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Heath Kersell Builds Sophisticated Equipment to Analyze Materials for New Technologies

Heath Kersell Builds Sophisticated Equipment to Analyze Materials for New Technologies

By Jessica Salerno Office of Research Communications Few physics students can say that they helped analyze a first-of-its-kind molecular motor, published a research article in the prestigious journal Nature Nanotechnology, and helped the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory to construct a major new piece of scientific equipment all […]

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June 28, 2013 at 8:08 pmResearch

Dewald Appointed Associate Provost for Faculty and Academic Planning

Dewald Appointed Associate Provost for Faculty and Academic Planning

(Compass, June 26, 2013) Executive Vice President and Provost Pam Benoit announced the appointment of Dr. Howard Dewald as Associate Provost for Faculty and Academic Planning. Dewald currently serves as the Senior Associate Dean in the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. Dewald was selected for the position […]

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June 28, 2013 at 9:13 amNews

Accurso Named To Academic All-America Third Team

Accurso Named To Academic All-America Third Team

Junior distance runner Juli Accurso took another step toward history Thursday, becoming the first women’s cross country/track & field Academic All-American in Ohio University history. The Capital One Academic All-America Division I Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country roster is composed of just 45 student-athletes from across the nation, with 15 first team, […]

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June 27, 2013 at 4:00 pmNews

Washington Post: History Alum Who Exposed Nazi Theft of Jewish Property Dies at 84

“William Z. Slany, a top State Department historian who helped oversee a study in the 1990s that exposed Nazi looting of Jewish property and that led to $8 billion in belated compensation for Holocaust victims and their families, died May 13 at his home in Reston. He was 84,” reported […]

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June 27, 2013 at 8:55 amAlumni in the News In the News

Boaler: Working in the Butterfly Conservatory

Boaler: Working in the Butterfly Conservatory

By Julian Boaler ’14 Environmental and Plant Biology Major, Ohio University Summer internship at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Miami, FL Hey everyone, Along with my time at Fairchild’s nursery, I’ve had the pleasure of working in their enclosed butterfly conservatory. The project was completed in December 2012 and […]

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June 25, 2013 at 7:26 pmNews

AccessAble Travel: Keeping the Fun in Travel

AccessAble Travel: Keeping the Fun in Travel

  “We just got back from Chicago and had a really smooth journey.  The Pier was fun and didn’t have many stairs to get into the shops and restaurants,” says the AccessAble website, whose founders want to make travel easier for people with physical disabilities. AccessAble, LLC is a travel […]

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June 25, 2013 at 5:23 pmAlumni News

Geological Sciences Prof ‘Blown Away’ By Students’ Fieldwork

Geological Sciences Prof ‘Blown Away’ By Students’ Fieldwork

When she teaches, Associate Professor of Paleontology Dr. Alycia Stigall waits for that “aha!” moment when her students begin to connect the lectures with their work in the field. “In geology, there is no substitute for field experience,”said Stigall, who teaches in the Department of Geological Sciences in Ohio University’s College […]

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June 25, 2013 at 11:42 amIn Class News