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Bobcat breakthrough in hepatitis C treatment

September 16, 2016 2 min

Forty-eight weeks is a long time to endure a physically punishing treatment with only a 40 percent success rate. This was the reality for patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV). President and CEO of Achillion Pharmaceuticals and Ohio University alumnus Milind Deshpande, PHD ’87, was determined to create a drug with better outcomes, one that could cut the treatment time and intense side effects experienced by patients.

OHIO nurtures student ideas during annual innovation contests

August 5, 2016 5 min

Four Ohio University students—all from outside the U.S.— won the University’s internal Scripps Innovation Challenge Pitch Day in March and then the broader Scripps International Innovators Cup in April for their solution to the problem.

Innovation redux

June 13, 2016 8 min

Ohio Today introduced The Big Idea in summer 2009, profiling innovators—experimenters, creators, educators, and inventors—whose ideas took root or took off at Ohio University. Innovation, by definition, means change, so we decided to check in with Bobcats profiled in the issue for an update.

Born into a slum, alumnus emerges as a life-changing innovator

June 11, 2016 9 min

Bobcat thanks OHIO education with helping make a difference in his native Kenyan community.

How not to lay a three-minute egg

June 10, 2016 3 min

Graduate students and doctoral candidates: Ready? Set? Explain your research in lay terms in exactly three minutes!

To find new words, employ the senses

June 9, 2016 2 min

“English is a magpie,” drawled poet Ellen Bryant Voigt in her deep Southern accent, lecturing to an attentive audience about the roots English has in other languages.

Bobcat innovators earn Konneker Medal

June 7, 2016 2 min

Have you ever wondered how you could turn frozen bananas into a healthy snack? Do you seek to understand the latest innovations in proton therapy?