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Four Students, Two Faculty Present at Herpetology Symposium

Anthony Gilbert at the Herpetology Symposium

The fourth annual Ohio University/John Carrol University Herpetology Symposium took place Nov. 7-9. The symposium rotates between the two universities, and this year John Carrol University hosted it. “This has been a wonderful exchange between the universities, with nearly 50 participants,” says Dr. Shawn Kuchta, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences. […]

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November 10, 2014 at 5:26 pmResearch

Vigo Publishes ‘Mathematical Principles of Human Conceptual Behavior’

Vigo Publishes ‘Mathematical Principles of Human Conceptual Behavior’

Dr. Ronaldo Vigo’s new book Mathematical Principles of Human Conceptual Behavior: The Structural Nature of Conceptual Representation and Processing was just released as part of the Scientific Psychology Series by Psychology Press. Vigo is Associate Professor of Mathematical and Computational Cognitive Science in the Psychology Department at Ohio University. he […]

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November 7, 2014 at 9:04 amResearch

Geology Rocks the GSA in Vancouver

Breccia sample from the Howell Structure in Tennessee

Faculty, alumni, graduate students, and undergraduate students from Geological Sciences made a splash in Vancouver, British Columbia, at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America’s annual conference in October. Looking for the Shock that Changed the Rock: Work for a 1960s Apollo mission may help geologists find evidence […]

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November 5, 2014 at 3:15 pmResearch

Milam Presents ‘An Assessment of Shock Metamorphism in Breccias from the Howell Structure’

Dr. Keith Milam

Dr. Keith Milam presented “An Assessment of Shock Metamorphism in Breccias from the Howell Structure, Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA” in October at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in Vancouver, British Columbia. Milam is Associate Professor of Geological Sciences at Ohio University. His co-authors were Tim Henderson […]

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November 5, 2014 at 9:25 amResearch

Math & Microbiology Pair to Prevent Pneumonia in Hospitals

Math & Microbiology Pair to Prevent Pneumonia in Hospitals

By Andrea Gibson From Research Communications An Ohio University mathematician and a bacteriologist are joining forces to try to prevent pneumonia in hospital patients on ventilators, a common health care-acquired infection. Dr. Todd Young, Professor of Mathematics, and Dr. Erin Murphy, Associate Professor of Biomedical Sciences in the Heritage College of […]

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November 5, 2014 at 9:11 amResearch

Katherine Schleich Presents on ‘Modeling Precipitation of Minerals and Water Chemistry Evolution in an Acid Mine Drainage Remediated Stream’

Ohio University Geological Sciences alum Katherine Schleich ’14MS presented a poster on “Modeling Precipitation of Minerals and Water Chemistry Evolution in an Acid Mine Drainage Remediated Stream” in October at the Geological Society of America annual meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia. Her co-authors were Dr. Dina Lopez, Professor and Chair of […]

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November 4, 2014 at 10:24 pmResearch

David Grimaldi Presents on Geothermal Fields in San Vicente Geothermal Field, El Salvador

Ohio University Geological Sciences graduate student David Grimaldi presented “Applying Geographical Weighted Regression to Geochemical and Geophysical Variables in Geothermal Fields: San Vicente Geothermal Field, El Salvador” in October at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of American in Vancouver, British Columbia, His co-authors were Dr. Dina Lopez, Professor […]

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November 4, 2014 at 10:02 pmResearch