Ohio University

Olivia Coven, a Psychology major expecting to graduate in Fall 2026, presented her paper "Constructing the Manosphere: Toxic Masculinity Online and its Relation to Real World Violence" at the 2026 Popular Culture Association national conference in Atlanta, Georgia, on April 9, 2026. Presenting original research at a national conference is a remarkable achievement for an undergraduate student, reflecting Coven's dedication to scholarship and her ability to engage with critical conversations about online culture and its real-world implications.

Kevin Lockett has received a grant through the Fulbright Hays Group Projects Abroad Program to study Swahili in Kenya during summer 2022.

Reed Mechley, BSETM '21, recently graduated from Ohio University, but he did not graduate without making his mark on undergraduate research. After working in Dr. Yuqiu You's lab, Mechley was able to collaborate on a research project which culminated in his win of the Epsilon Pi Tau Warner Award for Undergraduate Student Research in 2021.

Ohio University student Emma Rice, an upcoming senior and physics major in the Honors Tutorial College from Marysville, Ohio, was recently named a 2021 Goldwater Scholar for her physics research. During the summer of 2020, Rice began a remote internship with the Low Energy Nuclear Structure group at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (LBNL). For the past few months, Rice has been living in California and working in person in the lab.

When Nicole Hess was a freshman at Ohio University, she was looking for a research project that was more human-focused. After discussing with her advisor, Dr. Soichi Tanda, he invited her to join his lab to conduct research on hearing loss. Hess, a Honors Tutorial College junior majoring in biological sciences from Powell, Ohio, was excited to learn more and got to work right away in Tanda's lab. Hess was recently awarded the Goldwater Scholarship for her research work.

Four Ohio University students were selected as recipients of the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE) Germany program, a program that offers internships in Germany for undergraduate students from North America, Great Britain and Ireland and connects students with doctoral students and researchers who serve as mentors in Germany.

Ohio University senior and Athens native Edward Drabold was recently awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP), a prestigious grant that recognizes and supports students pursuing research-based graduate degrees in the natural, social, and engineering sciences. Senior Mason Myers and alumnus Mahmoud Ramadan were also recognized this year by the NSF GRFP with honorable mentions.