Research and Impact

Payne's Crossing Cemetery

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

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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Presidential Research Scholars awards program seeks 2022-23 nominations

Ohio University is seeking nominations for its 2022-23 Presidential Research Scholars awards program.

Chiderah Jessica Chukwuka

Chukwuka explores how coal can strengthen polymers

Chiderah Jessica Chukwuka, found her niche researching the effects of coal as a filler to enhance the properties of phenolic resins. She will present her research at the Student Expo on April 7, 2022.

Kelly Love

Neither wind nor ice could stop Kelly Love's fieldwork

Kelly Love, a graduate student in the M.S. in Environmental Studies program, is looking at different methods to determine the health of an ecosystem.

Lynden Caldwell

Students search for linguistic answers in Southern Ohio Language Project

All five linguistics students have dug their roots into the Southern Ohio Language Project as a way to gather information and study how area residents use language.

Vanessa Obenewaa Antwi Doe

Vanessa Obenewaa Antwi Doe studies effect of second-hand clothing market on Ghanaian seamstresses

Vanessa Obenewaa Antwi Doe will talk about her research, "Implications of fast fashion’s second-hand clothing market on seamstresses in the Ghanaian Textile Industry," at the Student Expo on April 7.

Emily Marino

What Emily Marino didn't expect to find in the lab

From Emily Marino's first day as a Bobcat, she knew she would be spending a lot of time in a lab, conducting experiments, and writing her Honors Tutorial College senior thesis.

OHIO students Meghan Harris, Danielle Klein, and Maddie McNamara

Three students are re-engineering how to get Cedar Point ready for summer fun

Industrial and systems engineering students Danielle Klein, Maddie McNamara and Meghan Harris are hard at work on the Cedar Point project.

Alexis Karolin at the Mahn Center in Alden Library

Alexis Karolin is documenting Asian American and Pacific Islanders’ history as it happens

Alexis Karolin is carving out a portion of her Honors Tutorial College senior thesis into a project that she'll present at the Student Expo on April 7.

Riley Sombathy is shown looking into a microscope

Riley Sombathy studies rings in dinosaur legs to see how they grew

Riley Sombathy says nothing is more exciting than when he looks into the microscope and the rings appear on the slice of ancient Allosaurus bone.

Nichole Mazzone

Graduate student’s project on sanitation, wastewater treatment to help low-income communities

Low-income households soon will have increased access to sanitation solutions thanks to a wastewater research project being completed by Nichole Mazzone, a graduate student in the Voinovich School.

Distinguished Professor Steve Evans

Steven Evans reflects on career and colleagues in Distinguished Professor Lecture

Ohio University celebrated the work of Distinguished Professor Steven Evans on Wednesday, March 16.

Berkeley Franz HCOM

New OHIO study finds link between racial/ethnic disparities and COVID-19 deaths

OHIO researcher Berkeley Franz has published a new study examining the relationship between systemic racism, residential segregation and racial/ethnic disparities in COVID-19 deaths in the U.S.

A man leaving through a doorway flanked by signs about vaccination

New OHIO research finds reasons for vaccine hesitancy among Ohioans

Distrust in government and institutions is a key indicator of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy according to a recently published study by a team of Ohio University researchers.

Virtual Academy

Virtual Academy connects Appalachian students to STEM activities hosted by Voinovich School

The region’s K-12 students now have access to a variety of online STEM educational activities thanks to the Voinovich School, which recently launched the Appalachian STEM Enrichment Academy.

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