presenting a paper on “A Model of the Model: Unpacking CGE Results on Leakage from Climate Policy” on Friday, Oct. 24, at 3 p.m. in Bentley Annex 302. The paper is coauthored with Kathy Baylis and Don Fullerton. Karney is Assistant […]

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October 24, 2014 at 5:15 pmEvents

Davis Seminar: ‘Sustainable Bioenergy in a Changing Climate,’ Oct. 15

Davis Seminar: ‘Sustainable Bioenergy in a Changing Climate,’ Oct. 15

The Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs presents a seminar with Dr. Sarah Davis on “Sustainable Bioenergy in a Changing Climate” Wednesday, Oct. 15, at 11:50 a.m. in Irvine Hall 159, Biological Sciences. Davis is Assistant Professor in the Voinovich School. Abstract: A major ecological problem of our time […]

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October 15, 2014 at 7:30 pmEvents