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By Lori Bauer Architects are turning the inside of Ellis Hall from a maze of offices and classrooms into a welcoming learning space. Students and visitors entering a newly renovated Ellis Hall in early 2019 will be greeted by a new first-floor lobby that provides a central administrative hub as […]

By Julie Ciotola, BSJ ’20 From Ohio Today While sexual harassment accusations dominate headlines in the United States, similar instances of abuse are making news within Hinduism’s guru culture. Amanda Lucia, associate professor of religious studies at University of California, Riverside, explored this topic with the Ohio University community during her […]

By Katie Coulter, BSJ ’19 from Ohio Today Within just five years, the generosity of two longtime Athens and Ohio University community members has helped established OHIO as a leader in the teaching, research and discussion of Indian history, religion and philosophy. Drs. Ram and Sushila Gawande moved to Athens […]

Archaeologist, architectural historian, and educator Dr. Lynne C. Lancaster (2002 Fellow) has been selected as the next Andrew W. Mellon Professor-in-Charge of the Humanities at the American Academy in Rome. Lancaster is currently Professor and Chair of the Classics & World Religions Department at Ohio University. “Congratulations to Dr. Lancaster […]

Dr. Cory Crawford was interviewed by for an LDS Perspectives podcast headlined “Cory Crawford on the Documentary Hypothesis of Biblical Origins.” Crawford is Assistant Professor of Classics & World Religions at Ohio University. Cory Crawford: That’s a good question. It’s a broad question. I’m not sure how to approach it […]

From Compass Ohio University announced that Dr. Thomas Carpenter, Charles J. Ping Professor of Humanities and Distinguished Professor of Classics, will serve as the University’s 2017 Fall Commencement speaker. Carpenter, who is also the director of the Ping Institute for the Teaching of the Humanities and previously served as chair of […]

By Kristin Distel Dr. Myrna Perez Sheldon, Assistant Professor of Classics & World Religions and Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies, is currently serving on an advisory board with the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. She is one of approximately 10 scholars whom the Smithsonian has selected from across the […]