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The Environmental & Plant Biology Colloquium Series presents Dr. Gar W. Rothwell on “The evolution of plant structure, a paleontological/developmental collaboration” on Friday, Sept. 26, at 11:50 a.m. in Porter Hall 104. Rothwell is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Environmental & Plant Biology at Ohio University. Abstract: Paleontology yields essential evidence […]

The Modern Languages Colloquium Series presents Dr. Daniel Torres on”An AIDS Narrative: The 20th Anniversary Edition of Morirás si da una primavera” on Tuesday, Sept. 30, from 4 to 5 p.m. in Gordy 113. Torres is Professor of Spanish in Modern Languages at Ohio University. He will talk about one […]

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Nick Wu of the West Virginia University on “Plasmon-Enhanced Solar Energy Harvesting” on Friday, April 18, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract: Solar energy can be converted either to electric energy via photovoltaics or to chemical energy via photocatalysts. Emerging of surface plasmon […]

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Jennifer Dionne of Stanford University on “Visualizing chemical reactions and light-matter interactions with nanometer-scale resolution” on Friday, April 4, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract: In 1833, Faraday combined silver and sulfur and discovered the first material with a negative temperature coefficient of […]

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Maxim Pospelov of the University of Waterlooon “Constraining the Dark Sector with BBN and CMB physics” on Friday, March 28, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract: Historic examples show that explorations of the “missing mass” and the “origin of mass” problems have led […]

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Serge Nakhmanson of the University of Connecticut on “Computational Design of Multifunctional Complex-oxide Materials Across Length Scales” on Friday, March 21, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Nakhmanson, who describes himself as a “digital alchemist” is an Ohio University alum. He earned a Ph.D. […]

The Physics & Astronomy Colloquium Series presents Chuck Horowitz of Indiana University on “Laboratory and Astronomical Observations of Dense Matter” on Friday, March 14, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. Abstract: Compress almost anything enough (to ten to the eleventh grams per cc or more) and electrons react with protons to […]