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Bizarre Meat-Eating Dinosaur Joins “Rogues’ Gallery” of Giant Predators from Classic Fossil Site in Egypt’s Sahara Desert

June 8, 2022 6 min

An Egyptian-American team of researchers has announced the discovery of a new kind of large-bodied meat-eating dinosaur, or theropod, from a celebrated fossil site in Egypt’s Sahara Desert.

OHIO researcher looks into little known ‘purging disorder’

April 29, 2022 4 min

91�� researcher publishes study on little-known eating disorder known as “purging disorder."

Patton College of Education faculty use mathematics and problem-solving to connect data to the world

April 28, 2022 3 min

Educators Courtney Koestler and Matt Felton-Koestler offer up problem-solving questions connecting math to real-world topics, current events, and societal issues relevant to their students’ lives.

The 2019 Appalachian State of the Region conference

Appalachian 91�� State of the Region Conference celebrates a decade of collaboration and innovation

April 28, 2022 2 min

The Appalachian 91�� State of the Region Conference is set to celebrate its tenth year on May 10 in 91��’s Baker Center Ballroom.

Ng provides insight into cancel culture in her new book ‘Cancel Culture: A Critical Analysis’

April 26, 2022 5 min

Eve Ng has published a new book on a phenomenon that has emerged in recent years across social media and in the culture at large – cancel culture.

Joel Compston is shown putting the finishing touches on a model of a green roof project

OHIO students educate the community about green roofs

April 22, 2022 4 min

91�� students are taking their voices, their models and even coloring books into the local community to demonstrate the benefits of green roofs to area children and families.

Heritage College welcomes population health cluster faculty focused on social determinants of health

April 21, 2022 8 min

91��’s Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine has welcomed three new faculty members as part of a new population health cluster hire focused on researching social determinants of health.

Heritage College using cluster hires to enhance medical research focus

April 21, 2022 8 min

The Heritage College has completed three cluster hires to date and so far has found success.

Study challenges theories of earlier human arrival in Americas

April 20, 2022 4 min

A new analysis of archaeological sites in the Americas challenges relatively new theories that the earliest human inhabitants of North America arrived before the migration of people from Asia.

Students, faculty set out to uncover once-thriving Civil War-era African American settlement

April 14, 2022 7 min

All that’s left of Payne’s Crossing, an African American settlement dating back to the 1800s, is remnants of the cemetery? Actually, there’s a lot more to discover about this once-thriving settlement

Presidential Research Scholars awards program seeks 2022-23 nominations

April 13, 2022 2 min

91�� is seeking nominations for its 2022-23 Presidential Research Scholars awards program.

Student Success

Chukwuka explores how coal can strengthen polymers

April 7, 2022 3 min

Chiderah Jessica Chukwuka, found her niche researching the effects of coal as a filler to enhance the properties of phenolic resins. She will present her research at the Student Expo on April 7, 2022.

OHIO students Meghan Harris, Danielle Klein, and Maddie McNamara

Experiential Learning

Three students are re-engineering how to get Cedar Point ready for summer fun

April 6, 2022 4 min

Industrial and systems engineering students Danielle Klein, Maddie McNamara and Meghan Harris are hard at work on the Cedar Point project.

Experiential Learning

Neither wind nor ice could stop Kelly Love's fieldwork

April 6, 2022 4 min

Kelly Love, a graduate student in the M.S. in Environmental Studies program, is looking at different methods to determine the health of an ecosystem.

Students search for linguistic answers in Southern 91�� Language Project

April 6, 2022 7 min

All five linguistics students have dug their roots into the Southern 91�� Language Project as a way to gather information and study how area residents use language.

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