In Class

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 […]

Dr. Elizabeth Lee’s Sociology of Inequality graduate seminar used Skype to talk with Dr. Jamie J. Fader, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at Temple University, during their class on a Wednesday evening in February. Fader is author of Falling Back: Incarceration and Transitions to Adulthood among Urban Youth, which centers […]

by Kristin M. Distel Erik Hieta-aho and Javier Ronquillo Rivera, doctoral students in the Mathematics Department, spent part of their summer teaching mathematics to middle school students. Hieta-aho, who studies algebra and coding theory, worked at Loyola Marymount University as part of the Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth. Ronquillo […]

by Kristin M. Distel “I can apply these skills to other areas in my field, whether I go on to earn a Ph.D. or to work in other research positions,” says Alayna Tokash, now a master’s student in ecology and evolutionary biology. Tokash, also an Ohio University undergraduate alumna of […]

These days, not even the ancient Greek messenger god, Hermes, could outfly Twitter or Facebook to alert followers to a new initiative at Ohio University to study Greek in the seaport city of Patras, Greece. The inaugural OHIO-Patras Greek-in-Greece study abroad takes place this May. “For the last 2,500 years […]

Economics major Ayomide Awojinrin spent the summer of 2016 working in Los Angeles as an intern for BET Networks, a subsidiary of Viacom Inc. Connect with him on LinkedIn. Talk to him at “My Summer As an Intern & How To Find Yours” (Student Panel) on Wednesday, Feb. 1, from […]

“At the Voinovich School, I gained real world skills that have helped prepare me for industry and academia while creating a positive impact on the world,” says Abdalah El-Barrad, a double-major in Economics and Applied Mathematics. He was an Undergraduate Research Scholar with the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public […]