College of Arts and Sciences Stories

Dr. Connie Patterson and alum Josh Thomas

OHIO helping international students with food needs during pandemic

July 29, 2020

Several projects have been conducted across OHIO to help provide international students with necessities like food during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Portrait of Dr. Claudia Gonzalez Vallejo

Recently published OHIO study reveals humans are impatient, even down to seconds

July 23, 2020

The OHIO study was recently published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, a flagship journal of the American Psychological Association. 

SDSS map of the universe

OHIO physicists help paint first complete picture of expanding universe, lead pursuit of dark energy

July 19, 2020

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) released today a comprehensive analysis of the largest three-dimensional map of the universe ever created.

Larry Hayman

Law Center, alumni take high school Summer Law & Trial Institute virtual for 2020

July 15, 2020

With the help of alumni and student mentors, the Center for Law, Justice & Culture is taking the Summer Law & Trial Institute online, bringing a summer experience in law to high school students

Fogt South Pole

Ohio University professor Ryan Fogt, alum Kyle Clem publish paper on record warming of the South Pole

June 30, 2020

The South Pole has been warming at more than three times the global average over the past 30 years, according to research led by Ohio University professor Ryan Fogt and OHIO alumnus Kyle Clem.

Dr. Kamile Geist teaches a caregiver how to use rhythmic touch while singing a song to engage her infant.

Ohio University to receive $29,000 Our Town Grant from National Endowment for the Arts

June 10, 2020

Grant of $29,000 from the NEA for a project to explore the impact of music-based learning strategies on caregiver stress levels and caregiver-infant social-emotional competence.

Dr. Ted Rose

University mourns Vattel “Ted” Rose, Associate Professor Emeritus of African American Studies

June 3, 2020

The Ohio University community mourns the May 12 passing of Dr. Vattel “Ted” Rose, Associate Professor Emeritus of African American Studies.

Dr. Daniel Phillips

OHIO leads new $3.7 million project to advance nuclear physics experiments

May 28, 2020

An Ohio University physicist is leading a new $3.7 million, multi-institution effort to develop software that can create more accurate models of scientific phenomena.

Dr. Shiyong Wu with students

OHIO researchers returning to labs to research potential COVID-19 treatments

May 27, 2020

Several Ohio University researchers have received permission for an early return to their labs to conduct research on potential treatments for COVID-19.

A bird sits on a bird box on The Ridges

Goldwater Scholar conducts citizen science with Rural Action, highlighting research at OHIO Museum Complex

May 20, 2020

OHIO Goldwater Scholar Madeline Sudnick and Dr. Kelly Williams have collaborated with Rural Action and its volunteers to study birds – particularly tree swallows and eastern bluebirds – around Athens.

John Sabraw and Chris Thompson meet with Chubu University students

OHIO professors Sabraw, Thompson team up for seawall mural project in Japan

April 23, 2020

Sabraw and Thompson recently teamed up for a global engagement opportunity through art, uniting students and faculty from OHIO and partner institutions in Japan.

Penuela Garcia

Language Matters finds way to keep message board going

April 16, 2020

Language Matters seeks to raise awareness of the power of language across Ohio University’s multilingual campus and will continue in a virtual landscape.

Hines

OHIO professor Jennifer Hines Brings COVID-19 Drug Discovery to Online Environment for Innovative Learning

April 2, 2020

Chemistry & Biochemistry Professor Jennifer Hines told her Tier III Medicinal Chemistry & Drug Discovery class that they would be discussing Anti-Proliferative Agents including Anti-Viral Agents.

StormReady group picture

OHIO is StormReady for extreme weather events

March 6, 2020

The National Weather Service recertified Ohio University as StormReady and commended the University for its efforts in a ceremony held in the Baker University Center’s 1804 Lounge on Tuesday, March 3.

Bobcat on a trail camera

OHIO scientists publish study on bobcat roadway mortality

March 4, 2020

Ohio University ecologist Viorel Popescu and graduate and undergraduate researchers in his lab have spent the last couple of years studying the population of Ohio bobcats.

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