Research and Impact

2021 newsmakers

OHIO faculty honored for continuing to share expertise and research through their work with media

In the calendar year 2021, 221 faculty members from every college and regional campus were featured in 2,300 media reports from all over the world.

Berkeley Franz HCOM

OHIO researcher receives more than $1 million in funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse

Berkeley Franz, Ph.D., was awarded over $1 million by the National Institute on Drug Abuse for two separate studies that are aimed at helping provide resources to combat the opioid epidemic.

From left, Yuxi Zhou, Hailey Payne, Tina Athans, Evelyn Potter, Veronica Bahamondes, Dr. Shiyong Wu

Shiyong Wu lab showcases student, alumna researchers at American Society for Photobiology meeting

Shiyong Wu took students to the American Society for Photobiology meeting this fall to showcase their research on ultraviolet exposure and basal cell skin cancer.

Schoonover Center

Institute for International Journalism to use grant to boost local media in South Africa

OHIO’s Institute for International Journalism is partnering with the Association of Independent Publishers in South Africa on a one-year effort to develop strategies for sustainable local news media.

McCracken Hall

Dr. Tommie Radd Professorship officially launches

Ohio University’s Gladys W. And David H. Patton College of Education has officially launched the Dr. Tommie Radd Professorship in School Counselor Education for the Department of Counseling and Higher Education.

Skyler Houser with a burrow cast.

Skyler Houser studies burrowing scorpions to learn more about the fossil record

Geological Sciences graduate student Skyler Houser spent this summer in a lab studying how scorpions make burrows so that he could compare the modern-day arthropods with their fossilized relatives.

Erin Mangan installs artworks in a gallery

Art history senior interns as gallery assistant at the Chautauqua Institute

Lessons learned at the intersection of art and business by fourth-year student interning at the Chautauqua Institution.

John Kopchick Growth hormone

Study published in Endocrinology by Heritage College researchers finds disruption of the growth hormone receptor gene in adipose tissue results in increased lifespan in mice

A study of mice led by the Heritage College and Edison Biotechnology Institute researchers has shown that stopping the activity of growth hormone in fat cells can improve health and increase lifespan.

Participants in the Appalachia Forward conference

Appalachia Forward forms connections between local development districts to uplift Appalachian areas

The Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service at OHIO held its second annual Appalachia Forward conference on Oct. 5, bringing together local elected officials and development staff.

Fig. Rare-Earth Rotor. (a) STM image of a rotating Eu complex appears as a disc shape on Au(111). (b) Controlled rotations are performed by supplying electrical energy from an STM tip. (c), (d) Before and after rotation of a complex, respectively. The dashed circle indicates the counterion used for the control.

Team of physicists, chemists demonstrates atomic-level control of rare earth molecule

Scientists at OHIO and partner institutions have, for the first time, formed a charged rare earth molecule on a metal surface and rotated it using scanning tunneling microscopy.

Brad Fain

Brad Fain celebrated as 2022 OHIO Undergraduate Sport Management Distinguished Alumnus recipient

The Ohio University AECOM Center for Sports Administration and the Department of Sports Administration proudly celebrated 2022 OHIO Undergraduate Sport Management Distinguished Alumnus Brad Fain.

Cory Cronin

Appalachian institute expands focus to advance health equity research locally and globally

The institute formerly known as the Appalachian Rural Health Institute has broadened its focus beyond rural health and expanded its reach beyond Appalachia. It now operates as the Appalachian Institute to Advance Health Equity Science (ADVANCE).

Dan Karney, Ph.D.

Dan Karney wins EPA challenge to study how power plants ramp to meet demand, California's 'Duck Curve'

If the sun isn't shining and the wind isn't blowing, then ramp up the fossil-fuel power plant to fill the gap. But it's not that easy or efficient to run a power grid that way, OHIO economist says.

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Board approves creation of two new centers within OMNI

The Ohio University Board of Trustees approved the creation of two new centers, the Injury and Pain Research Center and the Center for Healthy Aging, both housed within the Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute (OMNI).

Robotics lab in Stocker

Funding available to support student research and creative activity

The Student Enhancement Award offers competitive awards up to support undergraduate, graduate, and medical student research, scholarship, and creative activities. Applications are due Jan. 19, 2023.

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