A BGSU chemist whose work has been described as “providing unprecedented insights into mechanisms of important enzymes and proteins” has been named the 2009 winner of the Olscamp Research Award. Dr. Peter Lu, Ohio Eminent Scholar in chemistry, is an internationally recognized expert in the field of single-molecule spectroscopy—the study of biological and nonbiological processes in real time.

Presented Nov. 5 at the annual research and creative activity conference, the award comes with a $2,000 cash award and a reserved parking space for one year.

A wide-ranging curiosity and concern about the implications of how people and organizations communicate has earned Dr. Stephen Croucher, communication, this year’s Outstanding Young Scholar Award.

For two months last summer, Ashley Donaldson lived a life of immersion in music with the orchestra she most admires, the London Symphony Orchestra.

The Department of Journalism and Public Relations is primed to maintain its distinction as one of only three journalism and mass communications programs in Ohio accredited by the nationally recognized accrediting body.