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By Rachel Komich ’16 Food Matters, the campus student organization focused on food, was founded by recent graduates Anna Chleboun and Janice Brewer in Spring 2014 to enhance student and community experiences with the Food Studies theme at Ohio University. The club highlights the important role food plays in our […]

Center for Law, Justice & Culture Alumni Spotlight A native of Brooklyn, NY, John Stember was a Cutler Fellow when he was an Honors student at Ohio University. He was in the last class of Cutler College, a 1960’s era program for self-designed majors. He graduated in 1972 from the […]

By Silvana Duran-Ortiz, Ph.D. Graduate Student, MCB/BIOS A group of eight students and researchers from the Edison Biotechnology Institute, including Molecular and Cellular Biology students and alumni, attended the Endocrinology (ENDO) Retreat Oct. 6-10 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The group was led by Dr. John Kopchick, Distinguish Professor and Goll-Ohio […]

By Sydney Dawes Environmental & Plant Biology Four students studying biology and plant biology received Provost’s Undergraduate Research Fund awards this fall. The competitive awards, first offered in 2001, support students working with a faculty member on an independent project. Students can receive up to $1,500 and are required to […]

In November 2015, the John J. Kopchick Awards provided $87,795 to Ohio University student, faculty and staff researchers during the Nov. 14 retreat for students and faculty in the Molecular and Cellular Biology interdisciplinary program. Fourteen Ohio University students and faculty and staff members have received funding for their health […]

Five College of Arts & Sciences faculty are collaborators on a newly funded Ohio University Innovation Strategy project that will help monitor hydraulic fracturing and the water supply in Torch, OH. Called the “Partnership for Digitally Connected Environmental Monitoring,” this project unites environmental science with journalism and public outreach initiatives. The planning […]

The Food Studies theme has two Spring Break 2016 study abroad opportunities through the Office of Global Opportunities. Both of these programs give students unique opportunities to get hands-on experience in food systems, while earning course credit. Food Justice in Athens ENG 3000X: Food Justice in Athens, OH is a […]