Research and Impact

CIS pilots seed grants for faculty research and creative activity

January 26, 2023 2 min

The Center for International Studies has put out a call for applications for a new pilot program offering seed grants for faculty research and creative activity.

Applications for University Libraries’ Endowment Funds for 2023 now open

January 21, 2023 4 min

niversity Libraries’ 1804 Special Endowment Fund and the Arts and Humanities Junior Faculty Endowment Fund applications are now open for 2023 submissions.

Faculty invited to discuss 1804 and Konneker Fund proposals by Feb. 15

January 20, 2023 2 min

Faculty and staff are invited to have preliminary discussions by Feb. 15 about two funds aimed at bringing together collaborative ideas that cut across silos and can foster innovative program ideas.

An image of David Walt, National Academy of Engineering 2023 Russ Prize Recipient, on a graphic design banner.

David Walt awarded with National Academy of Engineering’s 2023 Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize

January 20, 2023 4 min

Ohio University and the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) announce David Walt as the recipient of the 2023 Fritz J. and Dolores H. Russ Prize.

College Gate stands where The City of Athens meets College Green, at the center of campus.

Sign up for Spring Thesis/Dissertation Boot Camp

January 19, 2023 1 min

Ohio University Graduate College, Writing Commons, and University Libraries are pleased to offer the Thesis and Dissertation Boot Camp on Saturday, Feb. 4 in Schoonover 450 and online.

M. Duane Nellis, Ohio University's 21st president

M. Duane Nellis gets lifetime achievement award for service to environment and higher education

January 19, 2023 6 min

From the Kansas Flint Hills to the Kalahari Desert, President Emeritus and Trustee Professor M. Duane Nellis has explored the world via planes, trains, automobiles—and satellites.

Ohio University joins the Midwest Semiconductor Network

January 19, 2023 3 min

Ohio University joins universities in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and Indiana to form a coalition to address national needs in semiconductor and microelectronics.

Dr. Jeff Russell talking to students during an emergency simulation for the SHAPe Clinic

CHSP professor set to discuss research on concussions in stunt performers in webinar

January 19, 2023 3 min

Dr. Jeff Russell is set to speak in a webinar through the Boston University Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) Research Center on Wednesday, Jan. 25, at 1 p.m.

Ohio University awarded grant to promote air mobility in Appalachia

January 11, 2023 5 min

The Voinovich School was awarded a grant for $50,000 by the Appalachian Regional Commission to help advance and promote innovative air mobility uses in Ohio’s Appalachian Region.

Graduate students invited to register for Three Minute Thesis® Competition

January 11, 2023 2 min

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.

Dr. Eric Gorscak is still an explorer, shown here in the field.

Alumnus Eric Gorscak's 'inner kid' loves his career discovering deep-time dinosaurs and ecosystems

January 9, 2023 6 min

Professor Nancy Stevens substitute teaching in Eric Gorscak's undergraduate paleontology class might have been serendipity, but Gorscak didn't leave anything to chance.

Marissa Dyck demonstrates a necropsy on a bobcat that was killed on a road for Ohio University undergraduates who conducted necropsies in 2019 and 2020 on roadkill animals for the lab's research.

Marissa Dyck awarded American Society of Mammologists' highest award for a graduate student

January 6, 2023 7 min

Marissa Dyck was awarded the 2022 American Society of Mammologists Fellowship. Mammals — specifically carnivores such as lynx, wolves, bobcats, and coyotes — are the focus of Dyck's research.

Time series (left to right) showing two examples of how the random carbons in the artificial “coal” coalesce into graphite-like sheets under pressure and heat. The sheets aren’t perfectly flat because of the formation of a small number of five- and seven-member rings among the six-member rings.

Ohio University simulations on PSC supercomputer transform coal-like material to amorphous graphite and nanotubes

January 6, 2023 6 min

An OHIO physics team used the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center to simulate how coal might eventually be converted to valuable — and carbon-neutral — materials like graphite and carbon nanotubes.

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

December 21, 2022 4 min

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.

Center of Excellence for Behavioral Health Prevention partners

Statewide Center works toward health equity for all Ohioans

December 15, 2022 3 min

In Ohio communities, people are working to help themselves meet health challenges – and people are working to help them do it.

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