Stories tagged with: graduate student research

Steve Miner kicks off History Graduate Conference with keynote on Russia-Ukraine conflict April 14-15

April 13, 2023 The History Graduate Conference kicks off with a keynote by Professor Emeritus Steve Miner on April 14 followed by a full day of panelists and speakers from around the nation on April 15.

History student Shalon van Tine uses Warren Zevon to explore the philosophy of humor

March 28, 2023 Shalon van Tine, a Ph.D. in History candidate studying cultural and intellectual history, authored a chapter in a forthcoming book about Warren Zevon and philosophy.

Physics students and alumnus win 5 awards, present their research at American Physical Society meeting

March 23, 2023 College of Arts and Sciences physics students and an alumnus took five major awards as they traveled with faculty to the American Physical Society March meeting this month in Las Vegas.

Eight graduate students win cash awards in Three Minute Thesis competition

March 14, 2023 Eight graduate students won cash awards at the Ohio University Three Minute Thesis Competition finals hosted by the Graduate College on Feb. 23.

Ohio University researchers Patrick O’Connor and Riley Sombathy co-author paper published in Science on body size evolution in dinosaurs

February 23, 2023 Researchers including OHIO professor Patrick O’Connor and Ph.D. student Riley Sombathy discovered through examining the bones of dinosaurs there was no relationship between growth rate and body size.

Hiding in plain sight: Hines group uncovers new class of medicinal compounds that target RNA

February 12, 2023 Chemistry students in Jennifer Hines' lab uncovered a new class of compounds that can target RNA and disrupt its function, a discovery that could be used in the development of RNA-targeted medicines.

Graduate students invited to register for Three Minute Thesis® Competition

January 11, 2023 Graduate students are invited to participate in the Three Minute Thesis® Competition, where they will have three minutes to present a compelling oration on their thesis and its significance.

From Athens to Paris, Huiru Wang studies corrosion around the world

December 21, 2022 When the United States border closed during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, Ph.D. candidate Huiru Wang was a visiting scholar at Sorbonne University in Paris, France.

Kehinde Moyosola Ositimehin followed her heart to OHIO, fisheries and water quality

December 10, 2022 Kehinde Moyosola Ositimehin follows her interests, even when they take her to places she doesn’t expect.

Ph.D. student Huiru Wang successfully defends dissertation

December 2, 2022 Huiru Wang, a Ph.D. student in the Institute for Corrosion and Multiphase Technology (ICMT), successfully defended her dissertation.

OHIO to celebrate 2022 International Education Week Nov. 14-18

November 7, 2022 This annual celebration seeks to champion the excellence of Ohio University’s global engagement through education, research, teaching and experiential learning.

Skyler Houser studies burrowing scorpions to learn more about the fossil record

November 3, 2022 Geological Sciences graduate student Skyler Houser spent this summer in a lab studying how scorpions make burrows so that he could compare the modern-day arthropods with their fossilized relatives.

Student registration now open for International Education Week activities

October 14, 2022 Ohio University celebrates International Education Week each year in November to champion the university’s excellence in global education through research, teaching and experiential learning.

OHIO team soft launches first sensor in low altitude weather network

September 13, 2022 Assistant professor Chad Mourning was awarded one of Ohio Federal Research Network’s awards for a low altitude weather network, and has completed the soft launch of the first unit in the network.

Brett Peters and Peggy Zoccola to look at how friends influence social anxiety

September 7, 2022 Psychologists are taking a basic science approach to examine how one-on-one interpersonal interactions among friends may be directing impacting social anxiety.