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05/14/2018
15th Annual Neuroscience Day comes to Miami on May 25
The Ohio Miami Valley Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience (OMV-SfN) will host its 15th Annual Neuroscience Day, the premier scientific neuroscience meeting in the region, on the Oxford campus of Miami University on Friday, May 25, 2018...
05/09/2018
Miami University Geological Society visits New Mexico over spring break
Members of the Miami University Geological Society (MUGS) spent their spring break exploring the natural features and geological monuments of Albuquerque, New Mexico
05/04/2018
Craig Hanson's materials research might affect how we study DNA
DNA microarrays are used to study disease and evolution
05/03/2018
Undergraduates conduct research projects for better health choices
Isabel Held works on a multiple-year study on infant stress as an indicator for addiction.Lamuel Bean wants to improve the health of communities. Katherine Rodriguez is influenced by her career goal of becoming a neonatologist. And Isabel Held’s tragic loss of a friend motivated her to research the connection between neurology and behaviors.
05/03/2018
Biology faculty Rachel Yoho publishes work studying climate change, energy technologies in undergraduate education
Rachel Yoho, a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Biology working with Project Dragonfly, has published a new research article, "Climate change and energy technologies in undergraduate introductory science textbooks," in the journal, Environmental Communication
05/02/2018
Science Friday
On April 20 seismologist Mike Brudzinski, professor and structural geologist Brian Currie, professor of geology and environmental earth science appeared on the show "Science Friday". Catch their appearance online or in a podcast at www.sciencefriday.com.
05/02/2018
Guest speaker Eileen Braman reveals the connections between law, political science, and psychology in annual OHara Lecture
On April 18, the Department of Political Science hosted its annual Lloyd and Mary O'Hara Lecture in Law and Politics. Entitled "Assessing Government Authority: Constitutional Rules and Political Context," it was given by Eileen Braman, associate professor of political science at Indiana University"
05/01/2018
Guatemalan guest speaker describes how Ixil-Maya knowledge and resistance led an environmental justice movement
On April 11, Baltazar de la Cruz Rodriguez, a member of the Alcaldía Indígena ancestral authorities of Cotzal, Guatemala, gave a talk entitled "Maya-lxil Cultural Rights and Megaprojects in Guatemala"
04/30/2018
Joy Connolly speaks on Greek influence in Roman literature and culture
On April 9, provost and senior vice president at the CUNY Graduate Center Joy Connolly visited Miami to give a lecture entitled "Displacement and Dual Voices: Roman Writing in the Late Republic"