Archive for March, 2015

Baker Peace Keynote | Embers of War: The Meaning of the Vietnam War, March 26

Dr. Fredrik Logevall

The 2015 Baker Peace Conference on “The Vietnam War: A Fifty-Year Retrospective” on March 26 and 27. The keynote speaker Dr. Fredrik Logevall opens the conference with “Embers of War: The Meaning of the Vietnam War on Thursday, March 26, at 7:30 p.m. in Baker 240/242. Logevall is an award-winning, […]

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March 26, 2015 at 5:45 pmEvents

2015 Lit Fest | Charles Johnson Reading & Lecture, March 26, 27

Novelist Charles Johnson

The 2015 Lit Fest welcomes novelist Charles Johnson. The fest is March 25-27. All readings and lectures are free and open to the public. The five visiting writers will be present throughout the festival, lecturing and reading from their work, and books by the authors will be available for purchase […]

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March 26, 2015 at 5:45 pmEvents

Panel on Green Jobs, March 26

Panel on Green Jobs, March 26

A Green Jobs panel takes place on Thursday March 26, 6:30-8:30 in the Baker Center Amanda Cunningham Leadership Center, Room 366. The evening will allow attendees to learn about opportunities in the green jobs sector while panelists will discuss their educational and job pathways. “The evening is an opportunity for […]

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March 26, 2015 at 5:45 pmAnnouncements Events

CMSS Colloquium|Heterogeneous Catalysis in Nanopores: The Benefit of Hierarchical Pore Systems, March 26

Roger Gläser

The Condensed Matter & Surface Sciences Colloquium Series presents Roger Gläser of Leipzig University on “Heterogeneous Catalysis in Nanopores: The Benefit of Hierarchical Pore Systems” on Thursday, March 26, at 4:10 p.m. in Walter Lecture Hall 245. Abstract: Nanoporous catalysts are applied in a broad range of chemical conversions. Often, the […]

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March 26, 2015 at 5:45 pmEvents

2015 Lit Fest | Brian Doyle Reading & Lecture, March 26-27

Brian Doyle

The Lit Fest 2015 welcomes essayist Brian Doyle. The fest is March 25-27. All readings and lectures are free and open to the public. The five visiting writers will be present throughout the festival, lecturing and reading from their work, and books by the authors will be available for purchase […]

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March 26, 2015 at 5:45 pmEvents

Baker Peace: The Vietnam War: A 50-Year Retrospective, March 26-27

Vietnam War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Save the Date for the 2015 Baker Peace Conference “The Vietnam War: A Fifty-Year Retrospective” on March 26 and 27. The keynote speaker is Dr. Fredrik Logevall, who opens the conference on Thursday, March 26, at 7:30 pm in Baker 240/242. Logevall’s talk is on “Embers of War: The Meaning of […]

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March 26, 2015 at 5:45 pmEvents

Summer Courses | Digging, Harvesting, Brewing Are on the Menu

Dr. Art Trese

The Food Studies theme presents a mouthwatering menu of summer classes that will have students digging in the forest, brewing in the chem lab, and maybe even harvesting some wheat in the Ohio University garden. Students who want to get their hands dirty may want to practice sustainable agriculture with […]

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March 26, 2015 at 4:21 pmNews