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“The Ohio University Department of Physics and Astronomy 2013 Open House has a packed line-up filled with speakers, activities and events that faculty and staff say are sure to impress,” Post reporter Bianca Hillier reports. The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. this Saturday, Oct. 19, […]

“Joe Shields, Vice President for Research and Creative Activity and dean of the Graduate College, has proposed OU build an observatory to house two telescopes on the former site of Building 26 at The Ridges,” writes Ohio University Post reporter Will Drabold on Oct. 3. The proposal, submitted Aug. 26, […]

“How will you feel when Chinese taikonauts are walking around on the moon? Is this just one more example of the United States ceding its technological superiority? How you feel might depend on what happens to the U.S. space program over the next decade,” writes Dr. Kenneth Hicks, Professor of […]

The Vice President for Research and Creative Activity is soliciting nominations for the 2013 Konneker Medal for Commercialization and Entrepreneurship. The Ohio University Foundation established the new award to recognize current and former faculty members, students and alumni who have demonstrated excellence in innovation, invention, commercialization and entrepreneurship. Nominations should […]

Dr. Carl Brune,  Professor of Physics and Astronomy, and graduate students Youngshin Byun, Sushil Dhakal, Cody Parker, and Anthony Ramirez attended the 2013 Stewardship Science Academic Programs (SSAP) Annual Review Symposium June 27-28 in Albuquerque, NM. All of the students presented posters at the meeting. These posters were judged by […]

The Pantagraph reports that Ohio University’s Mike Myers, Mechanical Systems Technician in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, recently visited a farm in Pearl City “to take measurements of the antique telescope to restore a sister telescope they have at the university.” Two workers from the university spent the day […]

Dr. Sergio Ulloa, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, and Dr. Nancy Sandler, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy, traveled to Brazil during the 2013-14 academic year to participate in several conferences.: They will give several lectures at conferences in Brazil in September 2013. They co-organized several of the events, including a […]