Research and Impact

Straker Charitable Foundation grant to Ohio University Zanesville

OHIO Zanesville awarded Straker grant to add nursing lab equipment

July 7, 2022 4 min

Ohio University Zanesville was recently awarded a grant from the J.W. and M.H. Straker Charitable Foundation to expand nursing lab experiences throughout the campus.

Bill Baumel, Sarah Ladipo and Faith Voinovich

From Capitol Hill to capital firm: Sarah Ladipo's latest internship takes her inside startup culture

June 30, 2022 5 min

She’s interned on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., and on a gender project with Harvard. Next, Sarah O. Ladipo is getting an inside look at a venture capital firm in Columbus, Ohio, this summer.

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Federal Aviation Administration grants $10 million to OHIO's Avionics Engineering Center

June 16, 2022 3 min

The Avionics Engineering Center has been awarded a $10 million agreement from the Federal Aviation Administration to enable the FAA to obtain specialized technical support and access test facilities.

OHIO researcher collaborates to find COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy linked to race and political affiliation characteristics

June 10, 2022 3 min

An OHIO researcher analyzing the attitudes and hesitancy surrounding COVID-19 vaccine acceptance has found that race and political affiliation were key demographic indicators for vaccine hesitancy.

Can they make graphite from coal? OHIO researchers start by finding new carbon solid

June 10, 2022 5 min

As the world's appetite for carbon-based materials like graphite increases, Ohio University researchers presented evidence this week for a new carbon solid they named "amorphous graphite."

Bizarre Meat-Eating Dinosaur Joins “Rogues’ Gallery” of Giant Predators from Classic Fossil Site in Egypt’s Sahara Desert

June 8, 2022 6 min

An Egyptian-American team of researchers has announced the discovery of a new kind of large-bodied meat-eating dinosaur, or theropod, from a celebrated fossil site in Egypt’s Sahara Desert.

OHIO researcher looks into little known ‘purging disorder’

April 29, 2022 4 min

Ohio University researcher publishes study on little-known eating disorder known as “purging disorder."

Patton College of Education faculty use mathematics and problem-solving to connect data to the world

April 28, 2022 3 min

Educators Courtney Koestler and Matt Felton-Koestler offer up problem-solving questions connecting math to real-world topics, current events, and societal issues relevant to their students’ lives.

The 2019 Appalachian State of the Region conference

Appalachian Ohio State of the Region Conference celebrates a decade of collaboration and innovation

April 28, 2022 2 min

The Appalachian Ohio State of the Region Conference is set to celebrate its tenth year on May 10 in Ohio University’s Baker Center Ballroom.

Ng provides insight into cancel culture in her new book ‘Cancel Culture: A Critical Analysis’

April 26, 2022 5 min

Eve Ng has published a new book on a phenomenon that has emerged in recent years across social media and in the culture at large – cancel culture.

Joel Compston is shown putting the finishing touches on a model of a green roof project

OHIO students educate the community about green roofs

April 22, 2022 4 min

Ohio University students are taking their voices, their models and even coloring books into the local community to demonstrate the benefits of green roofs to area children and families.

Heritage College welcomes population health cluster faculty focused on social determinants of health

April 21, 2022 8 min

Ohio University’s Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine has welcomed three new faculty members as part of a new population health cluster hire focused on researching social determinants of health.

Heritage College using cluster hires to enhance medical research focus

April 21, 2022 8 min

The Heritage College has completed three cluster hires to date and so far has found success.

Study challenges theories of earlier human arrival in Americas

April 20, 2022 4 min

A new analysis of archaeological sites in the Americas challenges relatively new theories that the earliest human inhabitants of North America arrived before the migration of people from Asia.

Students, faculty set out to uncover once-thriving Civil War-era African American settlement

April 14, 2022 7 min

All that’s left of Payne’s Crossing, an African American settlement dating back to the 1800s, is remnants of the cemetery? Actually, there’s a lot more to discover about this once-thriving settlement

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