Archive for March, 2015

On March 13, the Athens Court Appointed Special Advocate/Guardian Ad Litem (CASA/GAL) Program welcomed Alyssa Nicol as Athens County’s newest Court Appointed Special Advocate. Nicol was sworn in by Judge Robert W. Stewart during a short ceremony at Athens County Juvenile Court. During the ceremony, Nicol took an oath and […]

By Jessie Carter Assistant Director, Career & Leadership Development Center for the College of Arts & Sciences What’s it really like to visit OHIO’s Career and Leadership Development Center? Check out the CLDC’s new video to learn more about why you should stop in and utilize its resources today. Prepare for a successful […]

By Tetyana Dovbnya OPIE and College of Arts & Sciences International Student Adviser The first university classes are never easy, both for domestic and—especially so—for international students. The higher education system is complex and requires time as well as effort to navigate it with ease and confidence. Therefore, the Ohio […]

The Chemistry & Biochemistry Department presents Dr. Heather C. Allen on “Ions and Lipids at the Air-Water Interface: Electric Fields induced by Organization” on on March 16. Allen, Professor of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Ohio State University, is an expert in sum frequency generation spectroscopy and uses […]

The Middle East and North Africa Film Series presents Forget Baghdad on Monday, March 16, at 6:30 p.m. in Baker Center 231. The documentary (directed by Samir) tells the story of four Baghdadi-Jews, all former members of the Iraqi Communist Party during the 1940s and 1950s. The four elderly protagonists are […]

“By any objective measure, our system of federal student financial assistance for college students has been an unmitigated disaster, Dr. Richard Vedder, Director of the Center for College Affordability and Productivity and Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, who posits a “income share” or “human capital contract” concept in […]

The new Transcultural Encounters and Border Crossings Film Series presents Unveiled (2005) by the German director Angelina Maccarone, an American filmmaker of a Peruvian background, on Saturday, March 14, at 3 p.m. at the Athena Cinema. Admission is free. In Unveiled, Fabria, prosecuted in Iran because of her love affair […]