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Dr. Tomomasa Sasa of Iwate Prefectural University, Japan made his fifth visit to Ohio University on Sept. 8 and 9 to confirm the details of plans to bring nine of his students from IPU to OHIO next March for a short-term intensive English Study Abroad Program designed by the Ohio […]

Dr. Christopher S. Thompson, Associate Professor and Chair of Linguistics, has been invited by Iwate Prefectural University in Morioka, Japan, to participate in a Tsunami Relief Forum on July 16-17. The purpose of the forum is to celebrate five years of successful tsunami relief collaboration activity between Ohio University and […]

By Erica Coffelt & Tetyana Dovbnya On Friday, Feb. 13, the Ohio Program of Intensive English held its second annual graduation ceremony to celebrate students’ successful completion of the OPIE program during the Spring, Summer, and Fall 2014 terms. More than 210 students completed their English studies during the 2014 […]

College of Arts & Sciences students and faculty made their third trip to Iwate, Japan, this fall as part of tsunami relief efforts. While the physical devastation remains, they witnessed the emotional devastation that still runs deep. This year, they joined in a water distribution project. “Two-and-a-half years after [the disaster], the […]

The Governor of Japan’s Iwate Prefecture, which was inundated by the 2011 tsunami and earthquake, said thank you to donors from the United States at a Thank You Tomodachi event in New York Aug. 26 with an evening of celebration and remembrance. The event featured words of gratitude from the Iwate […]

Junior distance runner Juli Accurso took another step toward history Thursday, becoming the first women’s cross country/track & field Academic All-American in Ohio University history. The Capital One Academic All-America Division I Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country roster is composed of just 45 student-athletes from across the nation, with 15 first team, […]

Dr. Christopher Thompson, Chair of Linguistics in the Ohio University College of Arts & Sciences and Executive Director of Japan Relations, represented Ohio University at a farewell reception for Consul General Kuninori Matsuda at the Japanese Consulate in Detroit on June 21. “Ohio University wishes to express its sincere gratitude […]