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The Lazaroff Fund in the College of Arts & Sciences is offering a $750 scholarship to two Ohio University History majors to be used toward the Tel Aviv: Cultural and Political Intersections Summer Study Abroad program. The program runs from June 5 – July 10, 2014, and is an exciting […]

“The difficulties of studying what no longer exists are legion,” writes Dr. Miriam Shadis, “and are particularly acute in the realm of women’s history, but … the absence of a discourse of visual imagery does not mean that this imagery never existed, nor that queens’ patronage did not play a […]

Three faculty from the College of Arts & Sciences were funded for research, scholarship and creative work this fall. The John C. Baker Fund and the Ohio University Research Committee awarded a total of $91,853 to 11 Ohio University faculty. Dr. Brian Schoen, Associate Professor of History, received a Baker […]

Parkersburg News and Sentinel reporter Jody Murphy captured the tale of Dr. Gifford Doxsee, a U.S. Army veteran and former Ohio University Professor of History. Doxsee spoke on Veterans Day at the Belpre Senior Center about his time as a POW in a German camp in the later days of […]

A historical marker will be dedicated at the Athens County Fairgrounds to commemorate the location where 150 years ago Milton Holland raised Company C of the 5th United States Colored Infantry regiment. The ceremony will take place at 2 p.m., on Veterans Day, which is Monday, Nov. 11. The keynote […]

By Dr. Daniel Phillips College of Arts & Sciences faculty are tackling the challenges of the 21st century by building interdisciplinary and team-taught courses around a new set of curricular themes. The Knowing the Future theme seeks to acquaint students with different ways in which we think about the future. […]

By Dr. Yeong-Hyun Kim and Dr. Edna Wangui College of Arts & Sciences faculty are tackling the challenges of the 21st century by building interdisciplinary and team-taught courses around a new set of curricular themes. The Wealth and Poverty theme aims to address economic growth, wealth distribution, poverty, inequality, and […]