Archive for October, 2013

By Celia Burke ’14 Double Major in Anthropology and War and Peace Studies My plane landed on the runway of the Dublin International Airport on June 26, exactly 50 years (give or take a few hours) after John F. Kennedy arrived in Dublin for his first, and only, presidential trip […]

About 40 percent of the planet lives on $2 a day or less. How is it even possible? How do families get through a typical week or a year? Dr. Jonathan Morduch, Professor of Public Policy and Economics at New York University Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, shared lessons […]

By Kelsey Miller Compass As Alden Library buzzed with students preparing for midterms this past Friday, the Friends of the Library Room on the third floor was filling with eager professors. The smell of apple cider, coffee and pumpkin bread filled the room as some of Ohio University’s veteran Arts […]

“Joe Shields, Vice President for Research and Creative Activity and dean of the Graduate College, has proposed OU build an observatory to house two telescopes on the former site of Building 26 at The Ridges,” writes Ohio University Post reporter Will Drabold on Oct. 3. The proposal, submitted Aug. 26, […]

Dr. Paul Debevec, Professor Emeritus of Physics at the University of Illinois, will discuss “Understanding the energy challenge: Science, Technology, Economics and Policy” on Friday, Oct. 18, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter 245. His talk is part of the Physics and Astronomy Fall 2013 Colloquium series. “The United States and […]

It’s not too late to submit an application to participate in the project, Advancing Carbon Neutrality: Using the Kanawha Model to Facilitate Climate Change Literacy. University College and the Environmental Studies Program are recruiting 15 faculty to participate in the 1804 grant-funded project, Advancing Carbon Neutrality: Using the Kanawha Model […]

Zachary L. Saunders ’08, an Ohio University alum who earned a Political Science degree from the College of Arts & Sciences, has joined the Athens law firm of Mollica Gall Sloan & Sillery Co. LPA, reports the Athens Messenger on Oct. 17. Zachary concentrates his practice primarily in criminal defense, […]