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Ohio Junior Science, Humanities Symposium
April 01, 2008 - Ohio's top high school science whizzes will present the results of their original research during the 45th annual Ohio Junior Science and Humanities Symposium (Ohio JSHS) April 2-4 at Bowling Green State University.

March 2008 News Releases

Study examines success of African immigrants
March 28, 2008 - African immigrants in the United States are generally more educated and earn higher salaries than immigrants from elsewhere. The African immigrants' success, however, depends on what country they come from, according to a Bowling Green State University study.

February 2008 News Releases

Do good motor skills promote fitness?
February 14, 2008 - A number of factors determine the level of people's physical activity across their lifetimes, including how competent they feel in performing physical activities, their weight, their environment and their activity history. But another, perhaps more important, component that has not been adequately studied is their actual motor skill set, say a group of Bowling Green State University kinesiologists.

Learn new ways to manage job-related stress
February 14, 2008 - Bowling Green State University's Mindful Behavior Therapies and Psychophysiology Lab is seeking volunteers for a research study evaluating the outcomes of a newly developed approach to stress management.

January 2008 News Releases

Research bodes well for spotted turtle
January 24, 2008 - It's a big world for a little spotted turtle, with many dangers both natural and man-made. Raccoons and other predators like to eat it and its eggs, and humans often unwittingly destroy its home. Bowling Green State University researcher Hillary Harms is working to learn more about the species so its habitat can be protected from at least the man-made menaces.

Students seek sources of water pollution
January 15, 2008 - Potential for water contamination is among the biggest concerns of rural residents living near concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs), sometimes called “factory farms.”  

December 2007 News Releases

Biology students to take part in genome project
December 12, 2007 - Bowling Green State University biology undergraduates will soon be contributing to the body of knowledge in genomics while they learn. The University has been selected as one of 12 institutions nationwide to pilot the new Microbial Genome Annotation research program through the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI).

November 2007 News Releases

Grant enables extension of Lake Erie study
November 20, 2007 - Bowling Green State University biologists Drs. George Bullerjahn, Scott Rogers and Michael McKay have received a $14,300 grant from the Ohio Lake Erie Commission's Lake Erie Protection Fund that will allow them, along with collaborators from the University of Tennessee and Clarkson University, to spend six days conducting a winter assessment of Lake Erie microbiology in February.

Physics and astronomy chair receives Blinn Award
November 07, 2007 - Dr. John Laird, a professor and chair of the physics and astronomy department at Bowling Green State University, has been named the 2007 recipient of the Elliott L. Blinn Award for Faculty-Undergraduate Student Innovative Basic Research/Creative Work.

Ekstrand named BGSU's Outstanding Young Scholar
November 07, 2007 - Bowling Green State University's 2007 Outstanding Young Scholar Award has been given to Dr. Victoria Ekstrand, an associate professor of journalism. She received the honor at the BGSU Research Conference, hosted recently (Nov. 1) by Sponsored Programs and Research.

Manning wins BGSU's Olscamp Research Award
November 07, 2007 - Receipt of a $4.35 million federal grant to establish the National Center for Marriage Research at Bowling Green State University is just the latest research-related success for sociologist Dr. Wendy Manning, winner of this year's BGSU Olscamp Research Award.

October 2007 News Releases

BGSU home to national marriage research center
October 16, 2007 - Rapid changes in family structure in recent decades, including increases in the percentage of children born out of wedlock and the average age of first marriage, raise important questions about how these trends may impact the health and welfare of individuals, families and communities.

Arts play big role in northwest Ohio economy
October 02, 2007 - The arts are big business in northwest Ohio, a comprehensive study by Bowling Green State University has found.

September 2007 News Releases

Putting spirituality research into practice
September 05, 2007 - Diagnosed with bipolar disorder, she had been suicidal and hospitalized many times over the previous 30 years. And in the first year she had been his client, clinical psychologist Dr. Kenneth Pargament didn't feel he had been much help.

August 2007 News Releases

BGSU monitoring Lake Erie water quality
August 22, 2007 - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded Bowling Green State University a $349,000 grant to continue monitoring water quality in Lake Erie using remote sensing technology.

