Archive for October, 2018

The Associated Press quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor & Chair of History at Ohio University, in a Chicago Tribune article headlined “Melania Trump puts on happier face during Africa tour, calls Kavanaugh ‘highly qualified.’” It took Melania Trump’s first big solo international trip for her to show a different side of […]

Editor’s Note: Last summer five OHIO students received Shepherd Higher Education Consortium on Poverty summer internships. During an Action on Inequality Week panel discussion, titled “How I Spent My Summer,” five interns reflected on their experiences. By Franchesca Rife Sociology major and Wealth & Poverty Certificate Interned as legal advocate at Legal […]

Under the motto “Ending Hunger Starts with OHIO,” the Wealth and Poverty theme hosts its annual World Food Day food drive throughout October. The United Nations’ World Food Day is Oct. 16, “a day of action against hunger” involving people from around the world. OHIO collection sites for non-perishable items for Good […]

Ohio University alum Sean Gallagher, an Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals Judge, will share share his experiences with OHIO students on Pre-Law Day, Nov. 8 and 9. He served as a felony prosecutor in Cuyahoga County from 1991-1997. He also specialized in “white collar” economic crime for three years. […]

Dr. Stefan Little recently joined the faculty of the Environmental & Plant Biology Department at Ohio University as a Visiting Assistant Professor. He hails from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, where he completed his undergraduate degree as well as a Ph.D. in Systematics and Evolution at the University of Alberta. “Broadly speaking, […]

The Modern Languages Department welcomes two new faculty. Dr. Ashwini Ganeshan joined the Spanish faculty in 2016-17 as a tenure-track Assistant Professor. She specializes in Hispanic Linguistics and teaches courses at the Intermediate, Advanced and Graduate levels. Ashwini’s research focuses on Lexical Semantics, Syntax, Semantics, Pragmatics and Spanish and General […]

By Fred Toner Retired Associate Professor of Modern Languages If I had to sum up in one word what I’ve most enjoyed since taking early retirement in 2016, I’d say “traveling.” Time in itself is a luxury, and I’ve been fortunate that my partner, Don Adleta, and I are on […]