Archive for February, 2017

Dr. Nukhet Sandal published a new book, Religious Leaders and Conflict Transformation: Northern Ireland and Beyond  from Cambridge University Press. Sandal is Assistant Professor of Political Science and Director of War & Peace Studies Program at Ohio University. Sandal’s book investigates the role of religion in contemporary political conflicts, based on her […]

The most important thing about the arts and sciences, says Justin R. McCaulley, is that it “teaches you how to think.” McCaulley, who graduated from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University in 2001 with a B.A. in Political Science, is president of McCaulley & Company, a consulting […]

Ohio University alum Dr. Nora Bunford ’16Ph.D. co-authored a paper in the Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology titled “Neural Reactivity to Angry Faces Predicts Treatment Response in Pediatric Anxiety.” Bunford, who earned Ph.D. in Psychology from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University, is a predoctoral intern at […]

Retired Sgt. Duane Covert of the Nelsonville Police Department and Sgt. Rich Prescott of the Butler County Sheriff’s Office visited Molly Covert‘s SOC 2600: Criminal Justice class on Feb. 2. The speakers began with short introductions before diving into questions from students. After attending Hocking College, Covert worked for the […]

By Heather Willard, PACE Writer Jordan Francisco, a junior in Environmental & Plant Biology, did not spend his summer like most college students. He used a Provost Undergraduate Research Fund grant to design and conduct a study of peanut plants’ potential as a natural fertilizer. “Peanuts are legumes, which naturally […]

“Even as the ‘financial burden’ of most goods and services has decreased over time, the price tag of a college tuition just keeps on growing, (but) there’s a way to fix the ever-rising cost of higher education. It’ll take overhauling the student-loan system,” writes The College Fix, while excerpting parts […]

The Ohio University Mock Trial Team sent two teams to the Franklin County Courthouse to compete in the Columbus Regional of the American Mock Trial Association competition on Feb. 11-12.  The OHIO team was divided into two separate competing teams, the Green Team and the White Team, with a total […]