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Ohio University’s Scalia Laboratory—the only place to get current weather conditions and an Athens-specific forecast—just launched a new mobile-friendly website. “When we moved here, our house didn’t have internet service or even TV service. So every morning we called Scalia Lab at 593-1717 to get the forecast,” says Dr. John […]

By Joseph Shields Interim Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences Nearly 1,000 new undergraduate students are streaming to Athens in June for orientation, their first of many Bobcat experiences. They represent one of the largest incoming classes of Arts & Sciences students in recent years, and we are […]

Excepted from Compass Ohio University President M. Duane Nellis and Interim Executive Vice President and Provost Elizabeth Sayrs announced the appointment of Dr. Joseph Shields as Interim Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences beginning May 12. Shields, Professor of Physics & Astronomy, has served as OHIO’s Vice President […]

  From Staff Reports Fourteen Ohio University students and faculty members received funding for their health and medical research from the John J. Kopchick Awards. The program will provide a total of $100,213 in grants and fellowships during its 2017-18 cycle to advance research on topics such as drug delivery, […]

The Ohio University Physics & Astronomy Department and the Astrophysical Institute host a formal opening of the new Ohio University Observatory on Saturday, May 6, at 7:30 p.m. at The Ridges Auditorium. Public viewing of celestial bodies using the department’s refurbished Fecker telescope and portable telescopes will be possible, weather […]

Science Café presents Dr. Joseph Shields, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, discussing “The Quest for Supermassive Black Holes” on Wednesday, Jan. 18, at 5 p.m. in the Baker Center Front Room. Black holes can be millions of times more massive than the sun, but their density and relative distance from […]

Mike Myers, a Mechanical System Technician from Physics & Astronomy  visited the Ohio University Observatory construction site recently to take measurements to position Ohio University’s refurbished 10-inch Fecker telescope during installation and use. The axis of the telescope will be in line with the polar axis of the Earth in […]