Balbo is an expert in women’s health, LGBT health and sexually transmitted diseases. She focuses on transgender health, addressing that transgender care includes more than hormones and surgical procedures and extends to using preferred pronouns.
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Ohio University shares new updates for Fall 2020
Dr. Nellis shares an update for the fall semester.
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OHIO’s Media School encourages students' creativity through Summer Creative Works Program
July 9, 2020
Ohio University’s School of Media Arts and Studies is encouraging students to use their creativity this summer through the 2020 MDIA Creative Works Program.
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OHIO Chillicothe students, alumni participate in Farmers to Family food distribution
July 9, 2020
A partnership between Ohio University Chillicothe and the Ross County Community Action Commission has provided food to nearly 1,500 families this summer through the USDA Farmers to Families project.
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Schoonover Green Roof installation completed
July 6, 2020
Schoonover Center is a little greener after the installation of a green roof over the main lobby was completed this week.
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Ohio University joins APLU in urging Congress to intervene to protect international students
July 10, 2020
Ohio University, like institutions across the country, benefits greatly from students who travel from around the world to study here.
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OHIO Goldwater student’s research shows new ways to focus in on antibiotic resistance
July 10, 2020
Ohio University student and recently named Goldwater Scholar Mason Myers has been researching ways on how to focus in on molecules in regards to antibiotic resistance research.
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State of Ohio's Responsible Restart Ohio plans announced
July 10, 2020
Yesterday, July 9, Gov. Mike DeWine announced the release of minimum operating standards and recommended best practices for higher education as part of the state’s Responsible RestartOhio plan.
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State of Ohio announces State Share of Instruction cuts for FY21
July 9, 2020
We are sharing this information in the interest of transparency but also with great caution as Chancellor Gardner was clear that the state could still make additional FY21 SSI funding reductions.
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OHIO Stories: Rosa Negash
Real-world experience. That’s what Rosa Negash got when she put her Ohio University education into practice. “I have been able to learn so much from my time here. It was definitely cool to see true science in the making.”
But how did the senior nutrition major get to that point?
Rewind to spring 2015, when a quick and easy tour of Ohio University’s Paleontology Labs turned into a life-changing experience. Rosa was in her junior year at Athens High School and wanted to get some research lab exposure to prepare for her future aspiration of studying biology in college.
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Houser is an expert in tornadoes, meteorology and geography. Her research focuses on tornado formation and how they may form from the ground up. She also studies the storms that produce tornadoes through rapid-scan polarimetric mobile radar system.