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Will Milky Way’s Black Hole ‘Spaghettify’ Visitor?

Will Milky Way’s Black Hole ‘Spaghettify’ Visitor?

Sometime this spring, a gas cloud called G2 will come perilously close to a black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Dr. Kenneth Hicks, Ohio University Professor of Physics, talks about the “Front-row Seat for a Black-Hole Feeding Frenzy” in his Columbus Dispatch column. “It is a well-established […]

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April 4, 2014 at 11:22 amFaculty in the News In the News News

Tuning in to the Smallest (Man-Made) Mechanical Resonator

Tuning in to the Smallest (Man-Made) Mechanical Resonator

By Dr. Saw Wai Hla, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ohio University Viewpoint Published in Physics Guitar strings, pendulums in clocks, and quartz crystals in watches are all examples of resonators. As their name suggests, resonators oscillate most strongly at specific frequencies (resonant frequencies), which depend on properties such as […]

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March 24, 2014 at 5:10 pmFaculty in the News In the News News

Washington Post: Jellison Doesn’t Expect Michelle Obama to Cause Controversy in China

Washington Post reporters Juliet Eilperin and Krissah Thompson quoted Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History, on a story about Michelle Obama’s upcoming trip to China. When Laura Bush ventured to the Thailand-Burma border six years ago, the first lady accused China of not doing enough to pressure the […]

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March 10, 2014 at 5:26 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Gazette: Houston Discusses ‘Unsung’ Civil Rights Activist

Gazette: Houston Discusses ‘Unsung’ Civil Rights Activist

The Chillicothe Gazette covered a lecture by Dr. Akil Houston, Assistant Professor of African American Studies, on Feb. 26 at the Ohio University-Chillicothe campus. Speaking to college students and community members on Thursday, Akil Houston bypassed the better-known icons of the civil rights movement in favor of an unsung figure […]

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Miner: Ukrainians Need United Support To Make Their Own Choice

Miner: Ukrainians Need United Support To Make Their Own Choice

“If we are talking about Ukrainians making their own choice, they need support from the outside world, and they need it united,” said Dr. Steven Miner on CBC Canadian Radio. CBC interviewed Miner, Professor of History and Director of the Contemporary History Institute at Ohio University, Feb. 26 on “Vested […]

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February 26, 2014 at 1:26 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Winter Writes Column on Costs of Prevention vs. Cure

Dr. Harold Winter, Professor of Economics, wrote an article on the costs of prevention vs. cure, “When Peace of Mind Hits You in the Wallet,” on the Resolved website on Feb. 15. These days we have a near-mad obsession with prevention. Think of all the money we sink into our […]

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February 15, 2014 at 4:50 pmFaculty in the News In the News

Daily Register: Stephens Gave MLK Day Speech on Idlewild

The Daily Register reports that Dr. Ronald Stephens, Associate Professor of African American Studies in the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University, was the guest speaker at the Paint Creek Regular Baptist Church in Gallipolis on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Stephens, an associate professor of African American Studies at Ohio University, […]

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January 30, 2014 at 6:55 pmFaculty in the News In the News