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Degree + Work Experience = Higher Earnings, Study Says

Rahul Patel gets a hug from his mother Jenny Patel at undergraduate commencement 2016. Photo by Ben Siegel

A new study from the American Academy of Arts & Sciences shows significant earnings increases for those with a bachelor’s degree – in any major. Add in years of work experience, and the study shows that “earning a bachelor’s degree, in any major, provides a substantial financial advantage over those […]

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May 19, 2021 at 1:19 pmNews

Ellen Gill-Franks Gets Distinguished Engagement Award for Sociology, Her Next Stop is Supreme Court of Ohio

Ellen Gill-Franks at Supreme Court

Ellen Gill-Franks ’22 has been adding a lot of adventures and accolades to her resume at Ohio University. Her next stop is an externship with the Public Information Office of the Supreme Court of Ohio this summer. “I always joke that my greatest strength and weakness is that I say […]

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May 14, 2021 at 3:41 pmNews

Helen Zia Talks to Athens Community about Contributions of Asians and Pacific Islanders to American Culture

Helen Zia (Photo courtesy of Lia Shigemura.)

From Ohio University News More than 100 people attended “Real Talk About Big Questions,” hoping to find some answers to the big question of “how can the Ohio University community stand with, and support Asian and and Pacific Islanders populations.” Dr. Ji-Yeung Jang, interim executive director for Global Affairs, presided […]

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May 11, 2021 at 5:11 pmNews

Moran Gives Keynote at Farm to Institution Summit

Dr. Theresa Moran

Dr. Theresa Moran gave the keynote, titled Strengthening Regional Agriculture Through Institutional Procurement: the Farm to OHIO Working Group, at the virtual Farm to Institution Summit at Ohio University, on May 11. Moran is the founder of the Farm to OHIO Working Group (FOWG), an adjunct professor in Environmental & […]

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May 10, 2021 at 6:11 pmNews

Students Can Apply to Live in the OHIO Ecohouse

The Ecohouse Solar Heater catching some sun rays.

Ohio University’s Ecohouse is available for rent and provides a hands-on sustainable living experience. Both undergraduate and graduate students can take advantage of the chance to lessen their impact on the Earth while living close to the central Athens Campus (8133 Dairy Lane). Any student who is eligible to live […]

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May 10, 2021 at 4:09 pmAnnouncements News

Buckley Receives Baker Award to Examine How National Geographic Society Helped Grow America’s National Parks

Dr. Geoffrey Buckley

Dr. Geoffrey Buckley, professor of Geography, was one of five Ohio University faculty receiving John C. Baker Fund awards for research, scholarship and creative work during spring semester 2021. Endowed in 1961 by a gift of more than $612,000 from 1926 College of Arts & Sciences graduate Edwin L. Kennedy […]

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May 10, 2021 at 2:36 pmNews

Governor Appoints Sarah Ladipo as OHIO Student Trustee

Sarah Ladipo at the U.S. Capitol

From Ohio University News Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has appointed a new student member, Sarah O. Ladipo, to the Ohio University Board of Trustees. Ladipo, of Pickerington, Ohio, a sophomore studying philosophy with a war and peace certificate, will serve a two-year term effective on May 14, 2021, and ending […]

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May 10, 2021 at 10:13 amNews