President Nellis invites OHIO community to 2018 Student Research and Creative Activity Expo

Ohio University President M. Duane Nellis sent the following message to the OHIO community on Tuesday, April 3, 2018.

Dear OHIO Community,

Ohio University’s annual Student Expo provides a window into how our undergraduate, graduate, and medical students contribute to OHIO’s research, scholarship, and creative endeavors. Thousands of students participate in these activities each year to help advance new knowledge, develop innovations, provide social commentary, and create artistic works, all for the benefit of society. In addition, students gain a deeper understanding of their academic disciplines and immerse themselves in hands-on experiences that help prepare them for their future careers.
 
I encourage you to see firsthand how more than 800 students from 58 departments and three campuses featured at this year’s Expo are engaged in a diverse array of research, scholarship, and creative projects. The 2018 event will feature topics such as: 

• Investigating the impact of opioids on society.
• An immersive 360 degree virtual reality experience exploring death, reincarnation, and empathy through a conversation between two people in the afterlife.
• Environmental justice and hydraulic fracturing injection wells in Athens County.
• Design and implementation of a sustainable and edible garden on campus.
• Developing new antimicrobial therapies for resistant bacteria.

The Student Expo will be held Thursday, April 12, from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Convocation Center, with free pizza and beverages offered until 1:00 p.m. The University community and general public are invited to find out how Ohio University students are learning beyond the walls of the classroom and contributing new ideas to our world.

Sincerely,
M. Duane Nellis, Ph.D.
President