Researchers examine psychology of anti-Semitism
August 14, 2007 - Do religious groups react with prejudice toward those they perceive as threats to their sacred values? A recent study by Bowling Green State University psychologists suggests they do.

July 2007 News Releases

BGSU ‘virtual worlds' devotees headed to Europe
July 03, 2007 - Travelers from Bowling Green State University will take a lot of pictures during a study abroad experience in Europe over the next year, but many of the photos won't end up in albums. Instead, they will go into Pocket Virtual Worlds Ô .

June 2007 News Releases

Unmarried dads not necessarily ‘deadbeat dads'
June 15, 2007 - While some may assume that being a young, poor and unmarried father equates to being a “deadbeat dad,” that's often not the case, according to Dr. Randall Leite, a researcher at Bowling Green State University.

May 2007 News Releases

Rhythm may be tied to language, other abilities
May 01, 2007 - When songwriter George Gershwin wrote “I got rhythm,” he may not have realized that not everyone can make that claim. New research by Bowling Green State University psychologist Dr. J. Devin McAuley may help to explain why some people “feel the beat” while others do not.

Clean energy, environment alliance formed
May 01, 2007 - Bowling Green State University is among 15 Ohio universities that signed a memorandum of understanding to create an alliance for clean energy research and development.

April 2007 News Releases

What's the best site for a ‘factory farm'?
April 25, 2007 - Some people advocate drastic action to keep confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs) out of their rural backyards. Ryan Dickerson, a graduate student in geology at Bowling Green State University, says he believes DRASTIC action is a good way to determine the best sites for such operations, sometimes known as “factory farms.”

BG scientists make solid case for marine herbicide
April 11, 2007 - In its liquid form, Roundup herbicide is known as a ruthlessly efficient weed-killer. Now, a team based at Bowling Green State University's Center for Photochemical Sciences has made a version of Roundup's active ingredient that, when exposed to light, hardens into an acrylic polymer—a solid that might prove useful as a herbicidal paint or some other growth-inhibiting coating.

Spirituality's impact on families in transition
April 06, 2007 - Bowling Green State University psychology professors Annette Mahoney and Kenneth Pargament have been at the forefront of serious scientific study of spirituality and its impact on individuals and the social fabric. On Tuesday (April 10), they'll talk about their work.

Directors of new Research Institute appointed
April 06, 2007 - Four northwest Ohio businessmen and a southeast Michigan banker have been appointed directors of the new Bowling Green State University Research Institute.

February 2007 News Releases

Geologist to get to core of Arctic climate
February 13, 2007 - Dr. Jeffrey Snyder, a Bowling Green State University geologist, is among an international group of scientists hoping to unearth the most detailed record of past Arctic climate to date.

January 2007 News Releases

BGSU research part of new innovation center
January 22, 2007 - Scientists at Bowling Green State University want to shed light on the future—and at a low cost. The work of Drs. Felix Castellano and Pavel Anzenbacher, aimed at developing next-generation photovoltaic materials much cheaper than today's technology, will be part of a newly established Photovoltaics Innovation and Commercialization Center, based at the University of Toledo.

November 2006 News Releases

Stuttering: Research breaks new ground
November 08, 2006 - As if making a simple phone call or asking for directions isn't difficult enough for someone who stutters, even worse can be the knowledge that people assume you must be nervous or not very bright.

Susan Brown is 2006 Outstanding Young Scholar
November 07, 2006 - Her research of cohabitation—particularly its effects on children—brought Dr. Susan Brown notice as an outstanding young scholar long before she received the Bowling Green State University award of the same name last week.

Olscamp Award goes to Leontis for RNA research
November 07, 2006 - Dr. Neocles Leontis, a Bowling Green State University professor of chemistry, has received the Olscamp Research Award for 2006. Given annually to a faculty member for outstanding scholarly or creative accomplishments during the previous three years, the award includes a $2,000 cash prize and a reserved parking spot for a year.

September 2006 News Releases

Innovation Incentive funding announced by Taft
September 25, 2006 - Bowling Green State University’s Center for Photochemical Sciences has received another boost from the state with additional funding from the Innovation Incentive program.

