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Navajo Math Circles, a film by George Csicsery, makes its world debut at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Seattle on Jan. 6. Navajo Math Circles opens a window on the lives of several Navajo students who have participated in a lively collaboration with mathematicians and math educators since 2012. The […]

Ohio University alum Venkatraman “Venki” Ramakrishnan started his five-year term as President of the Royal Society in London on Dec. 1. He earned a Ph.D. in Physics from the College of Arts & Sciences at Ohio University. The Guardian’s science editor, Robin McKie, says Ramakrishnan “takes over the Royal Society […]

The Environmental & Plant Biology Colloquium Series presents Dr. Lauren Sullivan on “Ecological Causes and Consequences of Plant Dispersal” on Friday, Dec. 4, at 11:50 a.m. in Porter Hall 104. Dr. Sullivan is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Minnesota. Abstract: Dispersal is an important part of the plant […]

The Sustainability Studies theme is featuring a Spring 2016 course that combines old world knowledge with modern technology to give students the skills to reduce clothing waste. Students will gain hands-on experience in a lab setting to master sustainability skills. THAR 2360 is open to all undergraduates (non-Theater students should contact the […]

Undergraduate students enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences Introduction to Sustainability (CAS 1415) course become urban planners for a day. Students in CAS 1415 recently put what they learned about sustainable urban planning into practice by designing their own sustainable neighborhoods. During the preceding two weeks of class, […]

Dr. Hubert G. H. Wilhelm passed away on Friday, Nov. 20, from complications of Parkinson’s disease. He was 84, reports the Athens Messenger. “Hubert epitomized the ideal of a professor; was never concerned about counting publications, or where the next grant was coming from, he simply did what he enjoyed […]

Julia LaComb, a freshman Philosophy Pre-Law major, has been selected to be a part of the third cohort of Margaret Boyd Scholars. An Athens native, she loved the atmosphere at OHIO. Her mother was a first generation student at Ohio University, and LaComb decided to follow in her footsteps and […]