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Dr. Victoria Lee, Assistant Professor of History, contributed the entry on “Hakkō” (Fermentation) to the recently published Kagakushi jiten (Encyclopedia of the History of Chemistry), edited by Kagakushi gakkai (Japanese Society for the History of Chemistry). The encyclopedia, published in April 2017, will be the major Japanese-language reference work on the history of chemistry. Lee’s research focuses on […]

Dr. Sarah Poggione, Associate Professor of Political Science, led a research team of Ohio University Political Science M.A. and MPA students—Ellenore Holbrook, Alison Thornton, and Morgan Stanley—who presented a paper on “Selective Service: Gender and Legislative Oversight in the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee” at the Midwest Political Science Association […]

Psychology graduate student A. Raisa Ray received the 2017 Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools/Pro Quest Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award at the association’s recognition dinner on April 5 in Indianapolis. The award recognizes her research on the factors that help or hinder the social functioning of adolescents with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity […]

Dr. Kelly Faust, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Ohio University, traveled to Indianapolis in March to the North Central Sociological Association annual meeting. She presents two papers, “State Crime SVU: Analysis of Untested Sexual Assault Kits” and “Using Podcasts in the Classroom: Comparing Strategies and Topics.” For “Using Podcasts in […]

By Amanda Biederman NQPI editorial intern When heating objects at the nanoscale, many researchers face problems of precision, efficiency and control of the process. Ohio University Physics & Astronomy Distinguished Professor of Physics and Nanoscale and Quantum Phenomena Institute member Dr. Alexander Govorov is helping other researchers to better understand this issue. […]

By Amanda Biederman NQPI editorial intern Nanoscale heat localization and thermosensing has a number of potential applications including cancer therapeutics and nanoelectronics. Chemistry and Biochemistry professor and Nanoscale and Quantum Phenomena Institute member Hugh Richardson and Ph.D. student Susil Baral are working to develop this novel technology. In order to probe temperature at […]

Dr. Joseph Gingerich, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, was session chair and presenter at the 82nd Annual Society for American Archaeology national conference in March in Vancouver, British Columbia. His two presentations were “Refitting Paleoindian Workspaces and Activity Areas” and “Exploring Artifact Trampling at an Early Paleoindian Site.” Both of these […]