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The Ohio University Mock Trial team sent two teams to the American Mock Trial Association Regional Tournament in Columbus the weekend of Feb. 22-23, with one student receiving an award for outstanding performance during competition. The tournament took place at the Franklin County Courthouse with each team competing in four trials […]

Editor’s Note: The Happy Beginnings series features recent College of Arts & Sciences graduates who are getting started in careers, graduate school and service. By Aissatou Boye, ’20 Sierra Whitlock ’16 ’18M is a children’s services worker with Hamilton County Children Services, an organization that helps families and those in […]

By Eileen Schulz College of Arts & Sciences Academic Advisor It is week seven, and we are halfway to completing the spring semester. By now you have received valuable feedback from your instructors on how you are doing. You may have taken midterms or completed a project or two for […]

“The settling of Ohio is all about the rivers—what the settlers called the Western waters,” said Dr. Kim Gruenwald at the Settling Ohio: First Nations and Beyond conference held Feb. 21-22 at Ohio University. She went on to describe trade bounded by the movement of goods when river conditions were […]

The first settlers to Ohio arrived more than 13,000 years ago. They likely traveled a land bridge from Asia down through Western North American, then made their way east to the Ohio Valley. More modern history finds another group of settlers coming from the newly formed republic in Eastern North […]

Ohio celebrates Statehood Day on Feb. 26, 2020, with one contentious issue still lingering since the founding of the state—property tax funding of public education. Two speakers at the Settling Ohio conference, held at Ohio University Feb. 21-22, 2020, talked about how taxpayer funding of public education, while deemed to […]

McCracken Hall 120 was bustling with students and community members alike for the Discovery Kitchen event on Jan 30. Folks gathered around to learn how to make a delicious, locally sourced meal. In a continuation of successful workshops developed by Community Food Initiatives and the Farm to OHIO Working Group […]