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Trustees approve Emeriti status for 9 Arts & Sciences faculty

Trustees approve Emeriti status for 9 Arts & Sciences faculty

Nine College of Arts & Sciences faculty have been granted emeritus status this spring by the Ohio University Board of Trustees. This honor recognizes retired individuals who have rendered dedicated and outstanding service to Ohio University and have been recommended by their colleagues and supervisors. June 2021 Mark Alicke, 30 […]

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July 2, 2021 at 3:54 pmNews

99 inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, 7 receive Wolfe Awards

Iyana Davis

From Ohio University News Ninety-nine highly accomplished juniors and seniors were inducted into Ohio University’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa this spring, and seven students shared the Thomas A. Wolfe Award, a cash prize for highest GPA among the 2021 inductees. Phi Beta Kappa is the oldest and most important […]

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June 28, 2021 at 8:35 amNews

Schoen will help elevate humanities in new Ping Institute professorship

Dr. Brian Schoen

From Ohio University News Dr. Brian Schoen brings his expertise in teaching the humanities and connecting with the community to his new role as the James Richard Hamilton/Baker and Hostetler Professor of the Charles J. Ping Institute for Teaching of the Humanities. The Ohio University Board of Trustees made the […]

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June 22, 2021 at 4:18 pmNews

Tiny seedlings and 3 million worms: Two OHIO experiments head to International Space Station on June 3

NASA's SpaceX Commercial Resupply Mission-22 sits on the pad, ready for launch.

Watch live: Coverage of the launch of NASA’s SpaceX CRS-22 commercial cargo mission to the International Space Station on Thursday, June 3, at 1:29 p.m. EDT.   From Ohio University News When NASA’s SpaceX Commercial Resupply Mission-22 launches from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 3, it will […]

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May 26, 2021 at 6:42 pmNews

Stigall Chosen for MAC’s Academic Leadership Development Program

Dr. Stigall with ordovician rocks, containing brachiopods, at the Oslo Fjord, Norway

From Ohio University News Dr. Alycia Stigall is one of four Ohio University faculty members chosen as the 2021-22 Mid-American Conference Academic Leadership Development Program Fellows. Stigall is Professor and Chair of Geological Sciences in the College of Arts & Sciences at OHIO. The other three faculty members are: Mick Andzulis, […]

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May 24, 2021 at 2:49 pmNews

Two A&S Students Commissioned as Second Lieutenants in Air Force

Mark Vorndran

Excerpted from Ohio University News Ohio University’s Air Force ROTC Detachment 650 commissioned six cadets – two of them from the College of Arts & Sciences – as second lieutenants in the U.S. Air Force on May 1. Carter Fee, from Cincinnati, Ohio, earned his bachelor’s degree in history and […]

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May 19, 2021 at 3:38 pmNews

What a Difference a Graduate Degree Makes, Study Says

Ali Aldhumani gets hooded at graduate commencement at Ohio University 2021.

A new study from the American Academy of Arts & Sciences shows that more than half of the students with an undergraduate degree in the life and physical sciences go on to earn a graduate degree – and that advanced degree provides a significant financial boost to the earner. While […]

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May 19, 2021 at 1:42 pmNews