Archive for October, 2016

Ohio University’s English Department awarded competitive scholarships this summer to eight students who are conducting research for their respective dissertations and projects. The scholarships could be used to fund travel to libraries, to attend workshops, to purchase books, software, and other materials, or to support other academic endeavors. Recipients’ projects […]

Renee Benham, a doctoral candidate in English, traveled to London to research nursing in 19th-century literature. She was awarded a competitive scholarship from Ohio University’s English Department, one of eight to students who are conducting research for their respective dissertations and projects. ABSTRACT: “Beyond Nightingale: The Transformation of Nursing in Nineteenth-Century Literature” Nursing programs […]

A new introductory-level course on city planning next semester. The course has no prerequisites and is open to Ohio University students. GEOG 2500: Planning and the City is a basic introduction to city planning and counts as a Tier II social science. “It is relevant for anyone who would like […]

By Ashley Fishwick ’19 Eighty freshmen and sophomores met for a regular day of class in Schoonover 450. But this regular day of class on Sept. 29 was an unusual experience for undergraduate students at Ohio University. CAS 2500: Breaking the Law is an innovative team-taught course that offers interdisciplinary approaches to the challenges […]

Dr. Bruce Hoffman, Associate Professor of Sociology, authored an article on “Birth Activism, Law, and the Organization of Independent Midwifery in Oregon” in the Oregon Historical Quarterly (Special Issue: Regulating Birth). 117 (2): 198-231. “Many birth activists have long perceived Oregon as an enviable place for independent midwives,” he writes […]

Dr. Joseph Johnson, a new faculty member in Biological Sciences, is seeking undergraduate students from the College of Arts & Sciences to work in his lab. “I’m an ecologist specializing in the study of bats,” he says. “Two of my current projects include a study of the ecology of bats […]

Mathematics alumni Jacob Robertson ’13 visited campus in October to talk to fellow Actuarial Science major about careers—and to conduct internship interviews for his employer, Erie Insurance. A team from Erie Insurance held an information session for Actuarial Sciences majors on Oct. 6 and conducted campus interviews for interns on […]