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Class of 2021 | Tyler Brown Wins History’s Eckes Prize

Tyler Brown. Photo by Adrianna Varner

Tyler Brown ’21 was awarded the 2021 Eckes Prize by the History Department at Ohio University, and he has high praise for the Zanesville campus faculty who got him interested in majoring in history. The Eckes Prize is given annually to the graduating senior with the highest grade point average […]

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March 26, 2021 at 11:26 amNews

Participants Sought for OHIO Brain and Behavior Study

Participants Sought for OHIO Brain and Behavior Study

An Ohio University research team is seeking participants for a study on behavior and brain responses to a series of different tasks and questionnaires. The Behavioral Event-Related Potential Study (BERP) aims to integrate behavioral, physiological and self-reported markers of sensitivity to anxiety and intolerance of uncertainty—with a goal of determining […]

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March 26, 2021 at 8:41 amNews

Winning Student Essays Explore Wide Range of History Topics

2021 prize winners and history majors (clockwise from top left) Holly Thompson, Eli Wanner, Justin Boyle, and Miranda Christy.

The Ohio University History Department awarded four undergraduate essays with this year’s Randolph Stone Prize. Each Randolph Stone Prize winner receives a cash award as well as recognition at the Annual Undergraduate History Conference. Justin Boyle originally wrote “New Mexican and Hawaiian Statehood: National Identity in Twentieth-Century America” as his […]

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March 25, 2021 at 4:20 pmIn Class News

Kristin Kelley Studies Violence in Tribal Nations, Plans for Law School

Kristin Kelley

Kristin Kelley’s academic experience as an undergraduate student at Ohio University was shaped by her participation in the Certificate Program in Law, Justice & Culture. Kelley developed an interest in violence against Native girls and women in her undergraduate capstone project, and now she’s delving further into the topic in […]

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March 24, 2021 at 12:36 amNews Research

Career Corner | COMCorps Offers Service Opportunities with Stipends

COMCorps members at work.

Looking for your next career move after graduation? COMCorps offers service opportunities in Athens County that provide a stipend and an education award that can be used to pay down student loans. Information and application. Beginning Aug. 12, COMCorps members will serve approximately 38 hours each week in Athens County […]

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March 18, 2021 at 4:45 pmAnnouncements News

Thompson Discovers Tadpoles Coping with Drier Conditions, Sheds Light on Effects of Climate Change

Left: Metamorph from a fast-drying pool. Right: Metamorph from a slow-drying pool. Photo by Kyle Brooks.

From Ohio University News Warmer spring weather is bringing the familiar early sounds of spring peepers and wood frogs calling. These amphibians breed in temporary vernal pools, which are small bodies of water that are critical habitat to many amphibians and aquatic invertebrates. Ohio University researchers have discovered some new […]

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March 17, 2021 at 1:05 pmNews

Advising Tip | What You Need to Know about the Spring Alternate (S) Grade Policy

Advising Tip | What You Need to Know about the Spring Alternate (S) Grade Policy

By Eileen Schulz College of Arts & Sciences Academic Advisor On Feb. 25 the Provost announced that Ohio University is extending the alternate grade policy for one final time this spring semester, with a more robust exempt course list. Ohio University understands there may have been disruption for some of […]

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March 16, 2021 at 2:01 pmNews