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Student Enhancement Award offers more than $100,000 for research and creative work 

(June 16, 2010) With childhood obesity on the rise in the United States, Ohio University graduate student Jana Hovland is exploring how digital short stories might help young students make healthier food choices. Hovland was one of 20 students to receive an Ohio University Student Enhancement Award (SEA) this spring. The $5,991 grant covered the costs to animate the stories, which were based on research with kindergarten through second-grade students in Athens County.

Innovation Center creates jobs, income for Athens County

ATHENS, Ohio (June 15, 2010) – The businesses incubated by the Ohio University Innovation Center generated 152 jobs and $9.4 million in labor income in Athens County in 2009, according to a new economic impact study.

Event showcases growing regional biotechnology industry

ATHENS, Ohio (June 9, 2010)—Ohio University co-sponsored the third annual BioVenture Showcase today to highlight the growing biotechnology industry—sparked, in part, by its faculty research and technologies—in southeastern Ohio.

Third Frontier awards $3 million for algae research at Ohio University

ATHENS, Ohio (May 28, 2010) – Ohio University has received $3 million from the state’s Third Frontier Wright Projects Program to enhance its facilities for algae research. The project supports a growing industry in Ohio that aims to harness the plant for alternative energy innovations and air pollution mitigation.

Philosopher, evolution expert to discuss Darwin, intelligent design June 2

Listen Up - Jeff DiGiovanni studies how to improve hearing aid technologies

ATHENS, Ohio (May 17, 2010) - Most people associate hearing loss with an inability to hear soft sounds. But the condition also can create distortion, which makes it tough for someone to understand the difference between tones such as “a” or “e.” Those with hearing loss struggle to understand group discussions or conversations in a crowd, as they can’t pick out a voice from background noises.

Engineer Diana Schwerha examines how ergonomics can improve the lives of older people in the workplace and home 

ATHENS, Ohio (May 17, 2010) - Diana Schwerha knows that people think ergonomics is just about posture: Sitting up straight at your computer desk so your back doesn’t ache. Holding your hands correctly as you type so you don’t get carpal tunnel syndrome. But, as it turns out, it’s much more than that.

Student Research and Creative Activity Expo announces list of student awards (May 14, 2010)

Study documents widespread extinction of lizards due to climate change

(May 13, 2010)—A major survey of lizard populations worldwide has found an alarming pattern of population extinctions attributable to rising temperatures. If current trends continue, 20 percent of all lizard species could go extinct by 2080, according to an international research team that includes biologists at University of California, Santa Cruz, and Ohio University.

Engineering students help area teen fulfill dream of playing basketball again 

ATHENS, Ohio (May 10, 2010) - Trent Glaze never thought he would be able to play his favorite sport, basketball, again.  Glaze, a student at Fairfield Union High School in Lancaster, Ohio, suffers from muscular dystrophy.

A new gold standard

ATHENS, Ohio (May 6, 2010) - Gold isn’t exactly what comes to mind when you think of treatments for cancer. But researchers at Ohio University are exploring whether the metallic element can actually save lives.

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