College of Arts and Sciences Stories

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OHIO professor Saw-Wai Hla develops robust molecular propeller that enables unidirectional rotations

In nature, molecule propellers are vital in many biological applications ranging from the swimming bacteria to intracellular transport.

Pete Kotses ties indicator line on a tree branch in the woods

Fast-tracking Trail Building

Ohio University students join forces with the Wayne National Forest, providing essential data for the proposed 88-mile Baileys Trail System. In a cross-disciplinary effort, students contribute to environmental surveys and research on ecotourism marketing, accelerating the trail planning process and fostering regional economic development and community connectivity.

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Art as Landscape

Andrea Frohne, an associate professor of art history, discusses her career exploring the visual landscape of African culture and her book on New York City’s African Burial Ground. She shares personal insights, from early memories to favorite smells.

Dr. Venki Ramakrishnan enjoys signing books.

Nobel Laureate Decodes Answers about Life’s Beginning, Medicine’s Future

As Nobel laureate and Ohio University alumnus Venki Ramakrishnan painted the big picture of his journey from graduate school in Athens to a molecular lab in Britain, he also showed the tiniest picture

Buddhist monks work on drawing a mandala

The making of a mandala

Tibetan monks from the Labrang Tashi Kyil Monastery in Dehradun, India, visited OHIO’s Athens campus in October. In six days, they created an intricate Peace Mandala. Then, on the sixth day, they destroyed it.

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Better Together

Ohio University encourages students to integrate bystander intervention techniques, supported by Better Bystanders' Four D's of Intervention, fostering a safer and more supportive community.

A woman sits at the head of a set table

A place to gather

Francine Childs, HON ’97, EMERT ’05, is many things to many people. Ohio University’s first tenured black professor, she’s a stalwart social justice advocate. On campus and in the community, she’s a symbol of perseverance, selflessness, and spunk. To her students, she’s simply “Doc,” or more affectionately, “Mama Childs.”

JD Kittle, co-founder of Molecular Technologies Laboratories

Rooted in place

The first thing you see in JD Kittle’s office at Ohio University’s Innovation Center is a table. Not the usual kind with four legs, but a narrow board laid horizontally across a small ladder. Utilitarian and practical. Much like Kittle himself.

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Writing with resolve

Kelly Sundberg’s sunny demeanor belies the turbulence she experienced for almost 10 years that began in her mid-twenties.

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Two Physics and Astronomy Faculty Receive Prestigious DOE Early Career Awards

Jun 21, 2018 From staff reports Two Ohio University Physics and Astronomy faculty members have received prestigious U.S. Department of Energy Early Career Research Program Awards, the DOE announc...

Thomas Suddes, MA '02, CERT, PHD '09; Howard Wilkinson; and Trista Thurston, BSJ '16, serve as panelists for the conference's topic, "The Regional News Media During the Presidential Election of 2016."

Daring to dialogue

A conference about peace typically invites panelists from war-torn countries or populations clashing overseas. This year, OHIO’s Baker Peace Conference (BPC)—a 30-year leader in international peacekeeping discourse—addressed divisions felt on our own soil, among communities separated by mere miles.

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Difficult dialogues

OHIO’s George Washington Forum exemplifies a strategic pathway established by OHIO President M. Duane Nellis: “Becoming a place where dialogue and rigorous, civil debate are institutional hallmarks.” Founded in 2009, the effort, supported by alumni and friends, foundations, and corporations, provides space on campus for this dialogue to occur.

Samantha Stewart, 2018 alumni

Career Corner | Internship Gives Philosophy Major Insights into Law Profession

Samantha Stewart ’18 is the first Philosophy major to participate in the department’s internship program, serving as an intern for Mollica, Gall, Sloan, and Sillery, the oldest and largest law firm in

Food for thought

Food for thought

Jack Demain stands at a table in the basement of United Campus Ministry and begins chopping a head of green cabbage, which he then massages in front of an attentive audience of about two dozen people, mostly Ohio University students. They’ve come to this presentation on fermented foods to learn how to make sauerkraut, part of a collaboration between the Athens Vegan Cooking Workshop and the student group Food Matters at Ohio University.

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Bobcat Nanowagon Is First Step Toward Quantum Mechanical Engineering

Imagine all the world’s information on one cell phone. That would be a quantum engineering feat, but OHIO researchers are one step closer, thanks to the Bobcat Nanowagon.

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