Archive for November, 2013

Internationalization and globalization are realities in today’s world. So too, these factors are influencing education and research, resulting in rapid changes in all aspects of these endeavors. In recognition of these rapid changes, the Ohio University Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Molecular and Cellular Biology and the Capital Normal University College […]

“The fourth annual Battle of the Tongues Food Drive helped Ohio University’s Department of Modern Languages raise a collective total of more than 10,000 cans for local food banks,” writes Post reporter Zane Parsons. The food drive, held between Oct. 14 and Nov. 4, benefits three local organizations — The […]

Audrey Blakeman, a graduate student in the M.S. in Geological Sciences program, won the  Kerry Kelts Research Award at the Geological Society of America’s 125th Anniversary Annual Meeting & Exposition Oct. 27–30 in Denver. The GSA Limnogeology Division established the student research award in 2004 in honor of Kerry Kelts, […]

An Ohio University alum is one of five professionals who chose an international career to share their knowledge with the at SUNY Cortland campus in a panel presentation on Nov. 6, according to a news release. Michael Goldman ’10 earned a B.S. in Environmental Geography from the College of Arts […]

“Stop subsidizing colleges’ 100-year debt binge,” says the headline on Dr. Richard Vedder’s Oct. 30 column from Bloomberg. Vedder is Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University’s College of Arts & Sciences. The Barack Obama administration and Congress purport to […]

Ohio University alum John Reinhart ’75 is the new Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Virginia Port Authority, according to a VPA news release. The announcement was made Oct. 31 by the VPA’s Board of Commissioners in a special meeting. Reinhart received his bachelor’s degree in Political Science […]

Join Dr. Deb McAvoy, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, as she turns the Front Room into a test driver laboratory, complete with video displays, and tests the reactions times of drivers, with the help of the audience. This Science Café discussion, “Roadway Design for Dummies,” is Wednesday, Nov. 20, at 5 […]