BGSU scientists want to derail soybean root rot
September 05, 2006 - As northwest Ohio farmers can tell you, it has been an especially bad year for soybean root rot. Drs. Paul Morris and Vipaporn Phuntumart, Bowling Green State University biologists, are part of an international group of 53 scientists working to decode the genomes of the pathogen that causes the destruction, with hopes of derailing it.

August 2006 News Releases

BGSU biologist trying to crack microscopic code
August 23, 2006 - Dr. Ray Larsen is trying to learn a second language. The Bowling Green State University biologist wants to crack the communication code of proteins, especially the ones whose “talking” aids and abets disease.

July 2006 News Releases

A new way for estimating illegal immigrants
July 06, 2006 - A Bowling Green State University demographer and two colleagues are developing a new method for estimating the illegal immigrant population with the support of the U.S. Census Bureau.

June 2006 News Releases

Photochemical sciences in line for more funding
June 16, 2006 - Bowling Green State University’s Center for Photochemical Sciences will receive additional funding through a new program of the Ohio Board of Regents (OBOR).

May 2006 News Releases

Affairs of the heart matter to boys, too, sociologists find
May 09, 2006 - Teenage boys have feelings, too, and when it comes to matters of the heart, they may not be so fleeting after all. Not far beneath the bravado often on display is an unsure adolescent who finds it hard to express emotions that, while new, are nonetheless often sincerely felt.

Chemist joins faculty as Ohio Eminent Scholar
May 08, 2006 - A specialist in physical chemistry has been named an Ohio Board of Regents Eminent Scholar in photochemical sciences at Bowling Green State University. Dr. Peter Lu, currently a chief scientist in the Chemical Sciences Division of the Fundamental Science Directorate at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Wash., will join the faculty Aug. 9.

March 2006 News Releases

Historian gets $40,000 NEH grant
March 01, 2006 - A Bowling Green State University historian has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to conduct research on the impact of the American Civil Liberties Union on 20 th century American culture.

February 2006 News Releases

Job satisfaction measure offers new business tool
February 15, 2006 - Bowling Green State University is partnering with a Florida survey research organization to offer businesses an online tool that measures how satisfied their employees are in comparison to others nationwide.

December 2005 News Releases

Biologist searches for answer in King Midas's tomb
December 23, 2005 - Bowling Green State University biologist Dr. Scott Rogers, along with a Turkish colleague, has made a foray into the tomb of the legendary King Midas, seeking to determine if the huge timbers and logs lining the ancient burial site are Lebanon cedar, or perhaps a variety that has vanished altogether.

November 2005 News Releases

Pavel Anzenbacher named Sloan Research Fellow
November 15, 2005 - Dr. Pavel Anzenbacher, an assistant professor of photochemical sciences at Bowling Green State University, has received an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship. The highly competitive national award is designed to identify those who show the most promise of making fundamental contributions to the development of new knowledge in the sciences.

October 2005 News Releases

Marketing expert awarded Fulbright lecturership
October 24, 2005 - Dr. Dwayne Gremler, a faculty member in Bowling Green State University's College of Business Administration, will share his expertise in services marketing next spring with students and faculty in the Netherlands. He has been chosen to teach at the University of Maastricht as a lecturer in the Fulbright Scholar Program.

August 2005 News Releases

Lake Erie research: Fish bones tell story
August 24, 2005 - A small bone in the heads of fish could reveal to researchers where important sport and commercial fish have spawned and where they are spending their adult lives.

July 2005 News Releases

Federal grant aids fight against high-risk drinking
July 28, 2005 - Bowling Green State University is among 20 colleges and universities-and the only one in Ohio-to be awarded a U.S. Department of Education grant aimed at preventing high-risk drinking or violent behavior among college students.

Why Japan lagged in World War II weaponry
July 14, 2005 - In his 1985 book, “Japan’s Secret War,” Robert Wilcox contends Japan successfully tested a nuclear device on Aug. 12, 1945—six days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and three days after the attack on Nagasaki.

June 2005 News Releases

Students gain access to historical documents
June 21, 2005 - The Robert H. Jackson Center Inc. and Bowling Green State University have signed an agreement giving Bowling Green students the opportunity to conduct research at the center in Jamestown, N.Y. It is the first time the center has entered into such an agreement.

