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Physics Student Austin Way Wins 3-Year NSF Graduate Fellowship

Austin Way

By Jean Andrews Physics & Astronomy Austin Way ’14, an Honors Tutorial College student who majored in Engineering Physics, received a prestigious graduate research fellowship from the National Science Foundation. The award includes three years of full support for graduate study during a five-year period, for the amount of $132,000. In […]

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April 21, 2014 at 6:00 amNews

Cross-Disciplinary Essay Contest Has $1,000 Prize

The Herbert L. Baer Prize, designed to recognize excellence and achievement in multi- or cross-disciplinary thinking, is open to all Ohio University undergraduate students. The $1,000 prize is awarded yearly to one Ohio University undergraduate student, based on an essay submitted to the Honors Tutorial College. Essay guidelines and instructions […]

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March 26, 2014 at 8:03 amAnnouncements

Student Traces Narrative Psychology Through Young Male Protagonists

Student Traces Narrative Psychology Through Young Male Protagonists

By Taylor Evans from Perspectives What do the characters Pi, Ponyboy, and Holden Caulfield have in common? Besides being the protagonists of three popular novels, they’re also the subject of Spencer Smith‘s student thesis. Smith, an English major in the Honors Tutorial College, examined narrative psychology in young adult literature. The […]

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March 10, 2014 at 7:12 pmResearch

Creative Writing Alum Wins International Book Contest

Creative Writing Alum Wins International Book Contest

Ohio University alum David Armstrong ’02,’11M won 2013 Emergency Press International Book Contest for his manuscript drive/memory. Armstrong earned an M.A. in Creative Writing and Fiction from the College of Arts & Sciences and a B.A., majoring in English and Film Tutorial, from the Honors Tutorial College. “This is David’s second […]

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January 21, 2014 at 10:34 amAlumni Alumni in the News In the News

Food for Thought: Eating with Your Pen: Food Writing as a Gallimaufry of Genres, Nov. 19

Food for Thought: Eating with Your Pen: Food Writing as a Gallimaufry of Genres, Nov. 19

The Food for Thought Speaker Series presents Dr. Eric LeMay ’93 discussing “Eating with Your Pen: Food Writing as a Gallimaufry of Genres” on Tuesday, Nov. 19, at 5 p.m. in Ellis 111. LeMay, Assistant Professor of English in the Ohio University College of Arts & Sciences, will provide a […]

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November 1, 2013 at 2:00 amEvents

‘You’re Not Going to Break Bach… Experiment!’

‘You’re Not Going to Break Bach… Experiment!’

By Natalie Klco ’15 Honors Tutorial College and Physics major studying Music, Ohio University For two weeks this summer in Arcata, California, I shared a love for an instrument whose mere existence is unknown to most. I sat next to an older gentleman from the Arcata community at one of […]

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September 26, 2013 at 8:53 amNews

DNA Barcoding of Medicinal Plants to Help Prevent Misidentification

DNA Barcoding of Medicinal Plants to Help Prevent Misidentification

What would happen if a Pakistani consumer thought she was buying chamomile to help her sleep or hyssop to help with a cough, but instead the herbs were misidentified? “In Pakistan, herbal products are a primary source of medicines, yet quality control for raw plant material sold to individuals or […]

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September 20, 2013 at 8:52 amAlumni Research