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Dr. R. Damian Nance’s article “The supercontinent cycle: A retrospective essay” was named one of 25 papers in a virtual special issues celebrating the 25-year history of Gondwana Research. Nance is Distinguished Professor of Geological Sciences at Ohio University. Gondwana Research is an international journal aimed to promote high quality […]

By Jennifer Bowie Ohio University alumnus A. Allen Middleman has established a new scholarship to support Geological Sciences students. Middleman, who earned his master’s of science in geology from OHIO in 1976, has committed more than $100,000 to The Ohio University Foundation to create the Travis C. Middleman Scholarship. “I […]

Ohio University alum Dr. Stacia Gordon ’04, who earned a B.S, in Geology from the College of Arts & Sciences, received international accolades for geological research. Patrick Harris, University of Nevada, Reno, reports that Stacia Gordon, an assistant professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, has been selected for a […]

Ohio University researchers are taking a closer look at a well-established acid-mine drainage treatment method. It’s not enough just to change the chemical pH in the stream, they write. It’s “an unspoken goal” also to restore the biology—the fish and aquatic life—in the watershed. And that may mean “sacrificing” a […]

First in a Series on Macro-Evolution Darwin and his successors wrote the first chapters on evolution by looking at small changes in species over relatively short periods of time, usually described as natural selection. Scientists developed the Modern Synthesis to describe gradual evolution following the discovery of the DNA molecule, […]

Ohio University faculty made an impact with 23 presentations at the Geological Society of America’s 125th Anniversary Annual Meeting & Exposition Oct. 27–30 in Denver. Joshua Richardson, Dr. Dina Lopez, Tim Letwich, Michael Ange, Mark Wolfe, and Frank Fugitt co-authored UNDERGROUND COAL MINES IN OHIO AS A POSSIBLE GEOTHERMAL ENERGY […]

Ohio University faculty made an impact with 23 presentations at the Geological Society of America’s 125th Anniversary Annual Meeting & Exposition Oct. 27–30 in Denver. Erica Neace, Dr. R. Damian Nance, James Briad, Brendan Murphy, Nicolle Dupius, & Robin Shail presented on DOES THE MEGUMA TERRANE EXTEND INTO SOUTHERN BRITAIN?. […]