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30 Arts & Sciences Faculty Awarded Promotions

30 Arts & Sciences Faculty Awarded Promotions

Congratulations to the College of Arts & Sciences faculty whose promotions were approved at the June 23-24 Ohio University Board of Trustees meeting. “It is always a great pleasure to read the dossiers of the faculty being considered for promotion and tenure,” says Robert A. Frank, Dean of the College […]

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July 12, 2016 at 1:58 pmNews

Singh’s New Book Examines Far-Reaching Impact of India’s Partition

Singh’s New Book Examines Far-Reaching Impact of India’s Partition

Professor Amritjit Singh is the co-editor of the recently released book, Revisiting India’s Partition: New Essays on Memory, Culture, and Politics (Lexington Books). The book’s publication anticipates the 70th anniversary next year of British India’s partition in 1947. Singh is the Langston Hughes Professor of English and African American Studies […]

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July 6, 2016 at 10:28 amFaculty in the News In the News News Research

Community Remembers Norman Cohn, Distinguished Professor Emeritus

Dr. Norman Cohn

Dr. Norman Cohn, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Environmental & Plant Biology, age 86, died on June 29, 2016, at his home in Pittsburgh, PA, where he lived with his wife of 60 years, Margaret “Peggy” Cohn. He had joined the Ohio University faculty in 1959 after having earned his B.S. […]

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July 5, 2016 at 12:20 pmNews

Geography Awards and Recognition, 2015-16

The Geography Department presented its awards and recognition for 2015-16 at Geofest. The American Meteorological Society awarded OU-CAMS the 2016 Award for Outstanding Student Chapter of the Year, “for its commitment to community service, including hosting an annual symposium open to the public, support of StormFest, and outreach to local elementary schools.” Congratulations […]

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June 28, 2016 at 3:00 pmNews

Five Arts & Sciences Faculty Working on Innovation Strategy Teams Awarded $4 Million

Five Arts & Sciences Faculty Working on Innovation Strategy Teams Awarded $4 Million

Five College of Arts & Sciences faculty are working on four Ohio University Innovation Strategy teams awarded $4 million for new research and teaching initiatives focused on the shale industry, osteoporosis diagnosis, immersive media and instructional innovation. “The four teams selected for major funding awards this winter advanced truly innovative […]

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June 24, 2016 at 1:13 pmNews

Tech Savvy Provides Contact Point for Local Girls Interested in STEM

Parents and schoolgirls register for Tech Savvy 2016.

More than 90 girls and 45 parents attended the third annual Tech Savvy event May 14 at Ohio University. Tech Savvy is designed to help girls in grades six through nine become interested in pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Attendees came from both public schools and homeschools […]

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June 23, 2016 at 2:16 pmNews

Junior Finds ‘Perfect Fit’ in Russian, Global Studies, and War & Peace

Delaney Dixon in the Tetons

For rising junior Delaney Dixon, Russian, Global Studies, and War and Peace Studies are “a perfect fit.” “When I came to OHIO, I had planned to major in Political Science and International Relations. When I learned about Global Studies and the War and Peace theme at the Majors Fair, though, […]

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June 23, 2016 at 1:52 pmAlumni News