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Perspectives magazine
Perspectives magazine covers the research, scholarship and creative activity of Ohio University faculty, staff, and students. It is a published for a diverse audience each spring and autumn.
We are currently in the process of restoring current and archival content to this site. For general inquiries about Perspectives, please contact Andrea Gibson, Editor, at gibsona@ohio.edu.
Current Perspectives issue:
Autumn/Winter 2009 (PDF)
Autumn/Winter 2009 Perspectives stories
Days of Malaise (October 14, 2009)
Tuneful Treatment (September 29, 2009)
The Dirt on Climate Change (September 10, 2009)
Perspectives magazine PDF files
Autumn/Winter 2009 issue: feature stories
Muses of Movement: Paschal Younge and Zelma Badu-Younge use African music and dance to foster cultural awareness.
The Big Dig: The amount of data involved in analyzing the human, animal, and plant genomes can boggle the mind. The field of bioinformatics marries super computers with molecular biology to solve some of the biggest problems in medicine and science.
Trailer Tales: The film had buzz for months. The night of the premiere screening, 1,800 people packed the auditorium. It wasn’t star power or big-budget special effects that drew them, but the promise of watching Ohio University undergraduate students pull off something many outside of Hollywood wouldn’t dare attempt: the making of a full length feature film.
Where are they now?: Former Ohio University undergraduates involved in research, scholarship, and creative activity talk about how the experience paved the way for engaging careers in medicine, science, engineering, and the arts.
Spring/Summer 2009 issue: feature stories
"Trick or Treat": Artist Duane McDiarmid’s new work – which brings blogging, ice cream, and performance art to the most unexpected places – prompts questions about society’s love affair with technology.
"Poisons on our Plates": As salmonella lurks in our peanut butter and e. coli taints our spinach, environmental health researcher Michele Morrone examines the rise of food-borne illness and the lack of industry safety nets in America.
"Planet Puzzle": Geologist Damian Nance travels the globe to piece together the amazing history of Earth’s continents.
"Birth Pangs": From twilight sleep and natural childbirth to epidurals and cesarean sections, Jacqueline Wolf examines the social history of obstetric anesthesia.
Past Perspectives issues:
Spring/Summer 2007 (PDF)
Autumn/Winter 2007 (PDF)
Spring/Summer 2008 (PDF)
Autumn/Winter 2008 (PDF)
Spring/Summer 2009 (PDF)