Post Tagged with: "Faculty Research"

OHIO’s Small Seed Project Blossoms into International Partnership

Ms. M. Teresa C. Cacuango, community member in Pichinga Province, Ecuador

By Dawn Bikowski Director of the English Language Improvement Program Ohio University faculty traveled to Ecuador in December as part of a research and community capacity-building project involving local agro-biodiversity and food sovereignty in two regions—Southeastern Ohio and the Andes outside of Quito. The project, “Facilitating & Sharing International Community-Based […]

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January 29, 2018 at 11:11 amNews Research

Stender Publishes on Properties of a Composite Polymer under Changing Temperatures

Dr. Anthony Stender

A new research article appearing in Materials Today includes a contribution from Dr. Anthony Stender titled “High stiffness polymer composite with tunable transparency.” The paper characterizes the properties of a composite polymer under changing temperature conditions, and the work was for a project led by Pulickel Ajayan and Chandra Sekhar […]

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January 29, 2018 at 11:07 amResearch

Hines Uses Ohio Supercomputer in Research Revolutionizing Drug Discovery with RNA

Dr. Jennifer Hines

By Audrey Carson From Ohio Supercomputer Center The rise of antibiotic resistance among common infectious bacteria is a worrisome health threat that has many scientists looking for a solution. Dr. Jennifer Hines, Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Ohio University, is one of the few looking to ribonucleic acid (RNA) […]

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January 25, 2018 at 8:42 amResearch

Lancaster Named to 3-Year Post at American Academy in Rome

Dr. Lynne Lancaster

Archaeologist, architectural historian, and educator Dr. Lynne C. Lancaster (2002 Fellow) has been selected as the next Andrew W. Mellon Professor-in-Charge of the Humanities at the American Academy in Rome. Lancaster is currently Professor and Chair of the Classics & World Religions Department at Ohio University. “Congratulations to Dr. Lancaster […]

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January 24, 2018 at 4:04 pmNews

Rosen Puts ‘Accidental Communities,’ Element of Chance at Center of Analysis

Dr. Matthew Rosen

Dr. Matthew Rosen authored an article on “Accidental communities: Chance operations in urban life and field research” in the journal Ethnography. Rosen is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Ohio University. “This article concerns chance encounters and other contingencies as these relate to fieldwork practices and processes of community formation. My […]

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January 23, 2018 at 1:25 pmResearch

Bernstein to Give Lecture in England on Autonomy and Obligation in Moral Philosophy of Immanuel Kant

Dr. Alyssa R. Bernstein, Professor of Philosophy at Ohio University, will travel to England in March to give an invited lecture on autonomy and obligation in the moral philosophy of Immanuel Kant, as part of the 2018 Jean-Jacques Rousseau Annual Conference, which will take place at the University of Keele […]

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January 22, 2018 at 3:46 pmResearch

Li Gives Keynote in China on Third Sector and Role of Public Service

Dr. Jieli Li gives keynote at Zhejiang University.

Dr. Jieli Li, Professor of Sociology, delivered a research talk titled “An Uncharted Social Space of the Third Sector and the Role of Public Service” at a keynote panel of the Second International Symposium on Public Service: Modernization of Public Service and Governance held at the School of Public Affairs […]

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January 22, 2018 at 10:12 amResearch