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Arts & Science News
More than 200 students will compete in the Ohio Northern University District 6 Science Day in the Meyer Hall of Science and the Mathile Center for the Natural Sciences on Saturday, March 23. Judging begins at 9:30 a.m., and an awards ceremony will be held at 3:30 p.m.Students in grades five through 12 will display their scientific research and technological design projects on behalf of the Ohio Academy of Science. Professionals from industry, government and academia will judge students on...
The Ohio Northern University Department of English presents author Tobias S. Bucknell in the Wishing Well at the McIntosh Center on Thursday, March 14, at 7:30 p.m. The Caribbean-born, New York Times best-selling author will read from his eco-thriller “Arctic Rising.”The event is free and open to the public.Bucknell’s work has been translated into 16 different languages. He has published some 50 short stories in various magazines and anthologies and has been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula,...
The ONU – Solve Problem Group has been recognized in the journal Fibonacci Quarterly. The group’s solution to Problem B-1103 is published in the journal’s current issue in the article “Elementary Problems and Solutions.” In addition the group is listed among people/groups submitting correct solutions to Problems B-1101 and B-1102. Drs. Mihai Caragiu and Mohammad Zaki are advisors to the student group.
Launch photo galleryListen to Dr. Wood's lecture: "The Revolutionary Origins of the Civil War." Title: Dr. Gordon Wood Length: 43:08 minutes (80.41 MB)Format: MP3 Stereo 44kHz 260Kbps (VBR)Dr. Gordon S. Wood, the Alva O. Way University Professor Emeritus at Brown University, will discuss “The Revolutionary Origins of the Civil War” in the Ohio Northern University Freed Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday, March 14, at 7 p.m.Wood’s talk will attempt to explain how the American...
Alisa Agozzino, Ph.D., assistant professor of communication arts, spoke about social media ethics as keynote speaker for the Northwest Ohio Public Relations Society of America lunch, held Feb. 15, 2013, at the Toledo Club. Her topic was “Shades of Red… Social media ethics heat up.”Social media has given practitioners increased power to reach key stakeholders, yet social media has somewhat decreased public relations control over the message. This can raise ethical concerns ranging from employee...
Ohio Northern University will present a panel discussion on “Human Trafficking: The Invisible Problem” in the Dicke Forum on Tuesday, March 12, at 11 a.m. The event is free and open to the public.The panel will discuss the issue of human trafficking, exploring the criminal aspects of the trade in human beings and the impact of trafficking on victims. The panel also will look to raise awareness of the issue of human trafficking on campus and in the community, and to begin suggesting ways that...
Dr. Steven Spangler, professor of astronomy and physics at the University of Iowa, will be the Ohio Northern University Distinguished Lecturer of Plasma Physics in room 107 in the Meyer Hall of Science on Monday, Feb. 25, at 7 p.m.The Distinguished Lecturer of Plasma Physics Series is intended to share with the larger scientific community the exciting recent advances in plasma physics. The event is free and open to the public.Spangler’s lecture will focus on the Sun in the year of solar maximum...
Ohio Northern University presents 2006 graduate Amanda Horvath, who will discuss “Peace Corps: What It Means to Serve,” in the Dicke Forum on Sunday, Feb. 17, at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.Horvath joined the Peace Corps in 2007 and, as part of her Peace Corps duties, spent 30 months in Paraguay working with Paraguayan teachers and developing extracurricular programs for children. While in Paraguay, she formed a youth eco-club with a core group of about a 10 high school and...
Eva McManus, Ph.D, professor of English, presented “’You would pluck out the heart of my mystery’: Using RSC’s Pan-African Julius Caesar and ASC’s Twelfth Night to Define Essential Qualities of Shakespeare’s Drama" at the 36th Annual Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference 2012, held Oct. 18-20 at Marietta College.Her paper incorporated experiences with an ONU Shakespeare class field trip to the Blackfriars Theater, the American Shakespeare Company, in Staunton, Va., and her sabbatical experience...
Allison McCarthy, a senior in chemistry from New Washington, Ohio, will be taking part in the 245th ACS (American Chemical Society) National Meeting in New Orleans, La., April 7-11. Her poster presentation, “Hetero Diels-Alder reactions of 3-formylchromones” will be part of the Division of Organic Chemistry session “New Reactions and Methodology, Heterocycles and Aromatics,” held the evening of April 10.McCarthy also received a travel award from the Division of Organic Chemistry to attend the...
