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Ohio University alumnus Marc Houk recently spoke to students in the sociology class, “Punishment and Society,” under the instruction of professor Nicole Kaufman in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. Houk is one of two former wardens from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction to visit the class, along […]

By Sara Berens College of Arts & Sciences Academic Adviser Hello A&S students! As we inch closer to the end of the semester, these next several advising tips will be geared toward final exams. This first one is all about location. Did you know that it’s best to have several […]

By Lori Bauer “I didn’t have to go into the military to get shot at,” says Chris Derr, a veteran telling his story to help other veterans. Derr took a photograph of the empty lot where his childhood home used to sit in the Youngstown area with a disposable camera […]

By Larry Hayman Ohio University Pre-Law Specialist, Center for Law, Justice & Culture Becoming the first appeals court to do so since the U.S. Supreme Court decision in United States v. Windsor, the Sixth Circuit reversed four decisions by four district court judges in four states striking down same sex […]

Dr. Ryan Fogt, said “All Coupled Climate Models Are Wrong, Some are Useful” in his Fall 2014 Science Café talk. Fogt is Associate Professor of Geography at Ohio University. His research focuses on the Antarctic and the Southern Hemisphere climate. “I use climate models in my research on understanding the […]

A U.S. patent was issued to Ohio University on Oct. 28 for “Synthetic genes for plant gums and other hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins.” The inventor is Dr. Marcia J. Kieliszewsk, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Abstract: “A new approach in the field of plant gums is described which presents a new solution […]

By Larry Hayman Ohio University Pre-Law Specialist, Center for Law, Justice & Culture Ohio University students recently got the opportunity to experience a first-year law school torts class without leaving Athens. The Center for Law, Justice & Culture hosted Geoffrey Rapp, the Harold A. Anderson Professor of Law and Values […]