Hybrid bus getting campus test at BGSU
June 21, 2005 - What may be the future of commercial bus transportation is being tested this summer at Bowling Green State University.

May 2005 News Releases

Spiritual DNA? BGSU researchers seek sacred building block to family life
May 23, 2005 - Marriage has been known as “holy” matrimony and childbirth as a “blessed” event for as long as there have been weddings and newborn babies. But is there something more to those spiritual terms?

March 2005 News Releases

RNA project to create language for scientists worldwide
March 21, 2005 - Research into ribonucleic acids (RNA)—the building blocks of life—is exploding as scientists worldwide discover the roles of RNA in genetics, health, disease and the development of organisms. The rapidly growing body of knowledge has created the need for researchers to develop a shared vocabulary and system for describing, cataloging and comparing their findings.

February 2005 News Releases

Motivation key to weight loss, researcher says
February 17, 2005 - For many people, obesity starts in childhood. Conditioned to the words “clean your plate,” they grow averse to the thought of “wasting” food, feeling terrible if they throw any out while those oft-mentioned children in Africa are starving.

Do melting glaciers hold medical threats?
February 07, 2005 - “Recycling” is a term generally associated with positive environmental change. But that’s not so when you are talking about the recycling of ancient genomes rather than aluminum cans and plastic containers, according to Dr. Scott Rogers, chair of the Department of Biological Sciences at Bowling Green State University.

January 2005 News Releases

Civil War music subject of new book
January 26, 2005 - Dr. Steven Cornelius, an associate professor of ethnomusicology at Bowling Green State University’s College of Musical Arts, has published “Music of the Civil War Era.”

Mexican encyclopedia co-authored by BGSU prof
January 11, 2005 - Latinos are now the largest minority group in the United States, and a “significant majority” of them are Mexican-Americans, says Dr. Robert Buffington, a Bowling Green State University historian.

December 2004 News Releases

BGSU delivers solid economic benefit to state, study finds
December 17, 2004 - In addition to providing a college education to about 20,000 students a year, a new study has found that Bowling Green State University is also an economic engine that pumps more than $700 million annually into the Ohio economy.

November 2004 News Releases

Researchers seek answers to mysteries of voice
November 22, 2004 - How does airflow through the human larynx become sound? How are the wide ranges of pitch and loudness in our voices created, and when does a voice sound “natural”?

McKay awarded Humboldt Fellowship
November 17, 2004 - Dr. R. Michael McKay, an associate professor of biological sciences at Bowling Green State University, has received a 2005 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Fellowship.

Two scientists win BGSU research awards
November 12, 2004 - Two scientists—one whose research explores the physical world and the other who seeks to understand the workings of the human brain—have won major awards from Bowling Green State University.

May 2004 News Releases

BGSU biologist works to save endangered Florida wildlife
May 24, 2004 - A BGSU researcher is helping "close the gap" in conservation of Florida's rare and endangered wildlife.

April 2004 News Releases

Stargazing BGSU student wins prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
April 27, 2004 - Katherine Anne Guldenschuh has had stars in her eyes since she came to BGSU.

March 2004 News Releases

BGSU first university in U.S. EPA partnership
March 30, 2004 - Bowling Green State University once again has been recognized for its Elemental Mercury Collection and Reclamation Program by becoming the first university partner in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s National Waste Minimization Partnership Program.

Two students receive Sigma Xi grants
March 24, 2004 - Two Bowling Green State University students pursuing doctoral degrees in biological sciences have received Grants-In-Aid of Research from Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, to study crayfish behaviors.

January 2004 News Releases

Is rural America harmed by security strategy?
January 27, 2004 - Homeland security policy in the wake of 9/11 has been crafted not only without due consideration of rural areas, but also sometimes to their detriment, according to a Bowling Green State University researcher.

'Century of the Child a misnomer,' historian says
January 15, 2004 - BOWLING GREEN, O. — In her newly published book, “The Failed Century of the Child: Governing America’s Young in the Twentieth Century,” Dr. Judith Sealander explores an unprecedented American effort to use state regulation to guarantee health, opportunity and security to the nation’s children.

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