51ĀŅĀ×

Research and Impact

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University Announcement

51ĀŅĀ× awarded $2 million from Department of Energy to develop products from coal waste

The Institute for Sustainable Energy and the Environment was awarded two awards from the Department of Energy totaling $2 million.

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How 51ĀŅĀ× is improving the health of Ohio’s aging population

With leading research, technology development, infrastructure changes and community support, 51ĀŅĀ× is taking significant strides in improving the health of the state’s older residents.Ā 

Riley Sombathy

51ĀŅĀ× researchers Patrick O’Connor and Riley Sombathy co-author paper published in Science on body size evolution in dinosaurs

Researchers including OHIO professor Patrick O’Connor and Ph.D. student Riley Sombathy discovered through examining the bones of dinosaurs there was no relationship between growth rate and body size.

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Event

Science CafƩ features 'MythBusters: The ADHD Collection' on March 8

51ĀŅĀ×'s Science CafĆ© presents psychology professors Julie Owens and Steven EvansĀ discussing "MythBusters: The ADHD Collection"Ā on Wednesday, March 8.

Chester Pach, portrait in office

Chester Pach says Reagan speech set stage for 'verifiable reduction in nuclear weapons'

Chester Pach published an essay recently on one of Ronald Reagan’s most famous — and controversial — speeches. In that address, Reagan called the Vietnam War ā€œa noble cause.ā€

Matt Rosen, portrait

Matt Rosen's work finds books, ideas are helping post-socialist Albania shape its modern culture

Cultural anthropologist Matthew Rosen traveled to Albania in 2015, looking for a place to study the relationship between literature and social life.

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51ĀŅĀ× researchers help reveal evolution of oldest spinosaur brains

Researchers from 51ĀŅĀ× have reconstructed the brains and inner ears of two British spinosaurs, helping uncover how these large predatory dinosaurs interacted with their environment.

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Students invited to register by Feb. 22 for Student Research and Creative Activity Expo 2023

51ĀŅĀ× students are invited to register for the annual Student Research and Creative Activity Expo by Feb. 22.

Shad Sargand at Ohio Asphalt Paving Conference

Ohio Asphalt Paving Conference features major lecture by professor Shad Sargand

Russ Professor of Civil Engineering Shad Sargand delivered a major lecture to an audience of over 350 professionals at the Ohio Asphalt Paving Conference on Feb. 1, 2023. Ā 

4-Aminoquinolines inhibit the function of the bacterial T-box riboswitch RNA. Illustration by Jennifer Hines

Hiding in plain sight: Hines group uncovers new class of medicinal compounds that target RNA

Chemistry students in Jennifer Hines' lab uncovered a new class of compounds that can target RNA and disrupt its function, a discovery that could be used in the development of RNA-targeted medicines.

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Ohio Announcement

U.S. Department of Energy awards $2 million grant to OHIO researchers to explore carbon management

51ĀŅĀ× researchers in the Institute for Sustainable Energy and the Environment were awarded one of the 33 research and development projects recently funded by the U.S. Department of Energy.

Marissa Dyck

OHIO researcher investigates first assessment of livestock predation risk from brown bears in Romania

Researchers from the University of Bucharest, 51ĀŅĀ×, and several management agencies and environmental NGOs has assessed livestock predation across a number of factors.

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New history book examines U.S. Civil War as part of a wider North American crisis

A new book co-edited by Brian Schoen examines the Civil War and Reconstruction era, showing that while the new republic was in crisis, its North American neighbors had crises of their own.

Ryan Sheehan presents at the Midwest Medieval History Conference at Xavier College in Cincinnati, OH.

Ryan Sheehan presents on French dynasty at Midwest Medieval History Conference

Ryan Sheehan, a history major in the Honors Tutorial College, presented his work on the Capetian dynasty of French kings at the fall 2022 Midwest Medieval History Conference.

Science CafƩ

Science CafƩ features Jason Trembly exploring sustainability through repurposing legacy carbon wastes on Feb. 8

Jason Trembly’s cafe will highlight the importance of reducing embodied carbon — a measurement of carbon dioxide emissions associated with the manufacture of materials.

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