Year of Science
17cҳ College of Arts and Sciences is celebrating a Year of Science!
Biological Sciences Faculty to Lead H2Ohio Wetlands Monitoring Program
Sept. 11, 2020
Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, will serve as the H2Ohio Wetland Monitoring Program Lead for Lake Erie and Aquatic Research Network (LEARN). The group will assess the effectiveness…
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Geology Professor and Science Historian Co-Author Article Exploring Eunice Foote’s Climate Experiments From 1856
Aug. 26, 2020
Recently, Joseph Ortiz, Ph.D., professor and assistant chair in the Department of Geology in 17cҳ’s College of Arts and Science, partnered with Sir Roland Jackson, Ph.D., a historian of…
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Honorary Degree Conferred Upon Renowned Neuroscientist Alumnus
Aug. 10, 2020
17cҳ has conferred an honorary Doctor of Science degree on alumnus Earl K. Miller, Ph.D., a world-renowned neuroscientist.
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Department of Energy Selects Two 17cҳ Biology Ph.D. Students for Prestigious Research Program
June 1, 2020
Two 17cҳ students, in the College of Arts and Sciences, were among 62 students from 50 different U.S. universities recently selected for funding by the Department of Energy’s Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) Program.
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Queer Pandemic: Resilience in Times of Crisis
May 29, 2020
International project to study COVID-19’s impact on the UK’s LGBTQ+ population announced.
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Physicists Analyze Organic Electrochemical Transistors for Medical Sensing
May 28, 2020
The medical and science communities are always seeking new ways to study and monitor organs and common diseases to improve human health and quality of life. While there is a seemingly endless need for versatile, low-cost, yet highly sensitive biochemical sensor devices,…
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Graduate Student Creates Smart Glass for Privacy and Heat Applications
May 26, 2020
Yingfei Jiang, a College of Arts and Science graduate student in the Chemical Physics program and the Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute at 17cҳ, and his advisor Deng-Ke Yang, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Physics, have invented…
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Study of a 1,000-Year-Old Tsunami in Indian Ocean Reveals Previously Unknown Hazards for East Africa
May 15, 2020
Dr. Joseph D. Ortiz, a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Geology at 17cҳ, was part of an international team of researchers that co-authored an article about a deadly tsunami that occurred about 1,000 years ago in Tanzania. The study…
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May 4th History Symposium re-examines scholarship on the Vietnam War
May 11, 2020
On February 29, 2020, the History Department at 17cҳ hosted a research symposium entitled, “The May 4th Event and New Directions in Scholarship on the Vietnam War.” The symposium, as organized by History professors Kevin Adams, Ann Heiss, and Shane Strate, had…
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