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Fall 2021 | Course Looks at Food Demand and the Environmental, Social Costs

Fall 2021 | Course Looks at Food Demand and the Environmental, Social Costs

The Economics Department is offering a new series of 11 courses aimed at the heart of current events, both social and economic. All of these courses are at the 2000 level, and there are no prerequisites. These 3-credit courses are open to all Ohio University students. ECON 2510 Global and […]

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April 5, 2021 at 2:46 pmIn Class News

Stigall Discusses Gender in Geology in ‘Daring to Dig: Women in American Paleontology’

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

 Dr. Alycia Stigall is among women geologists—from the early trailblazers to today’s prominent scientists—featured in a new Daring to Dig: Women in American Paleontology exhibit at the Museum of the Earth, which includes a focus on gendered issues within the field of geology. Stigall is professor and chair of […]

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April 2, 2021 at 1:38 pmFaculty in the News In the News News

Fall 2021 | Course Offers Big Data Fluency for the 21st Century

Fall 2021 | Course Offers Big Data Fluency for the 21st Century

The Economics Department is offering a new series of 11 courses aimed at the heart of current events, both social and economic. All of these courses are at the 2000 level, and there are no prerequisites. These 3-credit courses are open to all Ohio University students. ECON 2200: Analyzing Real-World […]

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April 2, 2021 at 12:21 pmIn Class News

Fall 2021 | Course Asks How Do Economists Look at the Headlines?

Dr. Harold Winter

The Economics Department is offering a new series of 11 courses aimed at the heart of current events, both social and economic. All of these courses are at the 2000 level, and there are no prerequisites. These 3-credit courses are open to all Ohio University students. ECON 2130 Examines Racial […]

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April 2, 2021 at 11:04 amIn Class News

New Houses on Campus: Because Bats Need Sustainable Living Spaces, Too!

Mikayla Schuyler and Dr. Kim Thompson put a roof on a bat house. Photo by Laura Bilson

From Ohio University News The Ohio University Sustainable Living Hub has added housing to its project list—students are putting up six bat houses around campus in the next few weeks. “Many people may be afraid of bats, especially when they find their way into your home or dorm, but they […]

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April 1, 2021 at 5:12 pmNews

Sarah Ladipo Interns on Capitol Hill, Gets Research Apprenticeship on Harvard Study

Sarah Ladipo at the U.S. Capitol

Sarah Ladipo’s  professors “sparked a fire in me for politics and philosophy — they made me realize that through civic engagement I can make such a big difference.” Now she’s in Washington, D.C., working on Capitol Hill as an intern in Sen. Rob Portman’s congressional office, where she is helping […]

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April 1, 2021 at 11:26 amNews

MAPS Benefits Students Seeking Careers in Health, Medical Fields

Noël Gordon (Photo by Rich-Joseph Facun, University Communications and Marketing)

From Ohio University News Through an experience with Ohio University’s chapter of the national Minority Association of Pre-Health Students (MAPS), Noël Gordon found her passion for working with kids and insight into her career path. Gordon collaborated with The Center for Family Safety and Healing, an organization inside Nationwide Children’s […]

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April 1, 2021 at 10:18 amNews