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“We timed this just perfectly. Do you know what’s going to happen tomorrow? Do you know what’s happening today?” asked Dr. Scott Moody at the Feb. 19 Science Café as temperatures rose outside. “All those frogs and salamanders are just sticking their noses out. They are sensing the increasing temperature. […]

Buon Viaggio, Buon Lavoro! “Good Travels, Good Work!” Eighteen Ohio University students will spend Spring Break in Rome, the Eternal City. From the first day, they’ll roam its historic center and periphery, exploring imperial temples and the Colosseum; Christian catacombs, churches, and the Vatican museums; as well as monuments and […]

By Jen Doyle Ohio University’s Distinguished Professors spend so much time with the Libraries’ resources, it’s only fitting that their portraits take up residence at Alden Library. Each year, Ohio University honors a professor who has demonstrated exemplary research and teaching with its highest distinction for faculty members, the Distinguished […]

By Selina Nadeau From Compass When Ohio University Alumni Association Board of Directors member Dustin Starkey ’88 graduated from Ohio University with a bachelor’s degree in forensic chemistry, he never thought he would be able to endow a scholarship. “During my time on the board, I’ve learned a lot about […]

Months before debate erupted over the concept of the “imperial presidency” and “executive orders,” Dr. Kevin Mattson was at the Roosevelt Institute in Ireland detailing a view that the power asserted by FDR and used by LBJ was undermined by the Vietnam War—and that liberals are unlikely to sustain its […]

Ben Braddock ’15, majoring in Psychology and African American Studies, earned second place in the National Council for Black Studies College Student Essay Contest in February. His essay was on “The Invisible (Wo)Man and Miley Cyrus:  Toward a Definition of Ratchet.” Braddock is also a College of Arts & Sciences […]

By Jessica Hagman From Ohio University Libraries The new movie Monuments Men tells the story of the men and women of the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives program who worked to preserve monuments and other works of art during and after World War II. The movie has drawn attention to the work […]