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Rachel’s Blue, a new novel by Dr. Zakes Mda, Professor of Professor of Creative Writing: Fiction and Ohio University alum, was released in August. This time Mda sets his scene very close to home—at the Farmer’s Market in Athens and in nearby Rome Township. Mda is Ohio University alum, having […]

Dr. Ursula Castellano, Associate Professor of Sociology, presents a paper on “My Function is to Change Behavior: An Ethnographic Examination of Mental Health Court Judges” at the European Consortium for Political Research on Sept. 5 in Glasgow, Scotland. Abstract: Mental health courts (MHCs) represent a radical departure from the traditional way […]

Dr. Jieli Li, Professor of Sociology at Ohio University, is the editor of a new book on “Environment and Sustainable Development in Asia, Volume 4,” a series of Globalization, Development and Security in Asia. Singapore and London: World Scientific Publishing, 2014. Li also co-authored two chapters in the book: Chapter […]

Dr. Jieli Li, Professor of Sociology, was invited to deliver a keynote speech on “Challenges of Globalization and Regional Development: A Perspective of International Sociology” at the International Symposium on Globalization and Regional Social Development at Guangxi University in Nanning, China, in June. Li also presented research papers at two […]

The Vice President for Research and Creative Activity is soliciting nominations for the 2014 Konneker Medal for Commercialization and Entrepreneurship. The Ohio University Foundation established the award to recognize current and former faculty members, students and alumni who have demonstrated excellence in innovation, invention, commercialization and entrepreneurship. Nominations should consist […]

Dr. Jana Houser, Assistant Professor of Geography, co-authored an article on “A Mobile Rapid-Scanning X-band Polarimetric (RaXPol) Doppler Radar System” in the July 2013 Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. Her co-authors were Andrew L. Pazmany and James B. Mead of ProSensing Inc. in Amherst, MA, and Howard B. Bluestein […]

Dr. Sarah Wyatt waited for it—the simple phrase that would signal one small step for Arabidopsis, one big step for mankind’s knowledge of how plants respond to gravity. “Ready for the science,” said the Kennedy Space Center engineer on July 9. Dr. Darren Luesse handed the engineer a small petri dish […]