OHIO research project selected for International Space Station
January 18, 2024 A research project designed by a group of Ohio University students will soon be traveling to the International Space Station (ISS).
OHIO to host Health Scholars Research Symposium Feb. 2
January 11, 2024 All students, faculty, staff and area residents are invited to the event, which will be held from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. in Grover Center.
Mutual appreciation shown at OMNI dinner for research volunteers
January 10, 2024 At the recent Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute (OMNI) Healthy Aging Research Appreciation Dinner, many of the attendees shared glowing praise of Brian Clark, Ph.D., and OMNI.
‘The sky’s the limit’: Using Cine-VR to revolutionize law enforcement training
December 15, 2023 An interdisciplinary team at Ohio University is harnessing an explosion in emerging technology to tackle one of the nation’s most pressing problems: How can law enforcement trainers expose officers to potentially flammable, on-the-spot situations, so they can learn de-escalation techniques? An innovative and highly technical solution is being unveiled in perhaps the unlikeliest of places – the wooded hills of Southeast Ohio.
From classroom to community: Ohio history gets a helping hand from students
November 14, 2023 Ohio University students are reviving the past. Led by Associate Professor of Anthropology Nancy Tatarek, Ph.D., the students are hard at work preserving the history of southeastern Ohio.
OHIO students get hands-on experience with fossil replicas
November 3, 2023 More than 300 bone and fossil replicas, ranging from gorilla skulls to rare ones like the hominin “Lucy,” are available to sociology and anthropology students thanks to a recent funding award.
New translational research building prioritizes research collaboration, named in honor of Osteopathic Heritage Foundation
October 20, 2023 The OHIO Board of Trustees approved to name OHIO’s new translational research center, the Heritage Translational Research Center, in honor of the Osteopathic Heritage Foundation.
DISIRE program opens doors for undergraduate researchers to study under diabetes experts
October 17, 2023 This past summer, the transformative program known as the Diabetes Institute Summer Interprofessional Research Experience welcomed eight undergraduate students to the Ohio University campus in Athens.
Heritage College anatomy professor receives NSF grant to study swallowing in mammals
October 12, 2023 Susan Williams, Ph.D., received a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation to study the evolution of the anatomy and biomechanics of swallowing in mammals.
Nominations open for 2023 Konneker Medal for Commercialization and Entrepreneurship
October 11, 2023 The Ohio University Research Division is now accepting nominations for the 2023 Konneker Medal for Commercialization and Entrepreneurship.
From University of Illinois to Ohio University, Matt Ando takes helm at College of Arts and Sciences
October 10, 2023 Matt Ando traded a university sprawled across the prairies of Illinois for one nestled in the foothills of Appalachian Ohio.
OHIO and Kent State researchers propose a set of new evaluation indices for scientific publication quality
October 9, 2023 OHIO's Jixin Chen and Kent State's Hanbin Mao have proposed a set of indices to evaluate the average quality of the publications of each scholar in the online database World Top 2% Scholar.
OHIO Professor Haley Duschinski advances scholarship on Kashmir in new book
October 5, 2023 Ohio University’s Haley Duschinski, Professor of Anthropology and Graduate Director of the MA Program in Law, Justice & Culture, has recently published The Palgrave Handbook of New Directions in Kashmir Studies.
OHIO faculty member's look at the mold behind soy sauce as Japan's economic driver wins international best book award
October 5, 2023 Dr. Victoria Lee wins best book award for describing how the science of fermentation — and the microbes at the heart of soy sauce and miso soup — helped drive Japan's economy into the 21st century.
Researchers' analysis of perching birds points to new answers in evolutionary diversification
October 5, 2023 Charles Darwin had the power of observation. Today, evolutionary biologists have the power of huge data sets and statistical analysis. Their results could change how biologists look at species diversification.
