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By Tetyana Dovbnya OPIE and College of Arts & Sciences International Student Adviser Ohio University and OPIE hosted visitors form the Omani Consulate in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 24-25. Dr. Talal Al Bulushi, a new cultural attaché at the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Oman, and Mona Selim, Academic […]

The Charles J. Ping Institute for the Teaching of the Humanities presents The Case of the Novice Novelist: One Mystery Writer’s Journey. This one-day workshop for secondary teachers is Saturday, April 18, 2015, at Ohio University in Athens, OH. The workshop leader is Andrew Welsh-Huggins, author of Fourth Down and Out. Welsh-Huggins, a reporter […]

By Sara Berens College of Arts & Sciences Academic Adviser Welcome back! I know you’re all coming from your Spring Break destinations (Wwe had 10 inches of snow while you were gone!), but it’s time to get back to it. Registration advising for Fall of 2015 is slated to begin […]

By Ellie Koewler ’15 This summer, three courses provide Anthropology fieldwork, hands-on experiences in research methods, and a pathway to undergraduate research projects and internships. The “Fieldwork in Familiar Places” package is designed to provide students with 14 credit hours through three project-based methods courses in all Anthropology subfields: cultural, biological, and […]

By George E. Mauzy Jr. From Compass Jasmine M. Cosby, a 20-year-old Ohio University junior sociology and pre-law major, died unexpectedly on Monday, March 2. A resident of Canal Winchester, OH, and 2012 graduate of Pickerington Central High School, Cosby was a devoted member of Anointed Ministries and Divine Covering, […]

By Chris Caldwell Sydney Joslin-Knapp ’16 attempts to blend her photography degree with her African American Studies minor to show issues of race rather than merely tell them. “Since coming to OU, I realize just how little people talk about race in a productive way,” says Joslin-Knapp. African American Studies […]

A U.S. patent was granted to Ohio University on Feb. 24 for “Growth hormone and interferon-alpha 2 glycoproteins produced in plants.” Dr. Marcia Kieliszewski, Professor of Chemistry, is one of the inventors, along with Jianfeng Xu, John Kopchick, Shigeru Okada, and Gary Meyer. Abstract: Methods of increasing the yield in […]